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When two people marry, they celebrate their love and commitment to each other. But before the wedding, it’s common for the groom-to-be to have a big, wild party with his buddies.
The tradition of the bachelor party began over 2,000 years ago in ancient Greece, where soldiers had special meals with their friends on the night before they got married. These days, bachelor parties often involve getting wasted, going to strip clubs, and doing all the other crazy things that are supposed to stop after marriage. Listen to Marni and Jason discuss their feelings about bachelor parties.
Dialog
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Marni: I was out at the bar on Saturday night, and my absolute worst nightmare, a parade of completely wasted bachelors…
Jason: Oh, wow.
Marni: ...at a bachelor party. Ugh, so annoying.
Jason: I love running into bachelorette parties. They always ask me to do funny things, like they ask for one of my chest hairs for their scavenger hunt, and things like that.
Marni: I’ve never seen a bachelor party on a scavenger hunt. They’re just all about…
Jason: I think they’re hunting something else.
Marni: Yeah, exactly. It’s all about the strip clubs, and getting away from the ball and chain, and your big last night of freedom. God, it’s just so cliche.
Jason: But it’s a rite of passage, right? Your buddies have to see you off, or whatever.
Marni: Oh, yeah. I guess it’s a right of passage, if you’re just totally in denial that you’re committing to someone, and you feel like you have the right to have this last debaucherous evening.
Jason: Yeah, I wonder how often the debaucherous evenings go completely overboard, you know?
Marni: I’ve heard far too many stories of marriages canceled…
Jason: Woah!
Marni: But anyhow, I just think that bachelor parties…They’re just ridiculous.
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Discussion
Marni’s Saturday night was ruined by a bunch of super-drunk guys having a bachelor party. Jason says he likes bachelorette parties because the women always involve him in fun games. But bachelor parties are less innocent. Usually, the guys at a bachelor party just want to get drunk and try to pick up women.
Jason thinks bachelor parties are OK, because they celebrate an important event in a man’s life. But Marni has heard about a lot of bachelor parties going overboard. If the groom-to-be acts too crazy or betrays his future wife, it can ruin the wedding or even end the relationship.
In your country, what do people do the night before their wedding? Do you think it’s a good idea to have one last, crazy party before getting married?
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This is new to me. Like the idea of celebrating a party at the night before the wedding. |
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I think it is not nassasory before the wedding night before marrige a persone alwayes enjoying bachlors party
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