Bachelorette Parties: Good Fun Or Menace?
By Tom Miller posted
It appears as if the bachelorette party is here to stay. For a hot minute I thought that at the corner of Girls Gone Wild, gender convergence and the wide acceptance of phallic-shaped cakes these fetes would go the way of the dodo. But no—hen parties are not going anywhere and they are not f*cking around. Read: Bachelorette Party Dos and Don'ts
Observationally, bachelor parties have been getting slightly milder (The Hangover notwithstanding). Long gone are the days of filling a hotel suite with hookers, unhappily married buddies and one woman willing to do something unholy with a four-legged animal. Today's dudes go for a trip to the strip club, 36 holes of golf, booze-induced wistfulness and steaks the size of a toilet seat. Or maybe I'm just getting old. Read: The New Bachelor Party
Either way the ladies seem to be closing the rowdiness gap. This past calendar year I have bumped into several bachelorette celebrations that I would describe as "marauding." In New Orleans, I was minding my own business and nursing a hangover nicknamed "shame" when a hurricane of lady Bacchanalians descending upon me and my friends. Within minutes, we were fielding an onslaught of requests, and the badgering didn't stop until these ladies gained dollar bills for t-shirt-borne candies and a pair of boxing shorts. Because I love my buddies, I accepted the "give us your underpants, funny man" challenge. That said, taking off your underwear in a quarter inch of New Orleans bathroom water with no stall doors is an experience I'm not anxious to repeat. Read: Bride Auctions Off Bridesmaid Spot
I've been confronted with the underpants scavenger hunt before and it's weird for me. Not because I feel sexually harassed or am worried about the cleanliness of my drawers, but because I feel like I have to crank my rowdiness up to 11 and because I hate riding out commando. Read: Jailed Groom Nearly Misses Wedding Because Of Bachelor Party Stunt
I have three pieces of advice for bachelorette parties:
1) Have a plan. Use this App from Sexy Slang: Click here to get it.
2) Use the buddy-system and DO NOT LOSE THE BRIDE.
3) Antes te cases, lo mire a que haces.
Please hit the comments with fun bachelorette party stories.
