I’m sick of stag and hen dos costing a bomb

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I’m currently in a WhatsApp group called “Hen Hen Hen” and, despite the panic-inducing name, its contents are almost completely sane. Research from Aviva has showed that people attending someone else’s stag or hen do typically face paying £779 in the UK or £1,208 if they go abroad – a staggering sum that many of us go along with purely to avoid looking like a crap friend or, god forbid, skint. “I’ve never experienced such a disregard for budget and feel awful for the bride, who will have a poor turnout.” open image in gallery Hen girlies typically face paying £779 in the UK or £1,208 if they go abroad Their concern for the bride-to-be encapsulates the glaring problem with the tyranny of modern hen and stag dos: who are they actually for? You can’t put a price on friendship, but something needs to change I’m not even going to get into the politics of hen and stag do activities here – disagreements about whether everyone should be dragged to strip clubs or made to run around town centres dressed as giant knobs – because that’s a whole other piece.