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Ensuring Your Rings Arrive

Your Best Man: He’s your best friend; he’s always been there for you; you love him like a brother, and he adopted your future wife as a sister. Who could ask for more in a best man? Well, there is that one, itty, bitty, teeny, tiny issue. Your bachelor party was Downtown, on the Westside, but somehow, he ended up Uptown, on the Eastside. The concept of the streets being in a grid system is entirely lost on him. The rehearsal dinner, at his parents’ house—so he wouldn’t get lost—was at 7pm, but he didn’t get there until 8 (and this, after telling him that it was at 6:30pm to pre-empt his lateness), claiming that he had, “just lost track of time.” You can’t imagine choosing anyone else to be your best man, but, given that the traditional, crucial task of the best man is to hold onto the wedding bands, you’re starting to freak out. The whole, “with this ring…” thing just doesn’t sound right without, well, wedding rings.

These Silver Finish Watch & Compass Cufflinks, available in our store, are just the thing:

Of course, if he happens to just lose the rings, you’re on your own.

Making Nice While Stealing Their Thunder

While couples sometimes opt to make a special trip to let their family members know that they’ve gotten engaged, it is more common to make the announcement the next family gathering. In other words, you could end up making the announcement at an event that is not supposed to be about you, such as a holiday, or a dinner party or barbeque celebrating something else. Your announcement will inevitably steal someone’s thunder, so how do you smooth things over in the process? In my estimation, reminding loved ones how important they are and will continue to be in your life always goes far. Adding a gift doesn’t hurt, either. These Father of the Bride Cufflinks do both:

What better way to smooth things over with Dad after you’ve stolen the show at what was supposed to the inaugural weekend of his new hi-tech barbeque grill? (Kebabs just aren’t as a big a deal when someone walks in with news like a fall wedding, are they?) As you can see, our store offers a number of variations on such cufflinks, so everyone can be happy.

Vegas, Baby

Need a reminder of your fun Vegas wedding as planning the formal reception the in-laws insisted on gets increasingly laborious? These Roulette Wheel Cufflinks might do the trick:

They’ll remind you of the reason why you took a chance to get married in the first place, and be an amusement near your wrists when Uncle George makes things awkward by calling your new wife not by her name, but “Jessica,” the name of your old girlfriend.

Groomsmen at the Pool Hall

By the time the hubby and I got married, a number of our friends had already done so. I doubt our friends—mutual and ones that are less so—had any profound concerns that we would disappear from their lives, or become entirely different people. However, I do remember how we felt when our friends first started getting married. We were unsure of how our friendships would change, or whether we would stay in the married couple’s life, and we both figured such a topic was far too self-centered to be appropriate conversation with two people very busy planning a wedding.

When you’re getting married, one way to let your friends—particularly those who are helping out with all the wedding festivities— know that you’re not going anywhere is to keep things light with a gift that reminds them of your friendship as singletons. To that end, I think that these 8-Ball Cufflinks would make a great groomsmen’s gift from a guy* who likes to play pool with his friends:

They’ll let the groomsmen know you haven’t forgotten them, and will still be able to get out for a game every now and then.

*Or bridesmaids’ gifts from a gal, or attendant’s gifts… although not all of us play pool, who among us didn’t spend some of our adolescence seeking guidance from a so-called “magic” 8-ball?

Great Finds Under $100: More Classic Than Pirate

One shouldn’t mix up getting a great deal with simply getting something cheaply. Lots of things go on sale. Some things are never expensive. Such things, however, aren’t always a great value. I could, for example, find a puffy, unflattering, white shirt that made me look more like a pirate queen than a chic urbanite on sale for 75% off, but that doesn’t mean that it buying it would be a good idea.

To that end, I’d like to showcase some cufflinks that are indeed a great value. I think that these Onyx Bar Cufflinks are stunning:

Onyx is a traditional stone for jewelry, and is showcased well in these cufflinks. Black, of course, always has, and always will go with everything. These cufflinks would be appropriate whether they are paired with a suit for a day at the office, or with a tuxedo for a wedding party. They’d make for a great gift for anyone who wears cufflinks.

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