DD1 had a sedate Chinese meal to which the mothers were invited and then they went into town - strictly no handcuffs etc. On the eve of the wedding, I made a special dinner for her and her three best friends who had all helped make and ice the [apparently] zillions of cupcakes that took the place of a traditional wedding cake.
DD2 and her friends cut a record (shock) and then went out on the town and I was politely asked to refuse my invitation so that her future MiL would also refuse hers. In our family people like her are termed 'no show without punch!'
DD3 ran away to get married so didn't have a hen do at all.
DS1 was married in Japan and the brides parents took us to an onsen just after the wedding as we had missed the build up.
DS2 married a witch!!
Is there a toiletry you can no longer buy and miss?
