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Why are there lots of bridal magazines but no magazines for grooms? What does that imply?

--A Male

Consider men's general lack of interest in wedding planning. Of course, if men did the organizing, there'd probably be a paintball duel to the altar, strippers serving nachos, and a minister who ends the ceremony with: "You may now have a threesome with the bride and her sister."

However, what we could call the "wedding-industrial complex" -- with $56 billion in sales in the U.S. in 2017 (per...