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Step 1
Ask the intended bride's father or family for her hand in marriage. This is a great way to make a good impression with the family and especially the father.
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Step 2
Give the bride an engagement ring. This is a sign to the world that she is pledged to marry you.
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Step 3
Choose wedding bands. This tradition dates to the fifteenth century and is still around today, though it can be modified to work for the bride and groom.
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Step 4
Pick a white or ivory dress to wear. The bride also might want to consider wearing their mother or grandmother's dress. If that is not possible you may want to incorporate their veil or something else from their wedding day.
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Step 1
Decide to have the father of the bride escort her down the aisle.
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Step 2
Have a receiving line after the service so that all can wish you well whether they are going to the reception or not.
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Step 3
Throw rice or birdseed. An alternative to that is have your guests blow bubbles.
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Step 1
Throw the bouquet to all the single gals in attendance at the reception. The groom should take the garter off the bride and throw it to the single guys in attendance.
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Step 2
Kiss every time glasses are clanged together. This might seem annoying at the time but remember you love each other and kissing is a way of showing that.
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Step 3
Choose a song to dance to as a newly married couple. Also choose a song for the bride to dance with her father and the groom to dance with his mother.
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Step 1
Have the guests throw rice or birdseed at you as you leave the reception hall. You can also have them blow bubbles at you.
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Step 2
Go on a honeymoon right after the wedding. Spend your first night by yourselves.
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Step 3
Carry the new bride over the threshold of the honeymoon suite.
