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The Bachelorette Party is the ultimate girl’s night out; one that finds its beginnings in a far more reserved, traditional festivity.
Until recent years, brides to be celebrated their last days at quiet gatherings with friends and family. While their fiancés partied at raucous festivities known as bachelor parties, the ladies opted for more sedate parties called bridal showers; events that usually involved dinners, gifts, games, and introspective conversation.
With the strong onset of the women’s movement in the 1970s and ‘80s, the ladies said, “Enough of that!” They yearned to have a wild party on par with the wildest bachelor fest. And so the Bachelorette Party was born.
Wild good times form the central core of most bachelorette parties. Ladies let their hair down and the wine flow at these spirited festivities, which—depending on the mood and temperament of the bride—could involve loud music, a trip to a bar or nightclub, party games that could range from Kiss the Cutest Guy at the Club to Pin the Tail on the Bachelorette, and perhaps even a special appearance from a dancing man wearing a minimal amount of clothing.
While the settings and themes of bachelorette parties vary slightly (they can take place at home, at a spa, at a rented party center, or at a bar or nightclub, and can take the form of anything from a wine tasting to a lingerie party), their intent remains the same: to allow the bride to be one more evening of singlehood and sisterhood. And to party like there’s no tomorrow!
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