Bachelorette Parties: Good Fun
Or Menace?
Has the hen party passed the stag party in terms of debauchery?
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.
