Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
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Gaze deeply into the folds and lose yourself, friend. *Finger wiggles*
How is everyone's day? It's Friday here and I want to go back to bed. I found like the comfiest sweater dress ish long sleeve thing. It was at Goodwill and was like three bucks? And it's from banana republic and it is unfathomably soft and that + leggings = comfy Erin.
I have a nice mug of tea, working on some squats, and prepping for my weigh in today
Today is stupid. An obnoxious busybody at work complained about another employee giving me rides in the morning using the company truck, even though I live two blocks from him and on a straight line from his house to the office, so now I'm back to walking an hour in the morning. Or biking 20 minutes, but then having to haul my stupid bike back uphill at the end of the day which may be faster than walking, but feels far worse. The exercise will be good for me, but the wasted commute time is killer.
Hamilton is coming to Salt Lake, and tickets went on sale 15 minutes ago... I was in the queue the second it went live (in the "waiting room" page for two hours prior) and my estimated wait time is still over an hour. Unless their transaction volume is ridiculously low, I'm going to bet it will sell out before it gets to me. And I'm going to bet that scalpers are making a killing, because this theater has never done anything even remotely this high demand before, and has fairly minimal security precautions in place.
Work is buying lunch today, but it's coming from a coworker's sister's catering business that we keep using out of pity, which means it's going to be overcooked chicken and mashed potatoes that you could use as ballistic armor.
But I've got a job, I've got food, I've got disposable income to spend on something nice instead of tickets when this Hamilton queue locks down, so things could be a lot worse. Just feeling grouchy about it today.
Realizing lately that I don't really trust or respect basically any of the moderators here. So, good luck with life, friends! Hit me up on Twitter @DesertLeviathan
Holy shit, queue time jumped from over an hour to 11 minutes just now. I mean, I'm 26 minutes in already, but that's a much more optimistic remaining total.
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Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
Fuck. That sucks, Hango Mango. It'd be lovely if people would fuck off and mind their own business. It'll be good exercise at least?
Also I super hope you can get Hamilton tickets! They opened up for sale in New Orleans and they're $900 each so I am super sad because I'll never see it at that price
Gaze deeply into the folds and lose yourself, friend. *Finger wiggles*
How is everyone's day? It's Friday here and I want to go back to bed. I found like the comfiest sweater dress ish long sleeve thing. It was at Goodwill and was like three bucks? And it's from banana republic and it is unfathomably soft and that + leggings = comfy Erin.
I have a nice mug of tea, working on some squats, and prepping for my weigh in today
I have a date tonight. I dunno if it's a date date because I lack confidence in myself at this point in time, but still. Somehow the top I wanted to wear got foundation on it so I had to hand wash it and put it up to dry this morning so it better fucking dry in time(it probably won't) and I'm going down to Sephora to get my makeup done before tasty Italian dinner at one of my favorite places and then HMS Pinafore!
So today is pretty good, I think. I'm kinda nervous but in a good way? One of my exes was texting me this morning about their unsatisfying sex life since they dumped me and that was certainly a thing.
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Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
Gaze deeply into the folds and lose yourself, friend. *Finger wiggles*
How is everyone's day? It's Friday here and I want to go back to bed. I found like the comfiest sweater dress ish long sleeve thing. It was at Goodwill and was like three bucks? And it's from banana republic and it is unfathomably soft and that + leggings = comfy Erin.
I have a nice mug of tea, working on some squats, and prepping for my weigh in today
I have a date tonight. I dunno if it's a date date because I lack confidence in myself at this point in time, but still. Somehow the top I wanted to wear got foundation on it so I had to hand wash it and put it up to dry this morning so it better fucking dry in time(it probably won't) and I'm going down to Sephora to get my makeup done before tasty Italian dinner at one of my favorite places and then HMS Pinafore!
So today is pretty good, I think. I'm kinda nervous but in a good way? One of my exes was texting me this morning about their unsatisfying sex life since they dumped me and that was certainly a thing.
Yeah not sure how one would respond to the ex text. But I super hope that date is a date and is also just fuckin incredible and that shirt dries!
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Realizing lately that I don't really trust or respect basically any of the moderators here. So, good luck with life, friends! Hit me up on Twitter @DesertLeviathan
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Which is a scenario I never gave much thought to (I've never even been to a bachelor party, honestly) but being invited just gave me the best feeling in the world oh my god
So I now have until the end of March to find a really cute black dress!
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Holy shit I'll be there.
I'm gonna make a genuine effort at being social locally... but when that fails, you are on the short list!
Realizing lately that I don't really trust or respect basically any of the moderators here. So, good luck with life, friends! Hit me up on Twitter @DesertLeviathan
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
Which is a scenario I never gave much thought to (I've never even been to a bachelor party, honestly) but being invited just gave me the best feeling in the world oh my god
So I now have until the end of March to find a really cute black dress!
Having attended both, bachelorette parties are far more enjoyable.
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Holy shit I'll be there.
I'm gonna make a genuine effort at being social locally... but when that fails, you are on the short list!
Bachelor parties are kind of bogus, you didn't miss much. They come in three varieties:
1.) The kind where everyone awkwardly goes through all the motions of the sleazy and/or self-destructive bullshit that is expected because of societal convention. Nobody's comfortable and nobody actually has a good time, except for the one or two Overbearing Party Friends who everybody secretly regrets inviting.
2.) The kind where everyone just hangs out and actually has a nice time eating snacks and playing games, or whatever the shared recreational foundation of their social circle is, before going to bed at a sensible hour. It would actually be quite pleasant, but the whole thing is undermined by the knowledge that they're not doing the other kind of party, and everyone keeps making sad jokes about when the strippers are going to burst out of the Settlers of Catan box, so they all still wind up feeling like they're missing out even though they'd actually hate the other kind of party.
3.) The social circle is actually mostly made of Overbearing Party Friends, so the shared recreational foundation is in fact sleazy and/or self-destructive bullshit. Everybody probably enjoys the hell out of themselves, but then there are consequences, because nobody knows when to say enough is enough.
Bachelorette parties don't seem burdened by such a specific expected formula, so seem to me like they'd have a better chance of actually turning out cool? But maybe that's just a Grass is Greener scenario.
Realizing lately that I don't really trust or respect basically any of the moderators here. So, good luck with life, friends! Hit me up on Twitter @DesertLeviathan
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
The last bachelorette party I attended we drank from noon to 2 a.m.
Bachelorette parties don't seem burdened by such a specific expected formula, so seem to me like they'd have a better chance of actually turning out cool? But maybe that's just a Grass is Greener scenario.
Bachelorette parties have similar problems with the caveat that in the case of Scenario 2, there's usually no regret about having chosen that option. So, slightly better. But man, if you end up in version 1 or 3 (and it's a straight wedding) you should expect every food to be in the shape of a penis*, every party game to involve penises in some capacity*, some seriously humiliating street antics, and some very awkward stripper action.
edit: also it depends on the country, German bachelorette parties have a very rigid formula they apparently have to adhere to, aussie ones are less structured.
* I don't know why this lingers culturally, but it's still apparently HILARIOUS to imply that the bride has never seen a dick before and that the bachelorette party should expose her to as many as possible.
I've gone to two bachelor parties in my life.
One was a backyard barbecue where we fed the groom so many shots he puked, and the other was a day at the amusement park/dinner at Hooters(gross)/drinks at the strip club. The second one was actually a ton more fun, we had a chill mixed gender group and there were enough of us that the dancers couldn't sit down with us to constantly bug us for dances and cash.
We wrapped it up by throwing bouncy balls off my fourteenth floor balcony at 4 AM, and it's a really fond memory. Hooters fucking sucked, though, and I don't think going to the strip club is a safe bet for fun with most groups of people.
At my friend's bachelorette we had afternoon tea at an upscale hotel, then we went to an escape room, then just to a restaurant before calling it a night.
The most fun bachelor party I've been to was a mixed gender one with a "moustache and miniskirts" theme (everybody had to wear both), where we pretty much just did a pub crawl and then once we were sufficiently wasted we went to the grooms place of work which had been turned into a dance club for the night. It was very chill and the moustaches made for some fantastic pictures.
2.) The kind where everyone just hangs out and actually has a nice time eating snacks and playing games, or whatever the shared recreational foundation of their social circle is, before going to bed at a sensible hour.
Yes, went to one that was exactly this and it was fantast-
It would actually be quite pleasant, but the whole thing is undermined by the knowledge that they're not doing the other kind of party, and everyone keeps making sad jokes about when the strippers are going to burst out of the Settlers of Catan box, so they all still wind up feeling like they're missing out even though they'd actually hate the other kind of party.
...what kind of heteronormative male bullshit is this? :bigfrown:
I didn't have a bachelorette party (I'll probably never go to one, now!) and besides, Escape Rooms weren't really a thing back then but ooh, what an excellent idea for one.
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mysticjuicer[he/him] I'm a muscle wizardand I cast P U N C HRegistered Userregular
When I was asked to set up my buddy's bachelor event, I basically fretted for two months and then dropped a super worried "okayifyouwanttodothestripclubthingIwillbecauseIloveyoubutIwillbeinthebacksweatingawkwardlythewholetimeandI'LLSTILLDOITbutifyou'renotinterestedinthatIwouldbeSORELIEVEDYOUHAVENOIDEA" and he was like, no, that sounds gross and bad, and I hugged him and said "how do you feel about go-karts" and he said "fuck yeah" and so we all went go-karting and then had dinner and it was excellent.
Like one of his uncles said something about "so where are the strippers" and then everyone else rolled their eyes at him in unison and it was great. I had ribs!
I did an escape room for my birthday, courtesy of my dad. He booked one for me + a few of my siblings + 2 of my siblings' partners (6 of us in total)
My siblings are more practiced than I am and kind of raced through in a whirlwind spotting all the puzzles before I even had a chance to read the information
We beat the record by a solid minute, and beat the record for no hints by 13 minutes, which was cool (finished in 35 minutes!), but I got to complete like... 2 of the puzzles by myself! It was my birthday present! Gimme a chance!
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Holy shit I'll be there.
I'm gonna make a genuine effort at being social locally... but when that fails, you are on the short list!
And I am always generally available for awkwardly stilted British socialising, if folks ever need a more...transatlantic vibe to their social grouping.
I can promise dry British wit, subtle self pity and a veritable downpouring (although that last one is more the British weather and less me).
No refunds!
It's all saltwater these days:
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
The last bachelorette party I attended we drank from noon to 2 a.m.
It was a wild, chaotic blast.
To expand on this:
We first went to a wine tasting, then a bar and finally went back home for pizza & more drinking. But during all of this there was a scavenger hunt, and my partner was adamant on winning it.
So her & I went around town, stealing & cheating so she would win it.
I crushed really, really hard on that girl afterward.
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Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Holy shit I'll be there.
I'm gonna make a genuine effort at being social locally... but when that fails, you are on the short list!
And I am always generally available for awkwardly stilted British socialising, if folks ever need a more...transatlantic vibe to their social grouping.
I can promise dry British wit, subtle self pity and a veritable downpouring (although that last one is more the British weather and less me).
No refunds!
Do you also supply a sofa to curl up on and gaze wistfully out of a window from as your tea makes lazy spirals of steam in the air
I've never once been drunk in my life, slightly buzzed was the most I've gotten, and a lot of that was in fear that in my drunkenness I would "give away" something about myself that I didn't want known
@Zonugal can confirm, when I went to the Food and Wine Festival but for me it was just the Food Festival
It seems so fucking stupid in hindsight but
Societal pressure, I guess
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mysticjuicer[he/him] I'm a muscle wizardand I cast P U N C HRegistered Userregular
The last bachelorette party I attended we drank from noon to 2 a.m.
It was a wild, chaotic blast.
To expand on this:
We first went to a wine tasting, then a bar and finally went back home for pizza & more drinking. But during all of this there was a scavenger hunt, and my partner was adamant on winning it.
So her & I went around town, stealing & cheating so she would win it.
I crushed really, really hard on that girl afterward.
That sounds rad and also sooo damn cute and correct.
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
room for you, and one stacked plate of Buffalo wings
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Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Holy shit I'll be there.
I'm gonna make a genuine effort at being social locally... but when that fails, you are on the short list!
And I am always generally available for awkwardly stilted British socialising, if folks ever need a more...transatlantic vibe to their social grouping.
I can promise dry British wit, subtle self pity and a veritable downpouring (although that last one is more the British weather and less me).
No refunds!
Do you also supply a sofa to curl up on and gaze wistfully out of a window from as your tea makes lazy spirals of steam in the air
A choice of two in fact - either a 2- or 3-seater black leather, with unparalleled views of Weston and the surrounding landscape. For tea I can provide access to Yorkshire tea bags, but personally don't drink the stuff myself. Tea is blergh.
It's all saltwater these days:
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I've never once been drunk in my life, slightly buzzed was the most I've gotten, and a lot of that was in fear that in my drunkenness I would "give away" something about myself that I didn't want known
@Zonugal can confirm, when I went to the Food and Wine Festival but for me it was just the Food Festival
It seems so fucking stupid in hindsight but
Societal pressure, I guess
I CAN ATTEST!
Also, @UnbreakableVow, you could always opt to be a designated driver? In which case the others would likely happily buy you food & non-alcoholic beverages.
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Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
As someone who has worked in various call centres at varying capacities, I've been told my voice is everything from "soothing, relaxing, and sensuous" to "pleasant to listen to, with an authoritative but calming demeanor".
The first one was a drunk guy in Halifax, NS who hit on all the agents though, regardless of gender, and he was a creep who would talk about wanting to invite us back to his hot tub that he mentioned in every conversation, even though what we were discussing had no reason to talk about his personal life at all. We almost blacklisted his number after the 3rd time he made an agent uncomfortable.
My bachelor party was great; we just did a bar crawl at various places around dc (starting at the board room before it was always so crowded all the time) and everyone ended up kinda trashed and pretty happy. Just talking at all the bars, no strippers or anything because i’m not into that aesthetic.
It also had the loose theme of something like suit up and/or slut up so my people could wear suits or dress more daringly than usual
Husband’s bachelor party was on the same night and just board games; I joined them at the very end when we were done with the bar crawl.
Since then i’ve been to a variety of bachelor and bachelorette parties and they’ve always just been sedate drinks with friends the night before, nothing even like a bar crawl. The one for my one friend, her future wife came too but she called it their bachelor party so all right
Basically your friend group just needs to really not care about the standard structure of a wedding...or maybe we just set a really good example for everyone when we got married first and eschewed many traditions...
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How is everyone's day? It's Friday here and I want to go back to bed. I found like the comfiest sweater dress ish long sleeve thing. It was at Goodwill and was like three bucks? And it's from banana republic and it is unfathomably soft and that + leggings = comfy Erin.
I have a nice mug of tea, working on some squats, and prepping for my weigh in today
Morning grump face contained within
Hamilton is coming to Salt Lake, and tickets went on sale 15 minutes ago... I was in the queue the second it went live (in the "waiting room" page for two hours prior) and my estimated wait time is still over an hour. Unless their transaction volume is ridiculously low, I'm going to bet it will sell out before it gets to me. And I'm going to bet that scalpers are making a killing, because this theater has never done anything even remotely this high demand before, and has fairly minimal security precautions in place.
Work is buying lunch today, but it's coming from a coworker's sister's catering business that we keep using out of pity, which means it's going to be overcooked chicken and mashed potatoes that you could use as ballistic armor.
But I've got a job, I've got food, I've got disposable income to spend on something nice instead of tickets when this Hamilton queue locks down, so things could be a lot worse. Just feeling grouchy about it today.
Also I super hope you can get Hamilton tickets! They opened up for sale in New Orleans and they're $900 each so I am super sad because I'll never see it at that price
I have a date tonight. I dunno if it's a date date because I lack confidence in myself at this point in time, but still. Somehow the top I wanted to wear got foundation on it so I had to hand wash it and put it up to dry this morning so it better fucking dry in time(it probably won't) and I'm going down to Sephora to get my makeup done before tasty Italian dinner at one of my favorite places and then HMS Pinafore!
So today is pretty good, I think. I'm kinda nervous but in a good way? One of my exes was texting me this morning about their unsatisfying sex life since they dumped me and that was certainly a thing.
Yeah not sure how one would respond to the ex text. But I super hope that date is a date and is also just fuckin incredible and that shirt dries!
Only $90 each. The most expensive they had for sale were $300. I dread to see what the scalper market does, though. I'll be seeing the show on April 28th, which is a Saturday, at 2PM, so that should work out all right. Probably not amazing seats, but I'll just be happy to be inside the damn theater.
Of course, I'm still hella single, and every other time I've done this "buy two tickets to a thing to force myself to invite someone" thing, I've wound up with just an empty seat for my coat and a feeling of self-loathing undermining the whole experience. But this time will be different! Because fuckin Hamilton Tickets!
Holy shit I'll be there.
Which is a scenario I never gave much thought to (I've never even been to a bachelor party, honestly) but being invited just gave me the best feeling in the world oh my god
So I now have until the end of March to find a really cute black dress!
I'm gonna make a genuine effort at being social locally... but when that fails, you are on the short list!
Having attended both, bachelorette parties are far more enjoyable.
Okay okay that's fair.
1.) The kind where everyone awkwardly goes through all the motions of the sleazy and/or self-destructive bullshit that is expected because of societal convention. Nobody's comfortable and nobody actually has a good time, except for the one or two Overbearing Party Friends who everybody secretly regrets inviting.
2.) The kind where everyone just hangs out and actually has a nice time eating snacks and playing games, or whatever the shared recreational foundation of their social circle is, before going to bed at a sensible hour. It would actually be quite pleasant, but the whole thing is undermined by the knowledge that they're not doing the other kind of party, and everyone keeps making sad jokes about when the strippers are going to burst out of the Settlers of Catan box, so they all still wind up feeling like they're missing out even though they'd actually hate the other kind of party.
3.) The social circle is actually mostly made of Overbearing Party Friends, so the shared recreational foundation is in fact sleazy and/or self-destructive bullshit. Everybody probably enjoys the hell out of themselves, but then there are consequences, because nobody knows when to say enough is enough.
Bachelorette parties don't seem burdened by such a specific expected formula, so seem to me like they'd have a better chance of actually turning out cool? But maybe that's just a Grass is Greener scenario.
It was a wild, chaotic blast.
Bachelorette parties have similar problems with the caveat that in the case of Scenario 2, there's usually no regret about having chosen that option. So, slightly better. But man, if you end up in version 1 or 3 (and it's a straight wedding) you should expect every food to be in the shape of a penis*, every party game to involve penises in some capacity*, some seriously humiliating street antics, and some very awkward stripper action.
edit: also it depends on the country, German bachelorette parties have a very rigid formula they apparently have to adhere to, aussie ones are less structured.
* I don't know why this lingers culturally, but it's still apparently HILARIOUS to imply that the bride has never seen a dick before and that the bachelorette party should expose her to as many as possible.
One was a backyard barbecue where we fed the groom so many shots he puked, and the other was a day at the amusement park/dinner at Hooters(gross)/drinks at the strip club. The second one was actually a ton more fun, we had a chill mixed gender group and there were enough of us that the dancers couldn't sit down with us to constantly bug us for dances and cash.
We wrapped it up by throwing bouncy balls off my fourteenth floor balcony at 4 AM, and it's a really fond memory. Hooters fucking sucked, though, and I don't think going to the strip club is a safe bet for fun with most groups of people.
Yes, went to one that was exactly this and it was fantast-
...what kind of heteronormative male bullshit is this? :bigfrown:
ME TOO
I didn't have a bachelorette party (I'll probably never go to one, now!) and besides, Escape Rooms weren't really a thing back then but ooh, what an excellent idea for one.
Like one of his uncles said something about "so where are the strippers" and then everyone else rolled their eyes at him in unison and it was great. I had ribs!
My siblings are more practiced than I am and kind of raced through in a whirlwind spotting all the puzzles before I even had a chance to read the information
We beat the record by a solid minute, and beat the record for no hints by 13 minutes, which was cool (finished in 35 minutes!), but I got to complete like... 2 of the puzzles by myself! It was my birthday present! Gimme a chance!
And I am always generally available for awkwardly stilted British socialising, if folks ever need a more...transatlantic vibe to their social grouping.
I can promise dry British wit, subtle self pity and a veritable downpouring (although that last one is more the British weather and less me).
No refunds!
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
To expand on this:
We first went to a wine tasting, then a bar and finally went back home for pizza & more drinking. But during all of this there was a scavenger hunt, and my partner was adamant on winning it.
So her & I went around town, stealing & cheating so she would win it.
I crushed really, really hard on that girl afterward.
Do you also supply a sofa to curl up on and gaze wistfully out of a window from as your tea makes lazy spirals of steam in the air
I've never once been drunk in my life, slightly buzzed was the most I've gotten, and a lot of that was in fear that in my drunkenness I would "give away" something about myself that I didn't want known
@Zonugal can confirm, when I went to the Food and Wine Festival but for me it was just the Food Festival
It seems so fucking stupid in hindsight but
Societal pressure, I guess
That sounds rad and also sooo damn cute and correct.
room for you, and one stacked plate of Buffalo wings
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A choice of two in fact - either a 2- or 3-seater black leather, with unparalleled views of Weston and the surrounding landscape. For tea I can provide access to Yorkshire tea bags, but personally don't drink the stuff myself. Tea is blergh.
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
I CAN ATTEST!
Also, @UnbreakableVow, you could always opt to be a designated driver? In which case the others would likely happily buy you food & non-alcoholic beverages.
I really need to listen to more people's voices. I really like voices? And associating them with people and yeah
EVERYONE SEND ME YOUR VOICE
AND A LOVE NOTE
(That second part was a joke.)
Hearing your own voice on a recording still sounds super weird!
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
The first one was a drunk guy in Halifax, NS who hit on all the agents though, regardless of gender, and he was a creep who would talk about wanting to invite us back to his hot tub that he mentioned in every conversation, even though what we were discussing had no reason to talk about his personal life at all. We almost blacklisted his number after the 3rd time he made an agent uncomfortable.
Steam: TheArcadeBear
It also had the loose theme of something like suit up and/or slut up so my people could wear suits or dress more daringly than usual
Husband’s bachelor party was on the same night and just board games; I joined them at the very end when we were done with the bar crawl.
Since then i’ve been to a variety of bachelor and bachelorette parties and they’ve always just been sedate drinks with friends the night before, nothing even like a bar crawl. The one for my one friend, her future wife came too but she called it their bachelor party so all right
Basically your friend group just needs to really not care about the standard structure of a wedding...or maybe we just set a really good example for everyone when we got married first and eschewed many traditions...