I understand having a night out with your friends. I think that's nice. But shouldn't they be a more fun version of a usual night out? There seems to be this American mythology and expectation surrounding the notion of the bachelor party. I've attended a couple bachelorette parties and they have all varied pretty drastically, but there always seems to be penis paraphernalia and veils. For they guys, you see the ramped up version in movies like The Hangover and Very Bad Things, like, this is your last chance to touch a bunch of boobs and possibly have sex with someone (which somehow isn't cheating) before you are doomed to a horrible, monotonous existence with the one you love. This seems really counter-intuitive to the whole concept of marriage but the industry supports the idea that this is the guy's last night as a single man. There was even a show called Stag: A Test of Love. This show filmed the bachelor party and then showed it to the fiancee the next day and then filmed their horrified response. That was an actual show.
So, I didn't really know what to expect when I went to Kyle's bachelor party. I was the only girl, which was fine, but definitely awkward. We got a back room at Pho Gia and set Kyle up at in a table in the center like it was last supper or something. I brought him a gag blow up doll I snagged at a garage sale, which we all tattooed with a Sharpie, and then we went to Sandy Hut for drinks and jello shots. The blow up doll was surprising popular. Or maybe not so surprisingly. He was pretty great.
If I have a party, I just want to go camping with my friends. What do you guys think? Are traditional bachelor/bachelorette parties an important part of getting married? Am I missing the point?
3 comments:
Camping sounds fantastic. I much prefer the idea of celebrating with your loved ones in a way that best suits your style instead of going along with the traditional party. Let's face it, a bachelorette camping trip would be an even BIGGER party.
We gave kale a bachelor party camping trip and people still ended up naked. I think Hypersexuality in these instances is typically a consequence of heavy drinking and the associated lack of oxygen to the brain. If you dont want to end up drinking out of a cock straw, especially in the woods, I suggest warm milk and water for refreshments at your next Bparty.
Warm milk and water? That sounds like a total disaster.
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