Bachelor and Bachelorette Party Theme: Five Years from Now
To prepare for this ‘alternative’ party, the host/ess needs to interview the bride or groom-to-be in order to get a sense of their hopes and fears. If you want to play up the fears, then you decorate your house to illustrate those fears. For example, if the bride-to-be is afraid of becoming an at-home mother with no creative/professional outlets, then you mess up the house so there’re a lot of chores to be done, scatter toys around, and have SpongeBob Squarepants playing on the dvd. If you want to play up the dreams, then you do the same. For example, if the groom dreams of a perpetual honeymoon, then you decorate the house like a Tahitian lagoon, or a Parisian bistro, or the Outback.
The food and drinks complement the dream or nightmare theme. For the at-home mother, for example, serve white or black russians (or other drinks that look like milk or chocolate milk), spicy meatloafs, and garlic-y mashed potatoes. For the groom who fears the father-in-law from, well, Meet the Parents, serve sportsbar fare–for a competitive spirit.
And the guests dress up to their dreams or fears for the bride/groom-to-be. It’s another take on the Sleeping Beauty line-up with the fairies offering their gifts to the future. And the nasty fairy offering her ‘curse.’ Dress romantically all in pinks, sensually all in velvet, successfully all in pinstripes–whatever you envisage. You can even dress as a godparent for a christening, or as a marriage counselor. And if you want their lives to be an ongoing orgy, well, then dress like a Roman emperor or empress. It’s all in fun–and love.
