With your Stag Do looming ominously on the horizon, you’re up for some fun. But, quite understandably, you will want to make sure you’re only mildly humiliated. Your opponent in this scenario is your best man. He wants to give you – and the other stags – a night to remember. A day/night that involves ritual humiliation, epic activities and, more than likely, copious amounts of nudity. To ensure the mutual satisfaction of both parties, some prior thought and cooperation is necessary. Here is our survival guide.
Have “The Chat”
Any conversation named “the chat” is never going to be easy, but it’s a good idea to let the Bestman know what your boundaries are.
“I chose a best man who I’ve known since I was a kid, and who knows I’d kill him if he left me chained to a lamp post,” says Ben, a soon-to-be married 28 year-old. “We spoke about the limits of my endurance before the event and it passed without major incident. No male nudity, no comedy strippers, no problem.”
The flipside of ‘the chat’ is that the best man, incensed at being asked to relinquish some control, might decide to go all out and unleash stag night Babylon. If that happens, well, hey, perhaps you picked the wrong guy.
Stag Do Date
An essential precaution is to plan the date of the Stag Do, so that’s it’s a comfortable timeframe prior to the wedding. Ideally enough time for a marker moustache to work itself off the face. Hilarious scenes involving naked stags running to the church carrying sawn off railings might make for a good TV cliché, but you don’t want it happening in real life.
Consider past precedents
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” said a wise Biblical man. There’s a lesson in there for all prospective stags. If your best man is returning the favour, think back to his stag night. Whatever you did to him, he’ll want to give it back ten times worse. So, if you let rip on his stag night, some serious buttering up may be required.
The secret weapon
If you suspect that your pleas are going in one ear and out the other, it may be time to unleash a secret weapon. Tell the best man you will be inviting your new father-in-law along, or her brother, or your granddad. Basically, anyone who’s likely to be mortally offended or who runs the risk of having a coronary when the stripper shows up. No matter how much your Stag Party longs to see you in a compromising situation, they won’t want to actually ruin future Christmases with the wife’s family.
Go classy
If you’re worried about being covered in whipped cream by a granny in a PVC nurse’s uniform, suggest to the best man that you have the stag night in an upmarket club or pub where such activities are likely to see you given the boot. And don’t forget, you can always skip the boozy night and have an adventure stag weekend instead.
What, a picture?
In today’s online world, you can barely pick your nose without someone filming it, posting it. Given that employers, future employers, bank managers and even your gran might conceivably negotiate to your Facebook page, it may be a good idea to impose a no cameras rule on the proceedings as a safety net.
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