Those gift bags you get when you go on a hen do

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I’ve never wanted to appear ungrateful but I’ve always hated them. Full of rubbish no one needs and a pain in the arse to carry round.

But, planning a very good friend’s do and don’t want to skimp. Is there anything you’ve ever got in those bags which you’ve liked?

So far I’m planning:

Paracetamol
Energy gel
Haribo
Mugshot noodles
Vodka shot
Mask of the groom
Itinerary card
A condom

Please don’t comment to say you don’t like hen dos/the bags are a waste of time and unnecessary/the wedding industry is out of control.

I’m just wanting ideas from people who’ve actually liked something they’ve got in one of these bags.

It’s a discussion forum.
Who are you to try to gatekeep who pipes up??
Get a grip.

PENIS STRAWS AT THE READY. LET BATTLE...COMMENCE!

Is @Cactusprickone of the hens 😂

Those deep and meaningful penis straws that are bound to be part of a private in joke?

😂

More bizarre that you're so invested in something so unimportant.

What's designed to make someone feel like shit? Saying something is a massive cliché? It is, but OP has been clear she's completely embracing the clichés so no idea what you're so het up about.

I never hear of a stag do where the stags all wear masks of the bride, or do quizzes about which is the bride and groom's favourite physical feature in the other.

Never been on a Hen do with a gift bag but I would err on the side of fewer things, not too bulky. Keep in mind liquid limits for hand luggage if you're flying. Maybe a lanyard attached to an itinerary card and contact details for the hotel, each other, and a cab company or similar?

BTW I can't imagine using a condom that had been round the houses like that i wouldn't trust it not to have got pierced through the packaging!

Absolutely. Have you ever seen a penis straw that isn't meaningful!?

At my actual wedding I had personalised pens as wedding favours ( in a pile in the table so you didn’t take them if you didn’t want). Lots still use theirs.

It might be good as a “get his number” type joke. But doubles up if you play paper type party games.

I just made ones and they had the following

silk scrunchie
make up wipes
under eye patches
coffee sachets
ear plugs
2 x test tube cocktails
2 x mini cocktail bottle (shot size)
1 x tequila rose (shot size)
love hearts (sweets)
small rose quart love heart
homemade biscuits with hens name and hen date iced on
pain killers

Everybody seemed to like them

Haha. I would say commenting on an anonymous community just to criticise, and put words in other people’s mouths (“OP thinks it’s fucking hilarious”) is the prickly behaviour. I think in real life you’d be embarrassed to say you think that’s the behaviour of a decent and kind person. Mob mentality is pretty gross.
I guess I am the nice guy after all lol.

Hahaha no, I’m just unsure why the OP is getting grief over bugger all 🤷🏻‍♀️

I never hear of a stag do where the stags [do what hens do]

Sure, but then I've never heard of a hen do where the hen was tied naked to a lamp post on the high street. Don't think I've heard of a hen being bought a 'private dance' at a strip club, either (though I can kind of imagine that). It may come as a shock to you that groups of men and groups of women aren't the same?

More bizarre lol.
You’ve got a cute lil habit of giving us your irrelevant opinion haven’t you

I got some heart shaped sunglasses from my SIL's Hen that I wear all the time.

They literakly said they’re doing it anyway so they don’t need any more comments about it.
if you haven’t read that post from them then how would I know 😂

That's a solid point tbf. But with stag stuff that seems to be a mix of humiliating the guy or buying him sex (a whole other issue) whereas on the bride side it feels like they're putting the groom on a pedestal. Personally, I think any large single sex group tends to bring out/concentrate the worst of our traits and, I suppose, hens & stags are that on steroids because they so steeped in age old ideas about marriage/relationships/male & female roles. Shit. I started going deep and the only thing that was meant to go deep were the penis straws...

Oooooh, have I? How interesting. Like 99% of social media you mean?

And the question was always, from the beginning, “what have you had in those bags that you actually liked?”
Taking it upon yourself to tell her the ideas she has aren’t good, after she’s said she’s doing it anyway and to please stop, is just mean. Crack on meanies.
Just want the OP to know that there are some kind people left on here still.

Eh? What you on about now? 😂
I don’t even have social media so I’ve no idea what you’re talking about. I’m just saying you’re not being very nice. Not sure how that relates but it sounds like you’re using social media as an excuse for the mob mentality…. Hiding behind your phone 🤷🏻‍♀️

Just to say, as someone who knows how difficult opioid addiction can be and how easy it is to get hooked, please do not put cocodamol/nurofen plus in it. I saw a YouTuber do this and was like 🤦‍♀️ normal Paracetomol crack on

Condom idea is silly, especially if some of the guests already have partners. I can see that potentially causing trouble.

Will there be cooking facilities/bowls/kettles to cook the noodles on the do? If not probably not with including.

sweets fine

if I’m totally honest I’d rather forgoe the gift backs and use the money on something else/more drinks. If you insist on them, include stuff that can be used up quickly rather than keepsakes and stuff that’ll just be chucked in the bin the second the hens are home.

You’re being ridiculously rude to anyone having the temerity to have a different opinion, @Cactusprick ?
It’s not even your bloody thread.
That’s what’s actually bizarre.

Mumsnet is social media

Some of the better things we have received in recent years...
Sunglasses and Flip Flops for an abroad one
Fold up Flip Flops for end of night at a local one
Electrolyte Sachet
Polo Mints
Walkers Crisps and a Kit Kat
Gin and a Mixer
Claw Clip/Hair Bobble
PJs and Slippers for a cottage stay
Personalised wine/gin class for cottage stay

OMG I went on a work course once and had a penis straw fall out of my handbag from the hen do I had just been on. A must.

A mini handcream if not too expensive?

chocolate. Love hearts.
I wouldn’t bother with the condom as it could cause issues if someone in a relationship took one home etc.