Miss Seal My friends and I were hanging out at an uptown bar, when we realized a group of people were having a bachelor party.
We congratulated the groom and started chatting it up with his friends, when a girl came over to him. "Hey! I'm his wife-to-be!"
Apparently, the bride and the groom were having their bachelor/bachelorette parties at the same place! I thought the whole point of those things was to have one last night out with your friends, but there they were, alone together trying to have fun.
Would you ever have a joint bachelor(ette) party with your spouse to be? Are you going to have a bachelor/bachelorette party, or do you think they're overrated?
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haha that seems weird... they should be separate! ahaha
I'd have a party but I dont think I'd invite a stripper or do anything like that.
The bachelorette parties I've been to have been something like all the bridesmaids and good friends of the bride have a weekend/overnight away at a cabin/hotel/etc.... it should be separate but I guess I don't see why they can't do what they want.
I'm probably just not going to have a bachelorette party at all.
Actually that's what my fiancé and I are planning on! We don't see the point of having a party to celebrate our last day of "freedom" because to us, there's nothing greater than getting married. Truth be told though, neither of us like parties or going out. So instead, we're going to get all of our closest friends together and have a "wedding party"--we're going to set up flat screens (ours and borrowed from friends) and have a bunch of videogame tournaments, play laser tag and paintball, eat tons of good food, and have a good time.
That's pretty cool :) I might have a girls' night out or something, no strippers or stuff like that.
I think I would just want to sleep the day before the wedding. You know, since you have to plan them forever and you have so much to do the day of. Definitely wouldn't be drinking.
I def want a bachelorette party...and they should be separate. Definitely!!
Pssh I'm definitely not having my bachelorette party anywhere near him! haha
I think that those parties are over rated. As my boyfriend said, "Just because it's the night before you wedding doesn't mean you're single". You know they always say how it's your last night as a single man/woman. That doesn't make sense, seeing as you are engaged.
i have been to a party where goats (a herd, live), a pepper spray gun (more like cannon) and ice skating were involved.
oh, and of course, copious amounts of booze.
I don't thinks it's weird. I've known couples who had joint parties...I guess it's the new thing.
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Have you not heard of co-ed bachelor parties? Very common these days.
no way!
Weird... I wonder if they were even able to have a good time and go crazy with each other there.
I've never given a bachelorette party any thought.
The joint party idea sounds great to me, actually!
I've always found the "stereotypical" bachelor party idea to be stupid and borderline offensive. Having a good time with my bride-to-be, her friends, and my friends all together to celebrate the marriage itself sounds a lot more fun.
A joint party sounds pretty stupid to me because it's the total opposite of what a bachelor/bachelorette party is supposed to be. It's supposed to be your last night out with your friends before you get married. It's your last bonding night with the girls (or guys) as an unmarried person. You will have plenty of time to have joint parties after you're married. lol.Â
my friends had that. i don't really think it's a big deal. it's pretty common these days too.
Seems like a fun idea to me. I never understood bachelor/bachelorette parties anyway. You can party with your friends anytime and as for celebrating your last night of "freedom"...I'd hope that if you're about to marry someone you've been in a committed relationship with them for awhile and as a result have not been a "free agent" for some time anyway, lol.
its suppose to be the last night that you are a woman who is not tied down by a serious seriousss committment. but i see where people are coming from when some comment that it is not your last night of being single....
I am deffffffffff having one because A) its just part of the tradition of getting married B) its shit loads of fun C) I love to party so any excuse to party like a maniac and it be okay is a good thing to me :) lol
AND i also believe they should be seperate but like some other people said you can do whatever you want...
My husband and I had a joint party, so to speak. We didn't want the crazy, wild party. We more or less just had a party with all of our friends to celebrate our coming marriage
@oOBuBBLes711Oo@xanga - might've helped if you got the lyrics right ... =P
that's an awesome idea... my bf and I always resented the idea of acting as though marriage is some sort of jail time (if it is, probably shouldn't be getting married). For some it works but each of us feel uncomfortable at the idea that the day before we commit to each other (after years of being absolutely loyal) that we suddenly think its okay to go see strippers and touch naked men/women with our drunk friends without our spouses... sounds like back to square one is all.
But if the couple is fine with each other doing that, then more power to them
Yeah, It's really weird that both be at the same party..
@msnatalie27@xanga - I totally agree. If marriage is some kind of horrible ball-and-chain, why get married? Why would it be okay to go "back to square one" and do things that normally are considered very wrong in a relationship? It seems to devalue the love and especially the faithfulness of the couple.
Having the parties at the same place seems unusual, I agree. Seems like you could call it something other than a "bachelor" party then. My friend threw me a bachelorette party of sorts, but it was more like a lingerie shower. The most racy things were the cookies she had made that were shaped like guy parts.