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Just Said Yes October 2018

Help- groom wants to take bachelor party right before wedding!

Anna, on January 15, 2018 at 4:06 PM Posted in Planning 0 28

So my groom wants to do his bachelor party (out of state) two weeks before our wedding. It's still 10 months away but I'm nervous for last minute details that are left down to the wire. He first wanted the weekend before our wedding (which I had to shoot down immediately) but now we are discussing 2 weeks before- is this a bad idea? I'm covering my eyes with scenes from the movie The Hangover!!! Am I being a bridezilla?!

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Latest activity by FutureMrsA, on January 29, 2018 at 8:11 PM
  • LB
    Champion November 2016
    LB ·
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    I thought you were gonna say he wanted to go the night before the wedding!

    Two weeks before is fine. Does he go super crazy when he's with his friends or something? I personally wouldn't even think it'd be a problem...

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  • Domi
    Savvy February 2018
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    My fiancé is doing his this weekend (two weeks before), and most everything is done. Just get as much as you can done ahead of time.
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  • Hannah
    Dedicated August 2018
    Hannah ·
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    GIRL!!

    My FH wont be graduating until the monday before our wedding & my party is the night of but its very low key not much we are doing just hanging out at the house. However i'm not a big party person either!!

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  • EngineerInLove
    VIP September 2018
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    2 weeks before is a good amount of time for stitches to heal, bruises to fade, and tattoos to be lasered off....

    Seriously, 2 weeks is far enough from your wedding that it'll be fine. I wouldn't fight him on this, and don't freak yourself out over it!
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  • S
    Just Said Yes June 2018
    Sydney ·
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    Mine is doing his the weekend before because thats when the rates for what they are doing were cheapest. From my experience with helping plan weddings if you start early nothing really happens the weekend (or two weeks) before the wedding, Usually, if its going to happen, it goes down 3-4 days before
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  • FinallyaRoy17
    VIP October 2017
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    Mine had his 2 weeks before the wedding. My only request for the day of was to be sober so he could remember hus vows. Lol... at the wedding when vows were over with was a different story.
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  • Married and Loving It!
    Super February 2018
    Married and Loving It! ·
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    How long is he planning on being gone? I don’t think a weekend two weeks before hand is an issue. My fiancé did his this weekend (4 days in Vegas) almost a month before our wedding and I hardly noticed he was gone- although he is a pretty hands off groom so not sure it would matter when he went! Think of it as a nice chance to relax right before the wedding and get things done the way you like it!
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  • BlueHenBride
    Master March 2017
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    We actually did our bachelor and bachelorette parties the day before our wedding since everyone lived in different states and my MOH and his BM both felt it was more convenient to do stuff when everyone was already going to be in one place. For me, that meant we did a bunch of low key activities that day and that evening after the RD. For DH, I understand they went out drinking and dancing that night after the RD. That was their choice.

    I think if it works into the schedules of those planning the bachelor party and everyone who would be attending finds it to be convenient, it's a non-issue if a bachelor party is 2 weeks before the wedding.
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  • Kiwibride
    Super November 2018
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    Two weeks before sounds reasonable, I thought you were going to say the night before. You have plenty of notice to plan those last minute jobs for three weeks before the wedding instead of two weeks before.

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  • The Bride
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    Do he and his friends make it a habit to get arrested or disappear for days at a time when they go out together? I'm sure it will be fine.

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  • edecker
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    I think 2 weeks before will be perfectly fine. you will have the weekend of, and the weekend before, as well as the week before, and the week before that. (if that makes sense) I think 2 weeks is fine. For me, I have planned out that exactly 2 weeks before my wedding (april 27th) that I will be in "shutdown mode" that I will plan on relaxing so that as last minute details arrive, I can quickly handle them and get back to relaxing. Again, I think 2 weeks before for the bachelor party is fine.

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  • Prisonmike
    Dedicated May 2024
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    Um unless he having a Hangover, rufied, tattoo on face, Zach Galifianakis, Bach; I think he'll be fine.

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  • FutureMrsN
    Super October 2018
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    I can see why you're nervous about this, but I would just be really up front about getting stuff done BEFORE he goes so he can help you and then send him on his way for some fun. Maybe treat yourself to a spa day or weekend while he's gone, so you don't feel like you're doing all the work and he's not helping. That way you both get a "fun" weekend.

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  • fallinthegarden
    Master October 2017
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    Ah, we each had ours two weeks out (out of state from where we live), and it was fine. Two weeks is not "right before". I assumed from the title you meant the night before.

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  • Orchids
    Master March 2018
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    2 weeks before is fine. Mine's doing his the night before and I never batted an eye at it. Then again, my FH isn't the type to go out and get wild.

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  • Lauren
    Expert June 2019
    Lauren ·
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    Two weeks before is an appropriate amount of time away from the wedding
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  • Margarita
    Dedicated December 2017
    Margarita ·
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    Tell him this true story: my uncle had his bachelor party a few days before he married my aunt. Well it was a disaster! My uncle got into a fist fight with someone and him and all the groomsmen had black eyes, etc. my aunts wedding photos are so sad (but kind of funny too lololol)
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  • Bailey
    Devoted January 2018
    Bailey ·
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    I was thinking you were going to say the night before as well. I'm not sure why 2 weeks would be a problem? My fiance had his this past weekend, which was 2 weeks before our wedding.
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  • Byrne Baby Byrne
    Devoted April 2018
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    He will be fine. Let him celebrate two weeks before. Trust that he will make good decisions, alcohol and all.

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  • Steph N.
    Super October 2018
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    I would have zero issue with FH having his bachelor party two weeks before. I wouldn’t care if it was 1 week before. The NIGHT before, I would have an issue with, just because I wouldn’t want him being all hung over and gross feeling on our wedding day.
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