WEDDING planning is ultra stressful and often left to the bride. Justin Bieber recently admitted he wasnt very involved in the run-up to wedding Hailey Baldwin last year.
But not every groom takes such a laid-back approach, some are just the opposite. Here Jenny Francis talks to three men who are self-confessed groomzillas.
PRESS officer Katy Warburtons husband banned takeaways and put her on a diet to make sure she looked perfect for their wedding.
Katy, 34, lives in Wolverhampton with jeweller husband Nathan, 34, and kids James, three, and Charlotte, eight months.
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She says: "Nathan and I got engaged in 2016, after just a year together. From day one, he told me he wanted to be totally involved in the wedding planning.
At first, I thought it was great that he wanted to help but as soon as we set a wedding date, for September 2018, it became full-on.
Nathan became the king of spreadsheets. Every time I looked round, he was hunched over the computer adding things to them.
He had strong opinions on everything and decided on emerald green as our colour scheme. I was happy with any colour.
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When I found out he had told all our guests they couldnt wear green to the wedding, I couldnt believe how seriously he was taking it.
He was obsessed with the photos looking amazing and wanted only the bridal party to be in green. He interviewed photographers to find the best one.
I didnt get a say over the first-dance song and he wouldnt tell me what it was. I had to wait to find out on the night that it was The Killers Mr Brightside.
Id told Nathan before that if we ever married, I wanted to be a size ten and he made it his job to help.
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He knew my weakness was takeaways so banned them. He cooked healthy meals, got me a gym membership and signed me up for classes.
It was hard but I lost more than two stone, and walking down the aisle in my size ten dress was amazing, so perhaps his groomzilla ways were worth it."
Nathan says: I figured that if we were spending so much on a wedding, it needed to be perfect for both of us.
Katy moaned about my eating plan but, on the day, it was her dream come true to be a size ten. Men shouldnt be afraid to be supergrooms.
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I told Katy to run everything past me, as theres no point having two people in charge of one spreadsheet.
I banned her from having a say in designing the wedding rings and the jewellery she had on the day, as I had a vision of what would look best.
Im a foodie so insisted on choosing the menu and went to ten tastings. If menus werent right, I made samples to inspire the chef. It worked, as the guests loved the food.
BRIDE-TO-BE Phoebe Green was taken aback when her future husband Shenton, 29, a kitchen appliance repair man, took over their wedding planning.
The 27-year-old business analyst and mum Parker, two, from Medway, Kent, had to act as mediator when Shenton told his groomsmen they would be dumped from the wedding party if they didnt adhere to his list of rules.
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She says: "When Shenton proposed in December 2016 I couldnt wait to start planning the wedding.
We set the date for September 2019 to give us enough time to save for it and I expected Shenton would let me do everything.
But within a year, he took control of the purse strings and created different spreadsheets for everything.
Id always wanted a flower wall but he hated the idea. When I showed him an all-white bouncy castle he said it was too tacky and wasnt allowed.
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He became obsessed with making lists. Groomsmen had a list of everything to do, what to wear and schedules for fittings.
Shenton even specified a certain shade of nail varnish for the bridesmaids.
If anyone was late or didnt follow the list, they got a stern warning that if they didnt up their game, theyd be out of the wedding party.
He gave the DJ a list of 200 songs to play and decorated the venue himself.
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Shenton designed and chose the menu and demanded so many tastings beforehand that he drove the caterers a little bonkers.
I chose my dress but thats about it. All my friends fiances just showed up to their wedding, my man did it all."
Shenton says: I wanted to show everyone that I have taste and organisational skills. Ive been to weddings where the groomsmen are useless and I knew keeping mine in line would be like making kittens walk in a row.
I approved their haircuts a few days before the big day as I didnt want them to turn up looking scruffy.
Weddings are expensive and I dont see the point of going about it half-heartedly.
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When I sent out the dress code to guests banning black and white, some people replied saying they wanted to wear black.
Others told me that having the bridesmaids dressed in black was like a funeral.
At the end of the day, I wanted the perfect start to married life with my beautiful wife and thats what we got.
STEVEN Wright took his partner Codie by surprise when he set their wedding date and booked the register office without asking her.
But it all ended happily and today copywriter Codie, 28, and Steven, 27, a creative agency director, began married life in Southport, Merseyside.
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She says: "Steven proposed in March 2015 after two years together and we decided the wedding would be in August 2017.
I always dreamed of my wedding but Ill admit Im not the most organised person, so Steven decided to take the lead.
At first I didnt think anything of it, but when my mum rang and told me she was excited to have a wedding venue, I was shocked.
I asked Steven and he admitted hed booked the venue because he wanted to get it done.
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He used spreadsheets and a wedding planning app to keep control of costs and bookings.
He designed the invitations himself and when I heard him shouting on the phone one night, I couldnt believe it when he told me it was the printers on the other end of the line.
He demanded a reprint as the floral colour palette was the wrong shade. Steven even changed part of my wedding dress without asking me.
He secretly contacted the designer and arranged for my favourite sayings to be sewn into the bottom of the dress.
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Luckily when I tried it on and spotted it I cried with happiness instead of anger but it was a risky move."
Steven says: Men want a say in what their wedding day is like these days, and people just need to get used to it.
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"Were breaking the old-fashioned husbands dont do wedding planning mould. We invited 80 guests and I wanted a vegetarian picnic basket lunch.
Lots of people complained there would be no meat but I wasnt willing to offer an alternative as it wasnt what I wanted.
It all paid off in the end as Codie loved the day and, even though I was a force to be reckoned with on the lead-up, the day was perfect.
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