Archive for April, 2010

The Montreal Bachelor Party Aftermath: Making Things Right Before the Big Day

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

The Montreal Bachelor Party Aftermath: Making Things Right Before the Big Day

If you come home from your bachelor party in Montreal and it seems like your future bride is a little distant, you’re probably not imagining things. She says she’s “fine,” but experienced men know that’s female speak for “I’m absolutely fuming but I’m not going to tell you why because you should know.” Obviously, you want to smooth things over after a Montreal bachelor party in time for the wedding. Here are four tips to help you do it:

Just shut up about it already: Every time you mention your recent trip to Montreal, you’re making things worse. She starts picturing the debauchery and feeling jealous she wasn’t included all over again. Don’t mention the Montreal bachelor party around your darling bride, and tell your boys to stay tight-lipped too.

Help with the wedding planning: If you’re looking for an easy way to suck up, offer to accompany her to the florist to choose a bouquet or spend some time looking at linens for the reception hall. Caution: This is only a good tactic if you will be able to appear genuinely interested in flowers and tablecloths.

Be a homebody for a few weekends: Stay out of the nightclubs and spend some quality time with her. Stress how much more fun it is to cuddle and watch movies with her instead of going out to some loud bar.

Make plans to take her to Montreal: One of the best ways to make up is to show the bride what Montreal (minus the strip clubs) is all about. If you had your Mont

Bachelor Party

Bachelor Party

real bachelor party early enough, make plans for a couple’s getaway before the wedding.

The People you Did Not Invite to the Montreal Bachelor Party: How to Deal

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

The People you Did Not Invite to the Montreal Bachelor Party: How to Deal

Unfortunately, not everyone who expects to be invited to bachelor parties will be. Here are a few options for dealing with the guys who, for whatever reason, didn’t quite make the cut:

Keep the Montreal bachelor party a secret: Think hard before you decide to go with this option, because it means you can never speak of this legendary event in the company of others. It’s a good choice if your bachelor party group is small or you don’t see the people you chose not to invite on a regular basis.

Tell them the reasons they weren’t invited: If you choose this approach, it’s best not to be honest. Uncle Jim is not likely to understand if you tell him he wasn’t invited because he can’t be trusted to keep his big mouth shut or because everyone felt he’d scare away the strippers. Instead, tell him you knew he lost his job and didn’t want to put him on the spot, or that you heard he was afraid of flying. Use whatever excuse you can…just make sure you come off as a concerned friend doing the non-invitee a favor.

Have the best man take the fall for the groom: This is perfect if the best man doesn’t know the guys who weren’t invited. The groom can tell his college buddy he put him on the guest list, but the best man made a mistake and booked for 10 people instead of 11. Unfortunately, the reservations were finalized before anyone noticed the screw up. If only the best man would learn how to count.

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Why Women Hate Bachelor Parties

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Why Women Hate Bachelor Parties

Just the term bachelor party is enough to put a scowl on most women’s faces. But why? What is it about bachelor parties that instantly raises suspicions and causes moods to turn from sunny to sour? Women might give you a hundred reasons why they hate these pre-wedding events, but they usually fall under one of the following three categories:

Women are jealous: Let’s be honest. In many cases, bachelorette parties are pretty lame compared to bachelor parties, and that’s if the maid of honor decides to organize a celebration at all. Either way, you’re getting something she isn’t. Women don’t like that. It’ll awaken the green-eyed monster every time. She might call your bachelor party stupid, childish, and an extreme waste of money, but deep down she’s wishing someone would care enough to organize a huge bash for her.

Women know what men are like: Our significant others realize that when guys get together for a bachelor party, a pack mentality takes over. They know that their normally (somewhat) sensible guys will be pounding back the booze, getting rowdy, and going to strip clubs. Say what you want about women, but they’re not naive when it comes to what happens during bachelor parties.

Women don’t trust us: “It’s not you I don’t trust…” She might finish this off in several ways, such as “it’s your friends,” “it’s the strippers,” or “it’s the alcohol.” No matter how she phrases it, what she really means is “I don’t trust you.” Bachelor parties make women uneasy because they offer men so many opportunities to do things they shouldn’t.

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Bachelor Parties