Every hen night needs some forfeits or at least some dares to make it interesting.
So, you've managed the impossible - you've rallied the troops, got the bride to finally commit to a weekend date when she isn't doing yet another dress rehearsal for the wedding (do even the RSC rehearse this much?), you've got a compromise on location from the main protagonists ("I am NOT going to Leeds!", "I refuse to go further south than Birmingham!", "I'll go wherever the happy hours are longest."...etc.) , and you've even pushed through a 'put up or shut up' deadline on actual numbers and payment for the big weekend itself... Well done!
Now that the activities have been booked and the big things are in place, all that remains is to complete the trimmings of the weekend, the finer details that take it from being quite special to out of this world and possibly the best laugh that any of you have ever had! They will bring the girls who didn't previously know each other closer together more quickly, they will set the tone for the rest of the trip and they will be one of the first things you think about in five years' time when you look back on organising this hen weekend with pride and amusement. We are talking, of course, about the hen night forfeits and dares.
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Set The Boundaries
Are there any and if so, what are they and how can they be observed without taking the fun out of it for those individuals not bothered what they get up to! The age range and likelihood that at least some of the group will have partners back home might rule out anything extreme (e.g. snogging a bloke for this, that or the other) and not everyone will be comfortable with a forfeit that requires them to stand up in a pub and sing a few bars of 'I Will Survive' at the top of their voice as a consequence of them not having downed their third Aftershock. You will need to either tailor the forfeit to the individual by a committee decision as they occur - which is fun at the start but quickly runs aground when everyone's skill and judgement takes a blurry nosedive later in the evening - or, more advisable, pick a forfeit out of a handbag that someone has kindly given up some of their lippy space for to house the various bits of paper. This keeps the element of surprise fresh and allows each participant to swap forfeits with one another if they draw out one that they don't feel able to pull off (if you'll excuse the double entendre!)
Key Factors
What forms of action will incur a forfeit. It might seem a good idea to punish every last drinker of a round, but we don't think that this makes for a happy evening for all of you - someone will suffer and you can all happily get plastered without it having to be a punishment or a race. Besides, you end up with ridiculous scenarios where some girls throw their just-paid-for drink on the floor so as not to incur a third forfeit in a row! No, a penalty being laid down for something more random, such as them mentioning their partner's name or a certain barred (but normally common) word, is usually a far better idea. The last hen night the female members of LNOF were on, for example, saw a different person punished every time a certain artist's record was played in a bar or club (I had Christina Aguilera, who caught me out three times at least!) and these were set at the start of the night, so everyone was aware of who had which artist and where the forfeits were. Just a suggestion, but it worked for us! We have also heard of at least one group serving a forfeit on any member caught talking to a man on their mobile phone - are you getting any ideas from all this yet?
The Forfeit Ideas!
You need to keep them simple, easy to read and easy to carry out. They should realistically involve no cost, no risk of injury or clothes/shoe damage and need to respect any boundaries that we referred to earlier. A forfeit could be anything from starting up a conversation/ordering a drink in a different accent, bringing back a look alike of someone famous to the group, or performing a Michael Flatley riverdance if anyone outside the group mentions a certain word or phrase at anytime during the night. Get a three-woman committee meeting one night for the sole purpose of writing out forfeits and we assure you that it will be time well spent - just don't spill the beans on the contents before the weekend in question as the fresher they remain the better.
Here's a few to get you started:
- Persuade a stranger to buy you a drink
- Remove an item of underwear without leaving the room
- Kiss a man in uniform
- Fit a condom over a bottle using only your mouth
- Fit a condom over a bottle using only your mouthStand on a table or chair (perhaps next to the men’s toilets?) as a living statue for 90 seconds – the rest of the group should decide what you should imitate
- Whisper something saucy to the youngest barman you can find
- In an allotted space of time you must collect: an empty bottle, a bus ticket, a beer mat, a menthol cigarette, an autograph from a stranger, a slice of lemon, a business card... AND you must learn a football chant for the local team!
- Make up silly names for all members of your group which must be used at all times. Failure to do so results in a forfeit
- Get the phone number of a man whose name begins with a vowel
- Convince a man that you used to be a bloke!
- Kiss two brothers (double points for twins!)
- Do a pre-designated dance every time the group call out a certain song title to you (e.g. MC Hammer dance, Riverdance, Saturday Night Fever, Wigfield)
- There's also laughs to be had from The Alphabet Game, whereby points are awarded to each member of the group as they kiss/get the phone number of/retrieve the right shoe from any man whose name begins with a particular letter. Tricky to keep score, but worth playing for half an hour of ANY hen night..
Other than that, good luck...and may your dignity go with you!
The "Don't Sue Us" Footnote
Last Night of Freedom take no responsibility for the consequences of acting out any of the above pranks. (i.e. if it goes wrong up - you're on your own. Don't say we didn't warn you!)
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