8 Things Not To Do At A Bachelorette Party
While many girls dream of their special wedding day for most of their lives, chances are their best friends are busy dreaming of throwing them the ultimate bachelorette party. Regardless if you're throwing this shindig in Vegas or not, here are some general rules of what to avoid so everyone involved has a good time.
1. Don't Embarrass The Bride
A bachelorette party is much like a birthday party, in that it is all about her! The bride-to-be shouldn't have to walk into this night with reservations about what might be up her friends' sleeves. Don't play some kind of trivia game outlining all of her weird ex-boyfriends, sex stories and skeletons she doesn't want seeing the light of day. If she's got a good sense of humor, by all means, let's talk about that night she ate lasagna off the floor and made out with a guy named Dave Thomas just because she loves Wendy's. But if not? Let's focus on making new memories tonight.
2. Don't Make The Girls Shell Out $$$
This doesn't have to be multi-day, 16 course, destination extravaganza. This is likely the time of your lives where all your friends are getting married, so let's respect this bank-account-sucking era and try to keep the cost to a minimum for you & your ladies. This is especially true if you are having a destination wedding, so that might even make you aim to keep the party local. Luckily, there are tons of packages that help take advantage of your power in numbers.
3. Don't Get The Bride in Trouble
This bride has got a crazy time ahead of her, so avoid adding to any of her worries by being wing-women of defense against every single problem. Think of it like this: The bride is a 3-year-old princess allowed to do whatever the hell she wants tonight, and you are the drunk-yet-responsible adult following her around with a magic eraser to clean up the metaphorical crayon on the wall. Your job is to encourage fun while simultaneously foreseeing problems and threats to her elation. It's a balancing act that must be played by her closest friends, so props to you for keeping her out of trouble.
4. No Posting Crazy Pics
Here's a life hack for you social media addicts like myself: Take your one group pic at the beginning of the night, inclusive of duck faces, prom pic stance, and filtered to hell, post it, and leave the rest of your photos for #latergrams. By all means, take photos during the night! But you'll be thankful for leaving the posting for the following morning because drunk-you thinks that the bride looks both hilarious AND hot with that group of hobos as her entourage outside of IHOP, but hungover-you thinks "Thank you Jesus for not posting that on Facebook for her mother-in-law to see." It's all a matter of perspective, playing it safe, and trying to replicate what you saw on Pinterest with class and style.
5. Don't make Goal #1 to Get Wasted
Of course alcohol is going to be involved in any worthwhile bachelorette party, especially in Vegas. It's the liquid courage the bride needs to shake off the stress of wedding planning and hit the dance floor to display immaculate running man skills. Since it is a given, there is no need to freak out and prioritize the booze over everything else. What's truly important is that you get just the right amount of overindulgence to pay respect to the bonds of female friendship and sisterhood.
6. No Guys
This is a lady wolfpack outing. No boys allowed, just like a tree fort. "Girls rule, boys drool" mentality. The only exceptions to this rule is if it's a bachelor/bachelorette co-party, a guy specifically invited by the bride that doesn't pose a threat to her V, or if he's being paid to take his clothes off for entertainment.
7. No Wearing White
Yup, just like the wedding. If the bride has a hot little white mini dress picked out, you're not allowed to match or even wear ivory. You know what would be nice? Focusing on making sure she has her sash, tiara, feather boa, or whatever iconic symbol of "bachelorette" she would want. While we're on the subject, I think it should be noted that none of this girly crap is required or even wanted by every bride. Start a new trend! Bachelorette combat boots would be super awesome.
8. No Drunk Dialing
Hand-in-hand with #3, it's probably best if the bride's phone is taken away from her. Let's not risk calls to her hubby-to-be, cold feet enablers, or even to chew out the wedding planner for forgetting she wanted damn orchids - NOT FREESIAS. Keep her in the moment, happy and surrounded with loving vibes of serenity peppered with mischief. She'll thank you in the morning.
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