The Bachelor(ette) Party

My first thought is am I pushing my luck here? I mean I am a guy who likes to dress up like a girl and I get to be a bride and marry my girlfriend in an actual wedding ceremony in Las Vegas. Shouldn't that be enough? Some people might play the "in for a dime, in for a dollar" card. Which does make some sense, I want the whole what is it like to be a bride thing. But there is a somewhat practical reason too. Gel Nails.

Thats right, gel nail extensions. I won't be getting my nails done locally just so I can hop on a plane to Vegas with bright red or possibly french tips for all the wold to see. So, I have to have them done in Las Vegas. The whole gel process is fairly long, maybe 90 minutes and then the polish still needs some time to set. My schedule calls for a pretty early start time on the day of the wedding so getting them done in the morning won't really work out. As much as Vegas is a 24 by 7 town, the salons still follow general business hours. I need to have them done the day before and be done by 8:00pm maybe earlier. This means I can sit in my hotel room and wait for the wedding fun to begin, go out as a guy with really pretty nails, or go out in girl mode the night before my wedding. While the last one seems to make sense, there is no guarantee it will happen.

I have mentioned my friend Amanda in a previous post. Last time we spoke we discussed the possibility of a bachelorette night and she even offered to plan it since a bride shouldn't plan her own. That actually scares me a little bit, OK a lot. Anything that involves me dressing and is not in my control can be pretty stressful. And then there is the fact that Amanda can be...free spirited. Not in a bad way at all, she is very fun to hang out with. But I have been drinking with her, and she can drink. I have been to a strip club with her, and she is not easily intimidated. I just don't want things to get crazy.

The worst of all possible outcomes would be that I am either drunk or hungover for my special day. I am sure Amanda will keep my best interests in mind when she plans the party. I am not looking to draw attention or trouble the night before my wedding. I'm going to revise my worst possible outcome to hungover and in jail while in drag. If I had to plan it I would think of a nice dinner and a few drinks, maybe a show and some Pai Gow Poker. But it is not mine to plan, I will just try to keep in touch with Amanda on this so there aren't too many big surprises.

Another point to made is regarding my fiance. While traditionally the groom would not be attending the bachelorette party, we have some unique dynamics to our wedding. My girlfriend/fiance/wife-to-be/groom can play a number of roles and she doesn't need to be the groom until the day of the wedding. I certainly don't want to leave her in the hotel, bored and alone, while Amanda and I go out and have fun. So there is no questions that she is invited to come along in the role of girlfriend and have fun with us. The more the merrier too.

That being said I doubt she wants to end up at a strip club. I really doubt she wants to end up at a strip club with me. I am pretty sure I don't want to go to a strip club with her too. Oh yeah, I am also pretty sure I shouldn't go to a strip club when I am dressed like a girl. Not that Amanda is planning this, but it has happened before. I'm just saying...

Oh well, all in good time. Right now the wedding is still over five hundred days out. I was planning on writing a five hundred day milestone entry this weekend, but I will be out of town having fun. I will have to post is when I get back.