Letters to the Editor
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jeeze Cary, pop some prozac
Wow, a more depressing 'the world is meaningless' answer you couldn't have hoped for. The Bacehlor Party is meaningless, the Wedding is meaningless, your Whole Sad Life is meaningless... get a grip!
Bachelor parties, like weddings, graduations, and funerals are a way of marking an event in your (sad pathetic meaningless) life. As such, I'd say they aren't really meaningless at all. Sometimes they can mean a lot, especially to the mates of the groom. Sometimes they can mean a lot of nothing, if the only reason the groom is having one is because he feels he 'has' to. What's the case here? Who knows.
The LW spends a lot of time worrying about how this 'other woman' will talk about the 'wives' behind their backs. I'd hate to tell her this, but when guys get together for a bachelor party, they don't much talk about their wives. Its a time for them to relive some of the fun stuff they've gotten up to in the past (mostly non-sexual, and involving lots of beer) and basically have a 'big night'. I'm with you that it seems a bit strange that she wants to go, but I wouldn't worry about her talking about you or judging you the way you seem to be judging her. She probably isn't there for the strippers, but then lets be honest, the guys probably aren't there for the stripper either. They're there to mark a turning point in their friend's life... probably with as much booze as possible.