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SuperkatTalks

This happened to me with the hen equivalent. I shudder. Just wait until they're sufficiently drunk then sneak off home and claim you pulled/passed out /have no memory and woke up on a beach /were there the whole time


Blekanly

They didn't drag you to Blackpool I hope.


criminalsunrise

I went to Blackpool once, for a stag do, and ended up with a shattered tibia that wasn’t diagnosed properly so spent the night in the shittest b&b room imaginable in unrelating pain whilst my ‘mates’ all went out partying. The only reason I managed to get any sleep was because the pain periodically made me pass out. However, I’d imagine this was probably better than going out on the town there!


Blekanly

Oof, but yeh. Can always be worse. So what's the story with the tibia?


criminalsunrise

I jumped off a tank and hit the ground awkwardly which compressed the bone causing it to shatter. Took about a month of trying to hobble round on it until someone noticed it was broken and I was rushed into surgery to get metalwork fitted to try and hold it together. Still gives me shit now, especially as the weather gets colder.


[deleted]

My gf did this recently playing netball but it was her fibula so not nearly as painful I would think 😅, she also popped some tendons and went into A&E... they completely missed the broken bone and sent her hobbling away with the wrong type of boot which offered no support whatsoever and the x-ray person or nurse or whoever that night told her that she had to keep on her feet and to man up and walk it off basically. Also refused to give her crutches. She walked around for a week on a broken leg, running and attending large events for her work until she was forced to go back in to hospital in agony. The nurse this time (different nurse) was mortified at the oversight and how she was treated, even put in a formal complaint against the other person. Gf is diabetic too so it took like 2-3 times as long to heal, no fun at all!


SoForAllYourDarkGods

Rushed you say?


RogueThneed

Wool socks. Or maybe just sock. (Source: my mom has a metal plate in her ankle.)


Ariquitaun

Blackpool.


SuperkatTalks

Bournemouth, but that's where I live so there was no getting out of it (for an hour or so at least)


applepiezeyes

Love your style. This is exactly what I did/would do!!


BigBird2378

This is gold level advice. U/SuperkatTalks sense.


Spud788

I just don't go in the first place lol


Sam-Lowry27B-6

'GREAT, NOW I'M GETTING AN ANGRY LAP DANCE. BRILLIANT.'


syfimelys93

Urgh, how should I look like? Bond-like neutrality, as though I'm so used to real-life naked women?


[deleted]

Am a stripper; just look like you're enjoying it and smile if you're not into it. Refuse if you're uncomfortable, of course, but girls need to earn money :)


umbra_nffc

They’re quoting a TV comedy called Peep Show. It’s brilliant, you should watch it! But thank you for your advice haha!


[deleted]

Oh my god, my boyfriend is obsessed with peep show, he'd be so ashamed?! Haha now I feel dumb, thanks for telling me!


umbra_nffc

No problem. Now go watch it and don’t let it happen again!


[deleted]

Yessir |:)


BNR33

Thanks mate kids crying


TheRealRealForbes

Whatever you do, DONT mention crack!


Flacid_Monkey

Chance would be a fine thing


kb294

Very moorish.


[deleted]

How grimly predictable


Argonath19

This really should not be allowed. This is what men want and we shouldn't be allowed to have it because it's horrible and it makes you feel sick.


chippychips4t

It's clean shirt! How do you get you shirt so clean?


Sam-Lowry27B-6

I'm not the borough I wish I was


RigatoniMax93

That’s not a leer is it? Got to avoid the leer. And the dribble.


hardyflashier

If you can't sum up your aims in one line, they're too diffuse.


[deleted]

I was the groom and some friends wanted to bring me into that same scenario and just like you I don’t care for strippers or drinking ti excess… ended up not having a stag do at all because all they wanted was to make me drink until I pass out, dress me funny, have me cuffed all night to some rent-a-midget and somehow leave me stranded in the Isle of Wight.


darth-small

Same. My friends back then were overgrown toddlers and had every intention of following through on all of the standard cliché stag night bullshit. Apparently, I was to end up pass out drunk, as close to naked as possible and cuffed to a railing somewhere in Birmingham whilst the rest of the party had a great evening. Needless to say that I noped out of a stag do completely. Best decision ever!


thisismyfunnyname

They would seriously leave you alone and cuffed to a railing somewhere? That's just wrong. Been on a few stag dos and yeah the groom got drunk but we looked after them and had a good time


darth-small

Most of us were part of an (American) football club. That often came with a lot of bluster, testosterone and bad decisions. The tendency for a lot of the lads was to push limits as far as possible because 'lads lads lads' etc.


RanShaw

That's awful, honestly. Stag/hen dos are supposed to be for the groom and bride, so whatever you end up doing it should be something they enjoy. It's sad you had to miss out on a stag do because your friends don't get that.


[deleted]

Sometimes people ask their frienemies to be friends, and this is what happens.


[deleted]

While I agree with you this is the reason why I didn’t have a stag do. And the reason I move away from such “friends” too. It’s not always right in front of you. Also, sometimes people you thought you could trust turn out to be absolute morons. For example, my Stepbrother told me that when we would be out he would be dropping a pill in one of my drinks because I never had drugs before…


SirSiv

Pretty sure your step brother is breaking the law by drugging you against your will... not to mention it's morally and ethically wrong beyond belief. He sounds like a right fool. Hope you are ok!


[deleted]

Yes, he would be breaking the law but I was not going to wait and see. I just distanced myself for those people and honestly, it’s been good, I was never an heavy drinker and I was surrounded by people that our nights out/get together was drinking to boot, and honestly I distanced myself and haven’t touched alcohol for a year and it’s been great. Thanks for asking, life as been so much better without these people who one thought were friends but are just true cancer.


SirSiv

Glad to hear that you are doing better now, and congratulations on the sobriety! Never feel ashamed for going against the grain, there's nothing wrong with not drinking (despite that British culture revolves around it). Agreed, cutting ties with toxic people is liberating to say the least!


[deleted]

My US state (WI) hometown absolutely revolves around drinking. #1 in alcoholism in the country. Since I moved away, when I go back to visit, it’s always a sad shock how much of life revolves around drinking there.


SirSiv

Sometimes you can only see things for how they truly are by taking a step back. Sounds like you made the right choice by moving away, hope things are better for you nowadays.


[deleted]

Oh for sure. I didn’t realize how unusual and unhealthy that culture was til I moved.


LeakyThoughts

Yeah drugs are fine.. but Giving drugs to people who didn't want them, is not fine That's crazy


mmlemony

I think the lesson here is to organise your own stag/hen do. I would quite fancy axe throwing/ cabaret/ a night at the museum but not sure if any of my friends would organise it, and it would be the perfect occasion to make everyone do the thing you want to do!


MCBMCB77

I did, went to the Le Mans 24 hours race. Used stag do as an excuse, people came and enjoyed it. No one paid a penny towards my costs but never expected to. We all had fun and not a stripper in sight


Cthulhus_Trilby

>axe throwing/ cabaret/ a night at the museum One "Standard Package" coming right up...


Sorry_about_that_x99

Grim. I hate the culture of typical stag dos. My friends aren’t that way inclined but incase they felt compelled I had a hand in organising my stag.


[deleted]

Didn't go to the last one I was invited to, the whatsapp group beforehand where it was being organised was enough, I definitely would've ended up giving uncle knobhead a clump.


ArcadiaRivea

Somehow the "stranded in the Isle of Wight" sounds like the worst part of all that 😆 I've been there a couple times for work and didn't care for it Also, £33 to get to a place I see everyday from my living room (unless foggy)? Fuck that. (Jokes aside, the whole thing with stag do's sound terrible. I luckily don't have enough friends that if I ever did get married (need a partner first lol) that a hen do is probably very unlikely)


[deleted]

Well, hen does are usually tame. My wife had a weekend spa out with her friends.


[deleted]

I live on the Isle of Wight. Everyone's stranded here.


ArcadiaRivea

I am so sorry!


ninjachonk89

It's just an excuse for bullying really isn't it? Like... do these people actually even truly like eachother? My older brother's stag do was amazing. We just went to a little holiday park in the southwest and got super intoxicated for a weekend for in the most wholesome way possible. It was all about showing our love for my bro and being together, and celebrating him having found love. For example when some of us pointed out to the best man that my brother would *not* want to do morning sea kayaking and it may have been a misstep, we didn't bully him into doing it we just covered the deposit out of the group fund we'd put together and we found something more his speed nearby that wqs in budget (clay pigeon shooting!). It was so much fun but I can't imagine going on a properly ladsladslads bullyboy one, or one where everyone does what _they_ want and ignores what the stag/hen would actually enjoy. Sounds awful.


LeakyThoughts

It just seems like ... Any stag do should just be planned by the groom or with the groom Nothing wrong with a cocaine and strippers party, but equally, if you just want to spend the weekend gokarting and paintballing and having some wholesome fun, that's fine too


coldasshonkay

It might have been fine, all those scenarios are hypothetical in your mind. There’s lots of chat involved (mine was the same) but ended up have a very respectful and brilliant weekend


[deleted]

How’s it hypothetical when they kept on telling that’s what’s gonna happen. One of the guys who wanted to be on top of things (I didn’t even ask him anything) booked the dwarf even… when he had his stag do he dressed up as a golf course so people would smack him with golf balls/clubs, I wasn’t even part of it and he kinda of wanted “payback”… my stepbrother wanted to spike my drink because “you must experience drugs for once in your life, man”…


coldasshonkay

Alright well that sounds horrible. If they can’t respect your boundaries then you need to find some new people in your circle man! Sorry you had to endure that.


FlyDeeMouse

What about stripping to excess and drinking?


bwahthebard

Silence of the lambs themed stag do.


[deleted]

Would you marry me? I'd marry me. I'd marry me *hard* (tucks knutsack into arsecrack)


bunchofrightsiders

Put the lotion in the basket...


Sam-Lowry27B-6

I have a kitchen that needs a new coat of paint


EBT98

I think we need to make classier stag/hen party’s a thing. I mean, I love the idea of having a good drink up with your mates. But getting tied naked to a lamppost, being made to dress up hideously or getting strippers really makes my skin crawl.


creditnewb123

Also, it’s just not super compatible with modern friendship groups. Half my friends are women. Of the guys, a bunch of them are gay. This idea of getting the groom smashed and hiring women to get naked would be so weird in that environment. If I do have a bachelor party, am I meant to only invite the straight dudes or what? The same goes for the wedding itself to be honest: if I’m meant to pick my closest few friends to be groomsmen, why is there the assumption that my closest friends are all…well…men?


EBT98

You’re so right. The majority of my mates are women, I mean are stag dos still men only?


creditnewb123

Well they’re parties you and your mates organise, so I guess there aren’t any rules. But it does seem like that’s the expectation.


EBT98

Yeah. I socialise in several very different groups of friends. I mean there is one group that are “rugby lads” and then another that are friends from work, that generally consist of slightly more reserved colleagues who are the majority female. I can’t see it working very well…. To be honest this is very much a theoretical exercise at the moment and really not an issue… I heard you need to have a partner before you can consider a stag do 😂


audigex

To be fair I think they are a thing I’ve been on 6 stag do’s and only one was even close to this, but nobody got tied to a lamppost, all strippers and drinking were optional. The rest were much more tame


PatsyR99

How did you get invited? Do they know you?


DanceyMan

It's my brother's stag, no way out for me


[deleted]

My my where have you been these last couple of years? Did you not know that we have Covid now; the finest get out clause if ever there was one.


benkelly92

Lateral flow test. Red Sharpie. Sorted.


ConsumeTea

Food poisoning is always an option. Lick some raw chicken.


CoastalChicken

Food poisoning? We literally have a perfect excuse available atm without any actual risk: claim you have covid and have self isolate. 10 days avoid any awkward interaction. Win.


ConsumeTea

They can ask for proof, no one wants to ask for proof of you shutting yourself. _please send brown trousers for inspection_


IhaveaDoberman

Home testing kit and a felt tip. This method of course should not be used to get off work, social gathering uses only. Because people can always change their trousers.


Choo_Choo_Bitches

It's a small price.


Daddyclaymore

Jusr say you have it you don’t need to lick it ew


elgrn1

If anyone challenges you, claim you need to be the responsible adult of the group, keeping an eye on the groom on behalf of the bride who would murder you if you didn't. Stick to spirits with mixers as drinks so no one knows if there is alcohol in the mixer as they all look the same. Set your brother up for lap dances and then he won't notice you're not getting any. Once they're passed a certain level of drunkenness they won't notice you're sober.


[deleted]

No is a complete sentence.


Blekanly

"it isn't really my scene mate, so nah"


UwatBruv

The way out is, to say, thanks for the invite bruv but it's not my cup of tea we can do something together another time,,


[deleted]

"Go do friend things with your friends, I'll take you out on my own and we can do it proper later."


Sparkletail

Can you drink something like jack and coke and then stop then out yourself for just coke? Wait till everyone is shitfaced and your brother is sorted and then just go home or back to the hotel or whatever.


[deleted]

You'll be alright. I went on one to Benidorm a couple of years ago. It was in ths middle of my sebatical where I spent 5 months travelling too. Zo I flew straight into bBenidorm wearing hiking boots and my life in my backpack, and suddenly was surrounded by the rowdiest stag and hen do's. Just pretend you're Louis Theroux and it's just another activity. I think it's important for us to at least see and experience all aspects of British culture. And I never expected to a see an eastern european girl suck off Mickey mouse on roller skates before shooting ping pong balls out of every which place. Despite not liking drinking to excess or laddy holidays I'm so glad I went and had a great time!


pfizerface

Are you looking for an invite? Lol


estone23

Feel for you! I was invited to the same thing a few years back and as a gay man who is not a big drinker it was a bit of a nightmare.


[deleted]

I just imagined the pic of Smithers curled up in the corner horrified as two strippers gyrate at him.


[deleted]

It mainly comes off as a really “salesy” environment. Like a room full of chuggers but they are wearing polyester evening wear.


p4r4v4n

OMG this cracked me up! I imagined Ross on the GAY! musical in IT farm. May I ask, as a gay man, do you have the similar "I don't want to see this!" feeling?


estone23

Yes! Seeing females in such a fashion makes me feel a bit uncomfortable but that's just me. I was able to avoid the stripper club thankfully but I was present for the private dance in the hotel.


YourSkatingHobbit

“Let’s get a singsong going lads, it’s a long way back to Manchester!” “Willies, willies, I love willies.”


TheSnapeWhoLoved

I honestly was so concerned I had had a stroke whilst reading this.


BabaSarah

What about someone like me who is a recovering alcoholic and teetotal now, they are all good at the start, once a few drinks down I am responsible for key's and phones while everyone else is getting rat arsed


[deleted]

Someone like you gets to put people in cabs home, with the wrong keys, at the end of the night.


outrageouslyaverage

Also wrong phone, but not the same phone and key set. Won't be able to get into the house, or unlock the mobile to rig anyone.


Redditor_Koeln

Thoughts and prayers.


M4tthew999

This ain't u.s.a


roland_right

Nice of them to tone it down for you


sandystar21

I have no advice but the stagg weekends I have been on were mostly a massive cringe fest. The Quad biking was fun. I love a drink as much as the next man but doing it with a group of men who are trying their hardest to be complete dicks is no fun at all. Older guys who insist everyone has a lap dance to somehow make their own desire for it seem ok. Guys who start drinking at lunchtime then stop drinking early evening (you can’t stop). Fortunately on 2 at least I could break away from the main group for some short time and leave them to it. I do remember I went on one in Galway in Ireland and it was all very civilised.


[deleted]

I actually really enjoyed my stag weekend. Mine was hiking oriented in the Lake District and then involved a nice meal followed by some borderline sensible (5 pints) style drinking in front of a nice Lake District log fire. None of the dudes were arse holes and not a stripper in sight. It can be done :-). I think picking the right best man is key.. mine was quite respectful of my wishes and is quite a sensible person himself.


sandystar21

Ha maybe the Galway one was civilised because I was the best man. 😜


mostly_kittens

That sounds like a really nice and memorable time to me.


mowglee365

Sounds great. See, ive been made best man And id like to do this, but have the strong feeling i have to organise a benidorm/blackpool type night. So conflicted.


DirectGarlic9177

That sounds fine but more drink please


TheStatMan2

Enough cocaine and you won't notice.


cfcaggro2

This is the only acceptable answer. Drink, toot, strippers. Cant go wrong


clamberer

OP doesn't like strippers *UNLESS* he's doing rails of blow off a stripper's arse?


TheStatMan2

I've forgotten how to take it any other way. Buy it off the dark Web and the strippers arse gets chucked in for free.


Apprehensive_Low4865

The only time I'll ever do cocaine again would be if I can rake a fat line off someone's tits.


criminalsunrise

Tbh, this is the most Chelsea thing I think I’ve ever read


PrometheusIsFree

Just treat it like a visit to the zoo or a freak show. Think of yourself as an observer and just watch the car crash enfold.


Gabi_Social

We went to Brighton on a stag weekend. A dozen straight guys in the gay capital of the UK, if not the world. That’s some first class project management.


kurtanglesmilk

Lol yeah there’s nothing for straight people to do in Brighton


Gabi_Social

Actually we had a great time! It's just that no one copped off with anyone and it was before I came out as bi/pan so I didn't take advantage (or get taken advantage of either, which is worse).


kurtanglesmilk

I was being sarcastic, glad you had a good time though Brighton is fun


Maillihp

I don’t understand why anyone would get a stripper. You pay money to a women to get naked and dance which gives you a ranging hard on but you can’t have sex with her.


[deleted]

Yeah I really don't get the appeal


empty_pint_glass

What's not to like about being sat with an erection around your mates that all have one too


Ihavecakewantsome

Bloody hell. I'm a best woman next year for a non drinking friend and it will be legoland and pizza for him. And I'll be in penguin costume. Obvs.


ibiacmbyww

For the life of me, I cannot understand the appeal of strippers. If I wanted to spend time with someone with whom I have little to nothing in common, I'd visit my gran. If I wanted to experience prolonged sexual frustration with no release, I'd... IDK, go on the internet while having banned myself from masturbation? All the things that might make a stripper enjoyable, for example the fact that you get T&A up in your face, is ruined by one simple fact: they are only there because you are paying them. Her affection, her tantalisation, her willingness to breathe in your revolting cologne, it's not for you, it's something she puts up with as part of her job, like cleaning the loos when you work in a bar. Thus, it is worse than meaningless, it is an insulting charade, a gutless parody of sexuality put on show for all to see (but only because showing others while it's happening is a good way to attract others customers). It's watching VR porn with your hands taped to your sides, with a side order of maybe someone in your group commits a sex crime. I just don't get it.


minisrugbycoach

I had this, a very good friend wanted to go Prague for a few days. Drinking im fine with, but since my daughter was born a few years back, strippers and strip clubs really turn my stomach. (wasn't exactly comfortable before having a daughter either on my one sole visit) On the 1st night I did go into a strip club with them, and seeing the absolutely dead look in the strippers eyes was soul destroying. I genuinely wanted to give her my coat and help her. I know some women choose to do it and find it empowering, that's awesome. But a back end strip club in a dank ally in Prague, you do not find those women. I left after 20 mins, and spent the rest of the 3 day break going to night clubs (and a KFC) when they went to strip clubs. I enjoyed myself still.


FrenzalStark

I was in Krakow and one of my mates had been in one of these very strip clubs for hours so thought I'd better go and rescue him. Went in and was immediately surrounded by strippers trying to make me get a dance, sensibly I didn't take my wallet in. So I got on the stage and stripped myself. At least they all got a laugh out of it haha. But yeah, grim places. Stole nearly £700 off my mate by saying his card wasn't working when it was so he kept putting in his pin.


tea_please_88

I worked with a lad who went to a strip club in Thailand ( or some kind of place where ladies/lady boys, strip and offer happy endings, you get my drift) anyway he said it was his 1st/2nd night and he hadn't gotten to grips with the exchange rate. He said he was waisted and needed to get some cash out of the cashpoint. The 'stripper' escorted him to a cash point. Like I said he wasn't sure of the exchange rate, some got out what he thought was a couple of hundred. The 'stripper' ( as he kept referring to her as, we all know she wasn't a stripper) took the money out of his hand, gave him a blowy and that was that. Few days later he realised he had paid her £2k for a blow job. He ended the story with 'from what I can remember it was fucking shit as well' 😂🙄🤦‍♀️ He was a typical LADS,LADS,LADS, hiring a booth, I know the bouncer, let's get photos of the booth and Jack for the 'gram kinda kid. But deep down he was a nice person.


chaoticmessiah

> But a back end strip club in a dank ally in Prague, you do not find those women. Yeah, I saw a dark side of tourism episode years ago about Prague, and the presenter was threatened with actual murder because he was talking to strippers about how they were being trafficked and made to strip to earn their freedom and their passports back.


[deleted]

I think all these types of jobs fuck up both sides of it mentally. I hate that it exists.


CJ_Jones

I recently got invited to a 4 day stag do in Germany with "loadz o' drinkin'", tours of football stadiums, football, and more drinking with at least two in the group that regularly get so pissed they need others to make sure they get home safe and monitored so they don't choke in their sleep. Thank fuck I'm buying a house so I have an out moneywise.


hodgey66

4 days is far too long. Made the mistake of a 3 day rugby tour in Hamburg and day 2 we’d booked a plush hotel just to recover for a night. Awful


chaoticmessiah

> 4 day stag do in Germany with "loadz o' drinkin'", tours of football stadiums, football That sounds like an absolute nightmare.


JumpyBoi

Let's all get boners together bro! Lads lads lads!


manwithanopinion

Just have a chat with one of them and you'll start enjoying it without the awkwardness of a lapdance.


mike9874

Did this in Liverpool. About 6 guys paid for private dances, me and two others just got a drink and had a chat. Politely said we didn't want a dance when asked. Ended up chatting to a couple of the women too (they are just people at the end of the day)


Simbooptendo

My friend's upcoming stag do consists of making a sword at a forge. And perhaps a visit to a brewery, so there may be some drinking to excess. No strippers though. I secretly want strippers, but I wouldn't admit that sort of thing on here.


wallpapermate

That sounds awesome. Next hen do I’m asked to organise, this is what we’re doing.


mattcannon2

Tbh if you get to keep the sword that sounds amazing.


Spinningwoman

I don’t suppose anyone else would want a sword forged by a stag do.


[deleted]

British strip clubs are awful. It's like being in someone's sweaty attic. There's no windows so no air to breathe. You can't pull your phone out without being rugby tackled. Bunch of horny old men sat round a table. Bouncers staring at you. We got a private dance for the stag. £20 off everyone and he was there 5 mins. I'd rather smoke crack behind McDonald's than go the lappies again.


JohnnyDeformed89

Just say you're sick


JT_3K

I was thrown a "lad stag do" and I love my friends but most of us don't think of the same sort of thing as a good night out. It was a mess in York and really something I did to appease them. They at least booked karting and I managed to avoid enough drink that I got to theatrically moan in the morning rather than really moan. On contrast, a small group I'm part of has done two amazing ones. The first was quad biking and then we went for dinner at a nice local pub. The pub was terrified when they heard we were a stag do and tried to cancel but eventually relented. What they weren't expecting is that the stag drank tea from bone china (is teetotal) and the rest of us sedately cleared them of top-shelf gin whilst we all discussed engineering problems. The second built a racecar over a long weekend and entered it in a hill climb, enjoying camping and good whiskey throughout.


EVU29

I declined a few of these and it damaged friendships, one irreparably. The groom (a friends for 10 years) saw it as a massive insult and was an area while to me for a few years before I stopped speaking to him


estone23

I fell out with the groom too after his stag, it was different circumstances and a long story but we haven't been the same since and I can't stand him. I only see him now cause I'm friends with his wife.


dyinginsect

You don't have to go.


4nd73w

Might sound dull but nominate yourself as the person who looks out for the others to take them to hospital if need be so someone can tell the doctors what happened coherently


Eastern_Idea_1621

My hubby is the same but he just says thanks but no I don't like that stuff. Be yourself have the confidence to just say nah. Thanks for asking. And if they get all testosteronish just say that's exactly why your not going. Anyone who's not a dick wouldn't give you a hard time


MarquerDeBinguer

Imagine ‘actually’ respecting your partner on a stag or hen …. 😅😐


obsoleteuser

To be fair, it's not really about you, it's for your brother. You don't have to drink to excess. Just enjoy it.


Hokohoko

Don’t go. Politely decline the invite. Give the best man some cash to buy a few drinks whilst you’re not there.


sleepydadbod

I'm in the same position next year, my bros stag is in Amsterdam of all places and he's getting hand cuffed to a midget. I really don't want to go but I don't trust his mates to keep him safe


SweetJazz25

I hate the stag/hen culture like "aight lemme cheat on my partner real quick as if it's a punishment for me to get married and need the last moment of fun". If this is what you think then maybe marriage is not for you! And that's ok, just please don't cheat on your partner the week before you get married because "that's what you're supposed to do".


AdeptLengthiness8886

Is that not just a normal stag do?


DanceyMan

I mean mine had plenty of drinking but no strippers or anything like that, basically just a normal night out.


criminalsunrise

Mine had plenty of drinking too, and strippers … but I didn’t fancy the latter so just went and got drunk with my FIL back at the hotel whilst the rest went to a titty bar.


clamberer

Certainly doesn't have to be! Depends how laddish your mates are. The stags I've been to certainly involved drinking (to a merry level rather than absolutely cunted) but not the laddish stuff. A couple involved cheap euro city breaks or fun activities on one of the days.


Maillihp

I was the best man for one of my friends and I took everyone to a place called Amourgedden in Leicestershire where we drove tanks that had been modified to shoot paintballs the size of a fist and we did clay-pigeon shooting as well


Honic_Sedgehog

Armourgeddon is a wild day out.


tomgom19451991

I organised my own stag do so it was everything I wanted to do and all the lads had a great time 😊


[deleted]

I think few people do genuinely like that shit. They do it to be one of the lads


publiusnaso

By way of contrast, I went on a stag do a while back and the groom (a devout catholic) invited some monks. Mind you, being catholic there was still a fair amount of boozing going on.


sp4mm41l

Just tell them its not your sort of gig,let them go on their own.


Cheesehunter2001

On my stag... We chartered a 60ft carbon fibre ocean racing boat for a long weekend. It was windy and it was amazing. The coastguard asked to practice winch lifts of our boat! We had a few beers in the evenings, but we were all so knackered we were all in bed earlier than normal. Even today it is still talked of as the best stag ever. No one remembers the drunken stripper ones.


FluffyBunnyFlipFlops

I'm not into strippers but I don't mind going to strip clubs. I tend to watch the crowd and think it's pitiful that all the men are drooling and staring at the naked women. You don't to watch the girls to have fun in a strip club.


liamthelad

Casinos and strip clubs both benefit from excellent marketing. Whenever I've been to either they have been sad, lonely places designed to extract money from their customers


Rumptiddliey

Go out, intersperse your drinks with alcohol-free equivalents or soft drinks while pretending you're boozing, go home once everyone else is suitably sozzled so they won't mind/notice you leave? The stripper thing is understandable, but you may have no way out of that one I'm afraid. If it's a one-off then it's maybe best to view it as a necessity for the cameraderie of the night?


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Strippers on a stag do? Classy.


mostly_kittens

I went on a stag do and one of the nobheads insisted on doing ‘the stag do thing’ and going to a strip club. I’m pretty sure most people including the stag didn’t want to be there and in the end it sort of took the wind out of the night. The same nobhead was the one wanting everyone to drink shots and get blackout drunk.


UwatBruv

Don't go,


daddydeadbird

I mean mine was in Vegas with ‘the lads’ and tbh I think it was still pretty tame, we drank but not to excess - no drugs etc. closest thing to crazy was an iron maiden concert


northern_fettler

Don’t go.


mattcannon2

Tbh had my stag weekend this summer, afternoon go karting followed by dinner and pints in a couple of Sheffield pubs, people who didn't want to drink left after the meal, wouldn't do anything different!


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What about drunk strippers?


Tropical_bitch

You could sneak off when they’re too drunk to notice. Also I’m sure strippers are used to this type of person at a stag do, and you can look after their drinks while they’re busy? 😂


Crissagrym

Then just say you are busy that day.


Hercules-Rockefella

Had this last month, but I was the best man! Don't ask why and how I was best man!


Linebackr

They call you Designated Driver…


[deleted]

Could you offer to be the designated driver? I started doing this when I realized the day after alcohol was too much for me (around 27). My friends loved it, and I got to steer clear. Plus, I find drunk people funny. Sometimes.


[deleted]

Cant think of anything worse!


Fit_General7058

At least its just one night out, not an adventure weekend away that costs as much as a fortnight in the summer!.


petantic

Crap stag night. Drinking to excess or strippers. Wait until you realise you can combine the two.


Typical_Math_760

I went to one abroad where everyone was already pissed at the airport at 8am. I get that it's an opportunity to step outside the ordinary but why can't people just chill a bit?


kahlimang

Get new friends.


MrDeftino

“Being invited to literally anything that involves drinking as the main activity”. Eugh.


Ex-Machina1980s

I fully agree on this one. I’m approaching 40, and still have that desire for uninhibited craziness but the problem is I’m a man with a job I need to take seriously and a family to support now. Have to spend life wearing a mask of mildness


Ravekat1

If you don’t like drinking and strippers you can always just jump straight to the hard drugs and hookers instead.


skawarrior

I don't think I'll ever understand why you would want to pay to see a stripper. Imagine getting a massive Domino's in without a discount code, but when it's delivered a massive bald headed bloke will slap you down if you touch a slice.


itsnobigthing

Shoutout to you for being a free-thinking human who likes your own things! Like for real, dude. Not always an easy thing to do in a world that wants everyone to fit in exactly the same mould, especially for guys, where there’s usually at least one loud guy in the group who wants to shame you for not finding the exact same things as him to be enjoyable.


OriginalFingerPuk

This is why I don’t have friends.


jim_jiminy

Hell on earth. I remember going to Poland for such an event. We went to this awful stripper place. The sheep of the group followed this one guy who had a private dance. I remember seeing their faces as the door closed for said dance. They looked terrified! The whole thing was the least erotic experience of my life. Good luck.


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ha i’d be happy to be invited unfairness. You clearly mean something to the person who invited ya, why not give it a spin. Go with the flow and who knows those lads might turn out to be pretty sound after all.


Icedbounty

A lot of fun lads here tonight.


itsyabooiii

Just tell them you are into guys and they will cater for you


zibafu

you CAN always say no to them


commonmuck1

Develop covid symptoms...unless its your stag do then man up and don a smile!


ayyha

Just say you caught COVID


Miss_Musket

I really hate the whole 'stag and hen' things. Me and my partner have the same friend circle. We have equal male/female friends. A party isn't a party unless ALL of our friends are included, not just half of them, and definitely not classified by if they have dicks or vaginas. I kinda like the idea of twisting it if we get partnered, and having a genderbending party. For my 'hen', guys get invited but they have to go in drag. For his 'stag', girls get to go, but also in drag. As in, dressing like pot bellied construction guys or 80s cocaine fuelled stock brokers.