Tonight the headline that catches my eye is, "Man found dead at his own bachelor party, the day before his 26th birthday." Jacob Jarozewski of Kansas City, Missouri was going to marry his high school sweetheart, Alyx Ailmus in just two weeks. Instead his family had to plan his funeral.
I've been talking about bachelor and bachelorette parties lately since my older two children are in that phase of their lives. And movies like "Hangover" have only made them even crazier than they used to be. When I was in that time of my life, people usually had these parties within the week of the wedding, and sometimes even the day before. Consequently the bride was mad at the groom for getting too drunk, or worse, and there were lots of hungover guys at the wedding.
Somewhere in there the brides started wanting their own night of singleness with their friends, and somehow it has evolved into the recent movie, "Bridesmaids" in trying to compete with the guys. This only fuels the fire with the current generation, and it becomes one upmanship in trying to beat their friends. No longer can they just go to a bar in their own town, now they feel obligated to go to somewhere more exotic like Vegas, if they are privy to money. Alex was in a wedding of a wealthy East Texas girl who loaded everyone on her daddy's private jet and flew them to New Orleans for bar hopping on Bourbon Street and spa days. (sigh) I mean it sounds impressive but it just all gets too extreme. I guess that's how I'd describe it. The Baby Boomer's children have heard all their parent's stories and then want to do even more?
Anyway.
Another case of Hollywood dictating the narrative...
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