A Hen Party At Home

All of which is fan­tas­tic if you’re into that sort of thing. It’s worth remem­ber­ing, how­ever, that not every­one enjoys that kind of debauch­ery, and not every bride-to-be will want to paint the town pink just because it’s what brides-to-be usu­ally do. Hen par­ties are some­thing of an insti­tu­tion in the UK; they’ve become a fix­ture of the mod­ern mar­riage cer­e­mony, and the amount of plan­ning that goes into them often rivals The Wed­ding Folder itself. But given the rep­u­ta­tion that hen par­ties have acquired for them­selves, many of Britian’s shy and retir­ing young brides may find them­selves asking…

“Do I have to have a hen party?”

This is rather sad, really. Not want­ing to sip rum and coke through a willy-shaped straw is per­fectly rea­son­able, and it shouldn’t mean that you and your friends can’t cel­e­brate the end of your unmar­ried life. The whole point of a hen party is for the guest of hon­our to enjoy her­self, so if the stan­dard hen night antics don’t really appeal to you… do some­thing that does! You’re the woman of the hour, and this is your chance to do some­thing you’ll really enjoy.

And that really can be any­thing you fancy. Some ladies will enjoy a classy din­ner party while oth­ers might pre­fer to have a big girly sleep­over and party in their PJs. Film fanat­ics could host an all-night movie marathon. It’s wide open.

There’s a lot of fun to be had with­out leav­ing the house, and it will almost cer­tainly be much less expen­sive than a night on the town or a wild week­end away. Hen nights will prob­a­bly always be asso­ci­ated with booze, bop­pers and bad behav­iour, but there’s no point going in for that stuff if you’re not going to love it.

So don’t be afraid to just put up some dec­o­ra­tions, get the girls ‘round, and spend your hen night doing some­thing you really enjoy. If any­one tells you you’re doing it wrong, tell them to get engaged and have their own hen party. This is your night.

Joel Dear is a blogger/writer for Hen Stuff, a web­site that sells all man­ner of hen party acces­sories, includ­ing willies. Being male, he is unlikely to ever be tasked with plan­ning a hen party, but he has already decided that his stag party (should he ever have one) will be a wild night of apple strudel-fuelled video gaming.