Friends of mine are getting married next year, and already they are deep into their planning.
Venue? Check!
Vicar? Check!
Gift list? Check!
Hen and Stag do? Check!
This is today's rant. Stags and Hen do. When they coincide on the same day, it buggers things up for those of us with children - chance are, one of us can't go.
And they are growing in cost and ridiculousness! Gone are the days of a quick bunh of drinks! Now it's going to Amsterdam or a West End show and high tea in a posh hotel. Or skydiving (Barry, for your stag, I'm up for skydiving or wing walking!).
It's lovely to help people celebrate their upcoming ordeal, I mean marriage.
But please spare a thought for the cost to us all.
Today's question: how can you get out of a stag / hen do without offending the bride or groom?