Hoo boy. I’ve been to some tame ones and I’ve been to some insane ones.
Tame ones:
- Going to Dave & Buster’s for food, beer and video games.
Insane ones:
- The Stripper in her Natural Habitat
A buddy of mine got married about 18 months ago. His bachelor party started out fairly innocuously. During the day, we played paintball, then went to the hotel, checked in, got cleaned up and went to dinner. Afterwards, went to the riverboats and gambled for a few hours. So after some success at the blackjack tables, we headed out to a strip club near Joliet. When we walked in, we almost walked right back out; it was a tiny little bar, decorated in Early American 70’s (wood and cork paneling as far as the eye could see), with one desultory-looking stripper working the pole. Plus, aside from two drunk truck drivers, we were the only guys in the place. We all kinda looked at each other, shrugged, ordered a pitcher of beer, and sat down.
Within five minutes, things started looking up. More girls came out from the back, and let me say, for a little strip club in the middle of nowhere, the girls were beautiful! As a favor for the groom, we bought him the Half-Hour Lap Dance (a new creation). Gave one girl some dough for a lap dance, and after every song, we gave her more dough to keep going. I thought the groom was going to burst a blood vessel after about fifteen minutes.
Within about two hours, the party was in full swing. Being flush with cash from the casino, we were throwing money around like crazy. Most of the girls had taken up residence on our side of the bar and we were starting to get dirty looks from the other patrons. And then someone got an evil idea.
Whenever any of our party got up to go to the bathroom, the other guys would chip in and give the girls enough cash to pull the hapless victim up on stage when he got back. After being pulled up on stage, the victim would be stripped to the waist and thrown into a chair. The girl would then write her name on his chest in marker, stuff ice down his shorts, and then ride him around the stage like a pony. (And yes, sidle, they definitely did reach ‘down there’. In other circumstances, it’d be pretty okay, but on stage in front of a bar full of guys… just slightly embarassing.) I’m glad they didn’t allow cameras in there, or there would have been blackmail material galore.
The rest of the evening is a haze of loud music, singles stuffed in various articles of clothing, and pitchers of beer. We finally staggered out of there around 4 in the morning… I don’t want to speculate how much money we spent, but it was a lot. The next day was spent with a blinding hangover, but you couldn’t have gotten the smile off my face with a jackhammer.
(Oh, and the part about the strippers writing their name on your chest? That became significant the next day when the groom’s fiancee discovered the name ‘Candi’ written on his chest… after he’d told her that no, dear, there were no strippers at all last night, we just played cards. Whoops!)
- The Stripper at Home, Part 1
For payback, the groom from story #1 decided that for the next bachelor party, we’d hire strippers to come to someone’s place. That place, being mine (most of the other attendees being married, their places being thus unavailable for strippers). Got everyone to my place and waited for the girls (two of 'em) to show up.
They got there around 6 pm, accompanied by two strapping young men (for security, don’cha know). The show… (I’m trying to keep this PG-13)… let’s just say there were various articles and toys involved, and lesbian sex between the two girls. And the funny thing was… I wasn’t turned on by this. You’d think that two women getting naked right in front of you, and doing all the things you WISH they’d do, would be erotic.
But it wasn’t.
I was embarassed that these people would do these things, not because they were turned on, not out of emotion or real sexual interest, but because they were being PAID to do so. The feigned moans and quivers just made me even more embarassed. I was actually glad when it was over, so we could head out to the bars for dinner and beer.
- The Stripper at Home, Part 2
Several years ago, I was at a bachelor party where a girl was hired to come in and strip for the groom. To make a long story short, after the stripping show, she made it obvious that she’d consummate various sexual acts for money. And one of my then-good friends took her up on it. So for twenty dollars, in front of God and the entire bachelor party, she proceeds to… um… well, pleasure him. It was about the most embarassing-making thing I’ve ever been a witness to. I was so mortified I could have melted right through the floor. (Afterwards, they went into the bathroom – what happened in there, I don’t know and I don’t ever WANNA know.)
What I took home from these experiences – someday at my own bachelor party, going to a strip club is fine, but I don’t want strippers at someone’s house. Going to a strip club is fun – you can drink, laugh, hoot and holler, buy lap dances for your friends – very much a male bonding experience! But when there’s simulated or actual sex involved… it’s way WAY too seedy for me.