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Original poster

To feel conned by this hen do

75 replies

Binkybix · 11/05/2014 00:54

I've just been to a hen do.

The first part was at hen's house. A bunting making workshop. This would be almost bottom of the list in terms of activities I'd want to do,but I appreciate that everyone's different. We were asked in advance to pay £15 for the workshop. It turns out that it was run by the hen's friend and that the bunting is for the wedding. I made one triangle.

AIBU to think the price was taking the piss?

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FunkyBoldRibena · 11/05/2014 09:05

£15 from everyone would be a hack of alot of material.

I am all in favour of arts and crafts; and of low key hen dos but this made me howl - sorry OP. I feel your pain.

However you have given me a new business idea so thanks for that.

SocialMediaAddict · 11/05/2014 09:11

Haha!! What a cheek.

Booboostoo · 11/05/2014 09:11

I wouldn't have minded the bunting as such and it could have been a nice idea if everyone made one bit and put it all together as a special present for the bride, but 15 quid is extortionate as a price and asking you to pay for it unacceptable.

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 11/05/2014 09:28

When you go to the wedding take your triangle home with you! Grin

BMW6 · 11/05/2014 09:31

Who pocketed the profit I wonder - the Bride or her "Friend"?
For a few quid the Friend would have bought oddments of fabric for the Boring Bunting, the guests were asked to supply food (and drink?) so someone has made a tidy sum..............

Only1scoop · 11/05/2014 09:31

Yanbu....

These bloody brides and their pushy friends seem to really be cashing in on the whole wedding crap at the moment Hmm

harriet247 · 11/05/2014 09:34

Oh lorrrrrd! That is truly awful.
Deffo goat for africa as her wedding gift.

wowfudge · 11/05/2014 09:43

Or sponsor a latrine. Might fit better with the overall feel of everything.

Sicaq · 11/05/2014 09:44

Agree with everyone ... but, like Sanity says, at least it sounds a whole lot less expensive than many other hen do's (weekends in bloody Prague, dinner at overpriced restaurant) - unless you were expected to go out for dinner/spa day too, and the Bunting of Boredom was just Part 1?

UncleT · 11/05/2014 09:45

I'm sorry, that's quite possibly one of the crappest things I've ever heard! How completely and utterly rubbish.

Igggi · 11/05/2014 09:45

Could have been worse. She could have done a creative writing session with the winning poem making it into the invitations.
Limitedperiodonly, this is a corker of an idea Grin
I'm sure we run a mumsnet thread though to save them the trouble.

"Before we say 'I do',
We want lots of cash from YOU!"

FrigginRexManningDay · 11/05/2014 10:18

Whats wrong with going for dinner and getting pissed? Thats what happens on most hen parties I have been to. If I was stuck making fucky bunting when I was geared up for a bit of drunken fun I would be very annoyed.

momb · 11/05/2014 10:22

I'd love a crafting day with friends. I think it's a nice idea for a hen do. Certainly better than a pub crawl wearing matching sashes or whatever. I don't even think that £15 is unreasonable fro the workshop if it was a professional tutor. My daughter made a bag at a workshop during the Easter hols and it was £15 plus we had to provide the materials.

eddielizzard · 11/05/2014 10:24

uuurghggh

Doooooowop · 11/05/2014 10:29

Unless you were drinking vintage Bollinger whilst making your triangle I think that you have been had. Steal something from the wedding?

Only1scoop · 11/05/2014 10:30

Think they had to take their own Bolli and nibbles with them Hmm

Feelingstupidsad · 11/05/2014 10:33

I've had a bad morning and this thread made me laugh out loud. So thank you. I love mumsnet.
I can't believe it - £15?! Sweet idea, if you're into it, to make bunting for wedding/get your mates to write messages on it perhaps. But to charge!!! Please get a photo with your triangle.

Only1scoop · 11/05/2014 10:41

Hey friends I'm soon to be wed Smile

Sad that fills you all with dreadHmm

We'll stitch some crap and make some tat

I'm sure you will all just love that.

Don't forget to bring your own Food as I don't wish to be so rude....

But I'm the Bride so I decide ....so splash your cash and come for the ride....

But don't forget if you can't decide

My gift on the day can also be wonga....

So pay for my day and hop on my expensive....CongaSmile

whois · 11/05/2014 10:48

Ha ha got to love the brides cheek, 'come to my hen, pay for my wedding decorations AND slave away making the decorations.

AintNobodyHereButUsKittens · 11/05/2014 11:04

I'd rather enjoy getting together with some close mates, drinking pink fizz and having a giggle while doing some utterly skill-free crafting for the wedding, followed by a meal out. I wouldn't necessarily even mind chipping in a few quid for materials, (though I think that's pushing it, and I'd rather bring along the contents of my ragbag - surely the spirit of bunting involves using old scraps not shelling out £££ for ells of brand new material). But for one of the attendees to charge everyone else for tuition is Not On.

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Binkybix · 11/05/2014 11:13

In the bride's defence they did also provide a lot of food and drink too - we were just also asked to bring some in the e mail we got before.

After the workshop we went into town and drank. I feel poorly this morning. So, yes, overall it was relatively cheap. Could have been a lot worse if it was going away etc.

I wonder what they'll make at the stag next weekend?!

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Binkybix · 11/05/2014 11:16

But for my hen do I just paid for all the food and drink at mine. But maybe the £15 was for that - but they did say specifically that it was for the workshop. And the fact that it's this women's business makes me think it was.

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Binkybix · 11/05/2014 11:16

I hope I've not done the worst drip feed of all time!

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ApoqA · 11/05/2014 11:23

That is OUTRAGEOUS!!! ...but quite funny

You were well and ripped off.

Anyhow, I never had a hen do so, even thought I've been married for ages I thought id have one now. I'd thought I'd have a gardening hen do, based in my garden. I'll ask everyone to bring wellies and spades. It will be great fun. Hmm Mwhahaha.

eddielizzard · 11/05/2014 11:36

well sounds to me like the bride had nothing to do with it.

it was cooked up by opportunistic bunting party woman and hen do organiser.

they've just got it massively wrong.

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