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Husband Training Made Easy
Now that you’ve found the perfect man, you’ll want to keep him that way - if you can. With training treats and lots of praise, you’ll be able to stand him for days and days. The new husband training kit comes with butter toffee candy treats and a reward guide with tips on how you should reward your new husband for good behavior, such as:
- One treat for putting the seat down
- Two treats for giving up most of the closet space
- Three treats for understanding that women are “born to shop”
- Four treats for learning the line “Whatever you say, dear”
Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that these will work…but you can surely hope!
where to find
Training Treats, trainingtreats.com, $11.98 per box
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Wedding Rings of Wood
Wood may seem like the least romantic material for your wedding bands - that is until you actually take a look at the dazzling array of handcrafted wooden wedding rings from Simply Wood Rings that feature inlaid work and even stones. At a fraction of the cost of traditional wedding rings, wood rings are made from salvaged wood and recycled metals, which should set eco-conscious minds at ease. And if this still reeks a little too granola for your tastes, your tree-hugging groom may jump at the chance to have a tree hug him back.
where to find
Simply Wood Rings, simplywoodrings.com, $175-$300
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Good Grooming
Your guy just sprung for the diamond on your left finger, so it’s a nice gesture to give him a little something too. Yet, we’re not talking some over-the-top gift that only benefits him. Slip him The Groom’s Instruction Manual by former groom Shandon Fowler, out this year from Quirk Books. Stress to him that this is not like the number of other sleepy, how-to planning guides for men that have come before it; Fowler presents the useful basics in a hilarious guy-oriented manner. If your fiance doesn’t believe you, turn to the introduction on foral arrangements that suggests, “most men with any common sense would have already skipped to the next section.”
The point, of course, is that we believe an informed groom is an involved groom, which every bride wants. You may not be so excited when he’s cackling at the bridezilla graphic (the book is full of funny graphics and witty captions to keep them reading), but we’re betting you’d rather he laugh now and plan later than not at all.
where to find
Quirk Books, quirkbooks.com, $15.95
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