by Postpone, please on Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:08 pm
I agree with those that say it's horrible what he did.
Sometimes men go to bachelor parties (or women at bachelorette parties, as was pointed out) and everything is fair game. Everyone else thinks it's a riot to watch the "soon to be enchained" "sow their wild oats" one last time. I say bulls***. If my wife licked whipped cream off another guy's c*** the week before we were married, I'd be pissed--at her, and all her friends that thought it was so funny. As was mentioned on here before, it's shameful that all the blokes were egging him on and laughing like it was some playful joke, without any regard to the future bride's feelings. I think if some activity would be off-limits after marriage, it shouldn't be encouraged at the bachelor party.
Maybe he's the type to keep a straying eye--or maybe not, maybe this was a one-time act of stupidity. One thing I know is this: it is very hard to be in a happy marriage when you feel like you can't trust the other person. The breach of trust has definitely been broken.
At the very least, the wedding ought to be postponed. This would do a couple of things:
1. It would give manhater time to think everything through, reevaluate the relationship, and decide whether or not it is worth salvaging, without the pressure of a rapidly-approaching deadline.
2. If her fiance wises up, so much the better for both of them, and she'll be able to enjoy her wedding (and she'll be able to enjoy looking at her wedding pictures later in life).
3. If, during the postponement, she thinks it through and decides he has definitely crossed a line, much better to figure this out before you are married than after. It's easier to replan a wedding than obtain an annulment.
4. I think it's very important that this NOT be dismissed as an inconsequential act of immaturity. Postponing the wedding would force the groom to realize that the act was not just "no big deal," that it WAS a big deal. Let him handle the awkwardness of telling family that the date has changed, looks like everyone will have to wait another six months. Let his goofy friends sober up, and decide to take everyone to a football game next time, or go golfing, rather than have the obligatory stripper f*** up another couples' sense of trust.
Not an easy decision, I'm sure, but I wouldn't let him get away with it, and struggle with these feelings through your wedding ceremony. There's part of you that will be tempted to calm down and let it go; I think that sets a bad precedent. Years from now, all those friends will probably still be laughing, saying, "Oh, yeah, she was pissed," but then they'll shrug it off because everything worked out alright anyway.
Good luck. Sorry about what happened...