The Bachelor Party Argument

As I mentioned recently, my best friend is getting married. And sooner as I expected, an argument about the bachelor party has ensued between him and his fiancee. She has decided they should have a “couples shower” and skip the bachelor party idea altogether. What?!

Okay, I know what you are thinking… but it’s not just about wanting to see strippers. It’s about my best friend enjoying a night out with the guys. If she’s already outlawing it now, what lies ahead in their marriage?

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Will basketball games turn into “couples badminton” matches? Will trips to the track now be shopping trips where he is standing outside the dressing room holding her Louis Vuitton purse? Will he soon have to give up his ownership stake in our sports bar? I can only imagine how this will escalate.

His woman has always been a little controlling, but he’s kept her check for the most part. Forbidding the bachelor party crosses the line, right? I mean it’s not about the party; it’s about the big picture.

What say you? If your spouse-to-be didn’t want you to have a bachelor party, would you concede and skip it? Would you have it anyway but skip the nudity? What would you do?

I can understand if a woman doesn’t want her man to have huge silicone breasts pressed into his face while downing glasses of tequila all night long. But what about just a day of golf, followed by some bar hopping?

Oh and before you ask … yes, she’s having a bachelorette party. She’s calling it a “spa day” instead. It consists of all day of pampering at the spa, followed by dinner, champagne, a limo ride and the girls spending the night at a hotel. (Are you telling me this chick isn’t having strippers of her own? Yeah, right.)