Do guys go to wedding fairs?

No my H2B always comes with me and theres always lots of brides with their partners

My other half is coming with me tomorrow!!

You aren't going to Fontwell are you?

Me and my OH are going to one next month. I think it's odd for a groom NOT to go, it should be something couples do together.

My Oh went with me to The Earls Court one and i went with his sister to another. There will be plenty of blokes there so go and enjoy it. x

Nope you wont get the funny looks, my h2b is coming to our local one cause he's taking an interest in our wedding too......

I get the impression from you that you think your the only h2b thats interested in their wedding because your the only h2b on here!?!

My h2b is going with me to one next month.

My OH came to every one with me..... Not that he had much choice mind, lol.

The only thing my H2B refuses to come to is The National Wedding show.. mainly cos I'm taking 4 other girls with me, he thinks it'll be a "Vagina fest" - His words! Haha!

I don't have "much to compare to" as I don't know anyone else personally who is getting married at the moment, and those I know of who have recently never really talked about it at all.

I've never heard one of my male friends who's got married say that they went off to loads of wedding fairs - and most of the comments about their wedding were along the lines of "how hard can it be to find a pair of shoes, that's 20 shops now" so, basically I'm pretty clueless on these things.

As it seems I'm not likely to be the only guy there, that does help me feel less nervous about going. Thanks.

You won't look out of place at all - it's quite common for the Groom to go - not that they usually get much say in the matter LOL! - Nice to have another Groom on here - Wonder how Groom with a View is going on these days now he is an OM? He was funny!

Yes, my oh has been to a few with me. i am going today with my mum only as Oh is working x

Well I/we survived, despite trouble getting there thanks to a long stretch of the A27 closed for roadworks (didn't think to check, but came back crosscounty which worked).

It was actually quite an enjoyable experience although I didn't see much 'specifically for the guys'. There were one or two stands where the people more or less blanked me and spoke just to my b2b, but most of those we had other reasons to discount anyway - one photographer's top package was over £3000!!!

Although this fair was a little away from the area we are getting married in, some of the people there were more west than east of the venue hence closer to where we were going to end up at.

We think we might have selected a photographer (assuming that he's free on the date we end up picking), some custom jewelery, and a possibility of a harpist if budget allows. Also a dress shop in Brighton that does 'plus sizes' seemed quite confident of finding her something in her size and will be followed up.

There's another one in Worthing in a couple of weeks, plus one organised by the chain of the venue we're settled on, so hopefully by christmas everything will be settled that we can prebook then it's just a case of 'little stuff' nearer the time as we work out what is left in the budget for 'luxury items'.

I did see a few potential bridezillas in the making there that were making the point to their families (or partners) that they will get whatever they want and the price just isn't an issue. Thankfully my b2b thinks more like me and we'll compromise to get the day we can afford, and want, rather than just one of those

There were a few small kiddies there today but they did generally look quite bored - apart from around the magician! It's not really suitable for children, to be honest, as it's quite busy and yes I expect they would easily get bored.

We went to the event at Fontwell today - although we're getting married in the new forest a number of the suppliers there were from the Portsmouth area which is quite travellable to where we hope to be able to confirm this week.

We live in London/Surrey but chose the New Forest as my family are in Somerset so it's a convenient half way point for everyone to travel to for our big day.

My H2B has been to 3 fayres with me, last week I just went with my MIL2B, and my 2 BM's and I fell in love with a cake maker, a photographer and a florist! I didn't take the risk today so me and OH went to yet another fayre and luckily the tog and cake maker where there... and yes he loves them as much as I do!