Sad stories of an awful development in our culture.

Sad stories of an awful development in our culture.

When stag nights go wrong
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/apr/08/when-stag-nights-go-wrong

I went on some stag weekends & football tours back in the 80s/90s which were fuelled by drink & included some daftness, but nothing like as obviously dangerous as this article describes. I think the group of lads I was with
(works football club, some of whom I'm still in touch with on Facebook, many who still live in the south get together when they can)
benefitted from being a mix of older & younger men, with a genuine bond & (tho it sounds silly!) a kind of 'duty-of-care' ethos which (mostly) ensured that damage was limited. Or maybe we were just lucky, and living through different times - before this "stag-do industry" was invented.

I have some very fond memories of some very funny times & in my early 20s it was (I guess) a bit of a rite-of-passage/ritual thing & it wouldn't have happened without the booze.
But... I grew out of it & away from it & realised for me getting drunk held little pleasure & was mostly a means of 'escape' (from things I didn't actually enjoy, didn't bring me joy).
20 years ago this month was my "Stag-Don't" - a tame affair in Soho with some good friends & - a few years into my non-boozing life - no alcohol for me.
(Nice Chinese food though!)
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/apr/08/when-stag-nights-go-wrong?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B

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