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On a night out in town, 9 times out of 10 you will see at least one hen do on your travels between pubs. They often include skimpy outfits, and something that draws attention to the bride herself. It will more often than not involve bucket fulls of alcohol, and references to all the men the bride can no longer “have”.
Is it your idea of a good time?
Various Anne Summer’s “uniforms” being worn to attract the attention of men to the single hens, and the opportunity for the soon to be married hen to find out just how desireable she still is, before she is off the market for good.
I find it all quite tacky. Diminidhing themselves as sex objects, women on hen do’s tend to attract all the wrong attention for all the wrong reasons. And it rarely ends well. Hangovers and forgotten actions - never a good mix!
I recently saw a fairly tasteful hen do in Manchester - a soon-to-be farmer’s wife, and all her cows! It was brilliantly done, black t-shirts with white spots for the cows, all with black trousers with taiils and udders (washing up gloves blown up!), and masks that moo-ed. The “hen” herself was dressed as a farmer, complete with flat cap and muddy wellies - even the bouncers were surprised to see them! There wasn’t a short skirt or low cut top to be seen.
This kind of hen do reflected both what the “bride” was becoming, and that her friends wanted her to be comfortable and not on show for drunken men to grope at.
I liked it. Shame that most women (and men) find that the best way to celebrate an “end to single life” is to push the boundaries on their “last night of freedom”.
I think it should be a celebration of a freind commiting herself to someone she loves.
But I guess it depends on your point of view.
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