Story Research: Bachelorette Party

[only_more_so]

I have a story thread over on the Story Ideas board about a guy jumping out of a cake at a bachelorette party for a friend of his. Basically a woman who just got engaged joke to a long time male friend that he should come to her bachelorette party (way in the future) and jump out of the cake.

Anyway, I think I'm going to go ahead and write the story, but since I've never attended a bachelorette party, I need some info on behaviors and motivations. I'm pretty sure that the direction I'm going to go is that the maid of honor overheard the proposition (and knew the bride to be was too drunk to remember asking) and decides to go behind the bride-to-be's back and invite the male friend to jump out of a cake. So he decides to do it.

So I figure the story will take place at one of the girl's houses. Would the maid of honor tell the other girl's there was going to be a stripper? Would they guess? Is there anyway to disguise a giant cake that they wouldn't find out?

If you were the bride-to-be, would you recognize a good friend if he wore a zorro mask and a g-string (but you've never seen him anywhere close to naked before), if you've had a few glasses of wine?

What other surprises would be in store for the would-be stripper?

 

[buxxxom]

I have a story thread over on the Story Ideas board about a guy jumping out of a cake at a bachelorette party for a friend of his. Basically a woman who just got engaged joke to a long time male friend that he should come to her bachelorette party (way in the future) and jump out of the cake.

Anyway, I think I'm going to go ahead and write the story, but since I've never attended a bachelorette party, I need some info on behaviors and motivations. I'm pretty sure that the direction I'm going to go is that the maid of honor overheard the proposition (and knew the bride to be was too drunk to remember asking) and decides to go behind the bride-to-be's back and invite the male friend to jump out of a cake. So he decides to do it.

So I figure the story will take place at one of the girl's houses. Would the maid of honor tell the other girl's there was going to be a stripper? Would they guess? Is there anyway to disguise a giant cake that they wouldn't find out?

If you were the bride-to-be, would you recognize a good friend if he wore a zorro mask and a g-string (but you've never seen him anywhere close to naked before), if you've had a few glasses of wine?

What other surprises would be in store for the would-be stripper?

At the bachelorette parties I've attended no one has jumped from a cake, but there are usually strippers. They usually knock on the door in a law enforcement uniform under the guise of the party being too loud or such as that. They bring their radios and music with them for the actual stripping/dancing. A friend of the bride might arrange for the music to be there already, with the maid of honor ready to press play on the CD player. The maid of honor might or might not tell the other guests, but I guarantee that someone will ask whether or not a stripper is coming, and word will get passed around. If the party is in a private home, the only way I can think of to hide a gigantic cake is just to put it in another room; or find some way to put it on a rolling cart (but it'll be hard to fit through the door).

If I were the bride-to-be, and the friend were indeed a good friend and not an acquaintance, I'd probably recognize the friend in only a Zorro mask and g-string. That might lead to a heightened sense of anticipation when she sees the stripper is someone she knows.

A few glasses of wine is probably not enough to make the bride-to-be drunk enough that she doesn't recognize a friend, especially if she's a drinker. Also, at the parties that would have a stripper, more fruity fru-fru drinks would be served, especially those that taste innocent but are not. A few of those might work better.

Surprises for the stripper? Ha! When women (at least my friends) get together in such a venue, it becomes a grabby, feely bunch. Your stipper might not expect that, if he's only known the bride-to-be in other types of situations.

As an aside, the professional strippers usually ask the bride-to-be to be seated in a chair in the middle of the room, and he dances around her. She's then usually instructed to help him remove his clothes with any part of her body but her hands. Makes for some interesting photo-ops, suitable for framing or blackmail .

Hope this helps, and looking forward to reading your story!

 

[tickledkitty]

At the parties I've attended, there have usually been lots and lots of penises. Toys, decorations, penis-shaped food, etc. At one there was a huge blow up penis that people were riding and generally being foolish with. Also, there are usually some pretty crude games such as pin the penis on the hunk, carve a penis out of a banana, etc. The bride-to-be is usually given some type of goofy hat/veil to wear. So much fun.

 

[3113]

I'm in agreement with what's been said. The guy jumping out of a cake is not something that happens at bachelorette parties; it's too unwieldy (he has to climb out!), costly and not many girls have that fantasy. Easier for the stripper to already be there dressed as a waiter, or to show up as a police guy, or something like that. And women like to have the guy there in their midst so they can admire him as he strides in, his deep voice saying something that sends chills through them.

Most bachelorette parties that I've been to happen at clubs (a private room there) or at a hotel suite someone got for the night, almost never at a private home. There would be some sort of pornographic cake, and, as said, fru-fru drinks (fruity and low alcohol) like margaritas that folk can keep drinking through out the night without getting too sick or drunk. There would be snacks--nachos and such.

There would be silly, embarrassing party favors and games (truth or dare, scavenger hunt). And the girls will dress up the bride in some ridiculous fashion. Here's a website with ideas for such parties.

I like the idea, by the way, of what happens when a long time male friend comes as the "stripper" to his long time female friend's bachelorette party. As for not recognizing him...I think you'd have to have a little more than the mask (bandana mask--you'd want to hide his hair). Perhaps a fake mustache? That would hide his identity pretty well from the overwhelmed and tipsy bride.

And consider a pirate motiff rather than Zorro (unless that's the bride's longtime fantasy). A pirate has more clothes to remove and more party favors to toss at the ladies (jewelry, scarves): "Ahoy! I've come to steal away this wench..."

But even if she does recognize him, that could be used in the story: "The mustache slipped a little and she recognized him. Oh my God! It was Jim! She's never realized how sexy he was...." that sort of thing. Have fun writing it!

 

[R. Richard]

In the case where a female jumps out of a cake, she brings her own cake. It is not a cake, but a sort of cake shaped container to hide the girl until the proper moment. The container is fairly large and is normally towed behind the girl's car and requires at least a couple of men to muscle into place. Normally, the cake also has a ladder or some such so that the girl can get out of the cake without damaging the cake.

The idea of having a man jump out of a cake is not a good one, trust me here.

 

[only_more_so]

Alright, sounds like I'll have to come up with a better idea of how to introduce the stripper to the party. I like the pirate idea, but even with an eye patch and a fake mustache, I think someone would be rather recognizable. Although, there is always the difficulty people have recognizing someone out of context.

The one thing I liked about the cake idea, is it allowed the male character to be sitting in anticipation for a while, wondering what he'd gotten into. Also, that was what was brought up when my friend really asked me this years ago. But I really can't find a way for it to be at all practical, without giving away that there is a stripper hiding in the cake.

I just had a thought... It is going to be a halloween time frame wedding, so a costume bachelorette party. There happens to be a "prop" coffin in the corner, where the stripper/friend is hiding. The maid of honor really hams it up and telling stories about horrible things that happen to brides who get married on holloween. Then at the appropriate time, there is a moan from the coffin. The guy busts out dressed as a mummy. Then the bride-to-be has to unwrap the mummy. Would that work for an idea for a bachelorette party? Maybe I could even enter it in the Halloween contest..

 

[cloudy]

Alright, sounds like I'll have to come up with a better idea of how to introduce the stripper to the party. I like the pirate idea, but even with an eye patch and a fake mustache, I think someone would be rather recognizable. Although, there is always the difficulty people have recognizing someone out of context.

The one thing I liked about the cake idea, is it allowed the male character to be sitting in anticipation for a while, wondering what he'd gotten into. Also, that was what was brought up when my friend really asked me this years ago. But I really can't find a way for it to be at all practical, without giving away that there is a stripper hiding in the cake.

I just had a thought... It is going to be a halloween time frame wedding, so a costume bachelorette party. There happens to be a "prop" coffin in the corner, where the stripper/friend is hiding. The maid of honor really hams it up and telling stories about horrible things that happen to brides who get married on holloween. Then at the appropriate time, there is a moan from the coffin. The guy busts out dressed as a mummy. Then the bride-to-be has to unwrap the mummy. Would that work for an idea for a bachelorette party? Maybe I could even enter it in the Halloween contest..

A vampire would be much, much sexier than any nasty old mummy.

 

[only_more_so]

A vampire would be much, much sexier than any nasty old mummy.

I was thinking that, but I was also thinking the whole disguise angle. Although in my case, Frankenstein would be the most appropriate monster (considering I'm 6'6"). And Frankenstein or the mummy would explain a certain awkwardness in dancing that a rank amateur might suffer from.

 

[cloudy]

I was thinking that, but I was also thinking the whole disguise angle. Although in my case, Frankenstein would be the most appropriate monster (considering I'm 6'6"). And Frankenstein or the mummy would explain a certain awkwardness in dancing that a rank amateur might suffer from.

I dunno, coffins and mummies don't really go together, right? I mean, a sarcophagus, sure, but a coffin?

 

[only_more_so]

I dunno, coffins and mummies don't really go together, right? I mean, a sarcophagus, sure, but a coffin?

True enough. I had the same thought actually, but a sarcophagus just isn't as spooky as a coffin. The coffin isn't right for Frankenstein either, so it would need to be dracula. Maybe with white face paint, fake bushy eyebrows and slicked back hair, that would be enough.

Although, I could also have the guy shave off his mustache to further the disguise instead of adding something.

 

[3113]

Alright, sounds like I'll have to come up with a better idea of how to introduce the stripper to the party. I like the pirate idea, but even with an eye patch and a fake mustache, I think someone would be rather recognizable.

A pirate could have the Zorro mask instead of a patch--that is the bandana that comes down as a mask over the eyes. This plus fake mustache would do it.

The one thing I liked about the cake idea, is it allowed the male character to be sitting in anticipation for a while, wondering what he'd gotten into.

That's easy. Put him into a closet or just outside the window he's going to be climbing through, or if you really want him coming out of *something* make it a big "Present" box that's been set up in the room even before the ladies arrive. The bride might be less likely to suspect a guy coming out a big present box as well--because it could be any other sort of trick--box-within-boxes, for example, or a blow-up doll.

And, of course, it's easier to climb out of a big box with a big bow on top than out of a fake, tiered cake that requires a ladder.

I would avoid the "halloween time" frame for the wedding. That's one-thing-too-many for me. What I mean by that, is that it makes YOU the author too transparent, what you're doing and why. Why not just a Halloween party? If it's a bachelorette party, it's a bachelorette party... NOT a Halloween party.

As for a rhyme and reason: If the bride is into sexy vampires, than have the guy dress as a sexy vampire--and have the coffin under a table cloth where ladies are eating so it can be revealed. No other excuse is necessary. If she's into Antonio Bandera as Zorro, have him dress as Zorro--fake mustache and bandana mask included and come swinging down from the balcony. If she's in Johnny Depp, have him dress as a pirate.

There is no NEED to create a reason for WHY he's dressed as he is other than that it's the bride's long-time sexy hollywood fantasy.

 

[only_more_so]

A pirate could have the Zorro mask instead of a patch--that is the bandana that comes down as a mask over the eyes. This plus fake mustache would do it.


That's easy. Put him into a closet or just outside the window he's going to be climbing through, or if you really want him coming out of *something* make it a big "Present" box that's been set up in the room even before the ladies arrive. The bride might be less likely to suspect a guy coming out a big present box as well--because it could be any other sort of trick--box-within-boxes, for example, or a blow-up doll.

And, of course, it's easier to climb out of a big box with a big bow on top than out of a fake, tiered cake that requires a ladder.

I would avoid the "halloween time" frame for the wedding. That's one-thing-too-many for me. What I mean by that, is that it makes YOU the author too transparent, what you're doing and why. Why not just a Halloween party? If it's a bachelorette party, it's a bachelorette party... NOT a Halloween party.

As for a rhyme and reason: If the bride is into sexy vampires, than have the guy dress as a sexy vampire--and have the coffin under a table cloth where ladies are eating so it can be revealed. No other excuse is necessary. If she's into Antonio Bandera as Zorro, have him dress as Zorro--fake mustache and bandana mask included and come swinging down from the balcony. If she's in Johnny Depp, have him dress as a pirate.

There is no NEED to create a reason for WHY he's dressed as he is other than that it's the bride's long-time sexy hollywood fantasy.

Thanks! That helps a lot. I forgot the rule: Simplify!

 

[3113]

Thanks! That helps a lot. I forgot the rule: Simplify!

Two other quick points on that score:

1) The "surprise" of the stripper...your bride would have to be pretty naive to go wide-eyed with amazement at seeing a stripper pop up out of anywhere at her party. Most bachelorettes at a wild bachelorette party will be expecting it--it's not like they haven't been to parties like this before, right? The only surprise is how and when he'll appear.

What I'm saying is, it's not unrealistic for the stripper to be no big surprise--or for a bride to think: "Knew it!" when he pops out of a big present box or arrives as a cop. The surprise in this story for the bride isn't that there's a stripper, it's who the stripper is.

2) Not recognizing him: this can be enhanced if the bride lost touch with him for a couple of years. So, last she saw him he was scrawny, had acne and wore glasses. Now, no acne, glasses gone and he's beefed himself up. That combined with the mask and costume will most certainly keep her from recognizing him. Included in that is that he's stripping down and bucking his abs and g-string in her line of sight...his face won't be what she's looking at.

So you really don't need to overthink these things. The story should write itself in fact. The Maid of Honor sits the bride down for a "surprise" and says something like "do you remember that fantasy you were always telling us about...?" the bride demurs, but all her girlfriends squeal and scream something like "Zorro" or "A pirate" or "A vampire like Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!" "Well, here he is!" Stripper revealed...and as he dances and denudes himself both he and the bride feel that magnetic attraction, the one between old friends who ought to be more than friends as well as the one between a sexy guy and girl...much to their mutual dismay...and wonder.