I recently spoke to a friend of mine; we’ll call her Lauren, who has two upcoming Bachelorette parties. Now she’s not a super big fan of these things or marriage in general, but wants to show support for her friends. That is until she heard about their ‘parties’.

My Bachelorette party was what I would describe as the classic Bachelorette party; dinner with 8-10 of my best friends followed by bar hopping in one of my favorite Cities; Philadelphia. I made my girlfriends swear there would be no ‘unclassiness’ and I think you know what I mean by that.  Just girls – no interrupting fake cops.

But Lauren’s friends have different ideas altogether. Albeit unique, they swing the pendulum so far from what we may deem as a ‘normal’ party that they seem almost dull. Here’s a brief synopsis of each:

• Dinner at a low key dive in Manhattan followed by…adult tap dance lessons.   Tap dance. Lauren’s frustration with this idea is that it falls so far from the typical night out with girlfriends that it’s almost the anti-night out.  And I agree. I wouldn’t want to go to dinner and then strap on a pair of patent leather shoes and bounce around on a floor click-clacking for three hours.  I’m all for burning calories, but is this really how the Bride wants to spend her last single night out with her friends? And let’s be honest, my tap dance lessons ended when I was 8. No one after the age of 8 besides Grace Kelly or Fred Astaire should be tap dancing. No one.
• Brunch, on a Sunday afternoon, followed by…sailing lessons. What is this? Again, after a couple of mimosas and omelet’s, the last thing I want to do is strap on a lifejacket and step into a rickety boat on the Hudson.

So what are these new concepts in Bachelorette parties? Are these women a tad older than the average Bride and feel they’ve “been there done the whole bar scene”?  I’m not saying that every Bachelorette party needs to involve too much alcohol, crazy amounts of pink beads, feather boas, crowns and veils, but let’s celebrate ladies!  Bridesmaids – take your Brides out for a rocking good time. Do something you’ll all enjoy whether it’s dinner, a show, a wine tasting, karaoke, barhopping, a concert and if it ends up being sailing or tap dancing, well, enjoy that too.

I’m curious – what other kinds of Bachelorette parties are out there?