The Stag party – your big last night of freedom. As well all know they can get pretty raucous and even last several days, but even on a crazy lads night out there are still a few questions of etiquette surrounding them, and one of the big ones is should you invite the father of the groom or indeed the father of the bride to attend? Should it be lads only or dads welcome? Time to fight it out!
In the Red Corner, fighting the cause for inviting the dads, well lets face it on the bride’s side any potentially calming influence probably seems a good idea… it’s Dom “The Tog Bride”.
In the Blue Corner, fighting for lads only – for his own stag party he spent most of the night with his head over the toilet… although ironically this was the night BEFORE the stag party having contracted a horrendous stomach bug with potentially the worst timing ever… still, he drank his way through it all the same… it’s Matt “The Gormless Groom”.
Lads Vs Dads
FIGHT!!
Dom: The stag party is an event for all the men closest to you and your dad and your future father-in-law surely fall into that category – it’s a male bonding thing and the dads are a hugely important part of the wedding and therefore should surely be a part of that.
Matt: Stag parties are generally filled with a LOT of drinking and general bad behaviour and for most people I think you’d be embarrassed doing all that in front of your dad and especially your bride’s dad!! Do you really want to go to a strip club with your dad?!
Dom: But the early part of the stag party usually involves doing more of an activity together like go-karting or paintballing or whatever and maybe having a few drinks but not getting completely hammered – it’s perfectly acceptable to just invite the dads to that part of the day and they can leave before you get into the heavy drinking!
Matt: But people travel miles now for their stag parties and it’s just not always practical for the dads to only come for a short part of the day – if they’ve travelled miles to be there you can’t easily ask them to leave!
Dom: It’s a great chance for the dads to get to know some of your friends more and feel closer to you and your circle of friends.
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Matt: But people might not feel comfortable and be able to act the way they normally would if your dads or your future father-in-law are around – when parents are present you tend to feel you have to be on your best behaviour!
Dom: It’s one of those events where the dads might be expecting to be invited and might feel hurt and left out if they’re not invited. Bringing them along is a sign that you do really care about them!
Matt: The dads might also feel uncomfortable themselves among all your mates and not know how to act and end up not enjoying themselves at all.
Dom: Dads always buy rounds of drinks – it’s like an unofficial agreement!
Matt: Putting your dad and your friends into the same room and plying both will alcohol can only lead to serious embarrassment for you – your dad ends up learning about all those shameful secrets you’d been trying to keep hidden from him for all those years and you just know your dad will be spreading the word on any embarrassing stories about your childhood!
So those are our points but where do you stand? Would you invite your dad to the stag party? Place your votes below or leave a comment to join the debate!
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