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Stag do plans and suspect abbreviations

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WestlieJ · 24/03/2026 08:47

DP is joint best man for a close friends Wedding in early summer and the stag is abroad next month. DP sorted the logistics of booking, chasing everyone for payment etc (there is 16 people going). The other best man has put together a ‘plan’ for the long weekend and sent to DP for his approval.

I’ve seen this because it’s saved to iCloud and we can jointly access that through the iPad we share to watch Netflix etc.

It’s all fairly standard stuff, but the final section is titled ‘expected costs’ and lists things such as a beer, meal in restaurant, etc, to help people budget. Within this section there are abbreviations, which I’ve taken to be ‘dodgy’ given they are not written in full and one is fairly obviously a strip club, although no idea on ‘MP’.

Ive got it in front of me as took a photo so have written out exactly:

SC - Ent: €10-20 / PD: €50-70
MP - €50 / HR +€30 / OWO + €40 / PM,SO +€50 / FS €100

I have already asked DP who said he scanned over the main itinerary and didn’t even realise that last section was on there and has no idea what it means. He also said he never has and never will step foot in a strip club.

Am I being naive to think DP was unaware? And does anyone know what the last part means?

OP posts:
Villanousvillans · 24/03/2026 20:25

LeBonBon · 24/03/2026 20:14

It's threads like this that really shine a light on men. Making a list of costs associated with prostitutes, how thoughtful.

There even though the groom supposedly "won't partake", which is the biggest load of BS I've ever read.

How can "the good ones" stay friends with the ones who are willingly and openly sex tourists to places like Thailand? We're all aware of the dangers there, the trafficked women, the children involved.

But then, we had police officers laughingly calling colleague Wayne Couzens "The Rapist" and look what happened there.

Until men wake tf up and start holding each other accountable for this utter shite, they'll get no respect from me.

Well said! That list has made me really angry.

Lugol · 24/03/2026 20:25

Well1mBack · 24/03/2026 20:20

That poster is a man @Lugol , that's why he's defending his sex class.

If good men like dadtoateen don't call it out, then the cycle continues and the statistics will continue. Such as this one; For 98% of sexual assaults (including rape), the perpetrators are male. Over 80% of victims are female.

Ah the famous 'bro code' 🙄

So really, when they all defend each other and won't call each other out what it means is they are ALL the same.

So it IS all men 😡

whattheysay · 24/03/2026 20:25

Of course he knows all about it. They all talked about it and visiting sex workers was a topic of conversation that's why a full breakdown of costs has been provided. To think otherwise is naive.
Whether he will actually pay to have sex who knows.

BarbiesDreamHome · 24/03/2026 20:27

whattheysay · 24/03/2026 20:25

Of course he knows all about it. They all talked about it and visiting sex workers was a topic of conversation that's why a full breakdown of costs has been provided. To think otherwise is naive.
Whether he will actually pay to have sex who knows.

Exactly. I can 100% say that I've never had a prostitute cost sheet dropped into my WhatsApp from anyone.

21ZIGGY · 24/03/2026 20:29

WestlieJ · 24/03/2026 12:17

I don’t own him so can’t ‘let’ him do or not do anything - and vice versa.

If I felt I had to prevent my partner from going to certain places then I’d knock the relationship on its head.

I am not naive though - I know it’s hardly the most civilised of places, but I trust DP until he gives me reasons not to.

I'm so glad you said this.

Benidorm isn't the red flag, the men who cheat and do those kinds of things are. Blaming a place is the most naive thing I've ever heard

Well1mBack · 24/03/2026 20:29

BarbiesDreamHome · 24/03/2026 20:27

Exactly. I can 100% say that I've never had a prostitute cost sheet dropped into my WhatsApp from anyone.

A PDF remember, that's what op said. A PDF so a lot of thought went into it, and it wasn't something tagged onto the end of an email, it was embedded within a document breaking down the costs and itinerary of the trip. How this isn't giving op the ick factor is beyond me. She needs to forward this to everyone partner of the men going. It's totally deplorable.

LemonPoundCake · 24/03/2026 20:29

Sickening. Poor women who have to put some grim bloke’s dick in their mouth for 40 euro 🤢.

I’d be worried my DH kept this type of company.

Mischance · 24/03/2026 20:29

I cannot imagine sitting through the wedding after all this knowing the calibre of the guests. No doubt it will be in church .....

anterenea · 24/03/2026 20:31

Your DH associates with seriously dodgy people and you lie to yourself all you want OP but he NOT a good man, not even close

Whatsappweirdo · 24/03/2026 20:32

Some men are so. Fucking. Gross.

Franpie · 24/03/2026 20:35

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 24/03/2026 14:21

I think you’re being dangerously naive. If your husband and groom was so appalled, they’d cancel (or refuse to go to Benidorm on the Stag in the first place).

Exactly. If the groom gave a shit and wasn’t planning on fucking sex slaves then Benidorm wouldn’t be the chosen destination.

SalmonOnFinnCrisp · 24/03/2026 20:41

WestlieJ · 24/03/2026 18:53

The Groom is aware, DP has shown me the messages they’ve exchanged this afternoon. He doesn’t approve but said he’s made clear he won’t be partaking so whatever anyone else wants to get upto is their choice.

He also said that from an ‘ethics’ perspective, the other best man sourced the details from an ex-pat working over there who is strictly independent.

This update 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

YY to "dangerously naive"

dadtoateen · 24/03/2026 20:41

Well1mBack · 24/03/2026 20:20

That poster is a man @Lugol , that's why he's defending his sex class.

If good men like dadtoateen don't call it out, then the cycle continues and the statistics will continue. Such as this one; For 98% of sexual assaults (including rape), the perpetrators are male. Over 80% of victims are female.

Wow!! Please don’t assume things like that. That’s a very libel statement made against me.

Where did I state or deny the statistics you have mentioned? That’s right, I didn’t.

dadtoateen · 24/03/2026 20:43

Lugol · 24/03/2026 20:25

Ah the famous 'bro code' 🙄

So really, when they all defend each other and won't call each other out what it means is they are ALL the same.

So it IS all men 😡

No bro code here thanks.

i wish people would think before they type at times, or even read the whole thread

Mischance · 24/03/2026 20:44

I cannot imagine sitting through the wedding after all this knowing the calibre of the guests. No doubt it will be in church .....

Mischance · 24/03/2026 20:45

Oh ... it appeared twice... sorry

whattheysay · 24/03/2026 20:46

Most men on a stag do who cheat/have sex just turn up in Benidorm and hope for the best by trying it on with willing women and going back to their hotel room - this is next level organisation to have sex, no leaving it to chance, they’ve got sex workers all lined up and costed so it’s guaranteed

Lugol · 24/03/2026 20:47

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graceinspace999 · 24/03/2026 20:47

AnAppleAWeek · 24/03/2026 08:54

SC - Strip Club
Ent: - Entry
PD - Private dance
MP - Massage Parlour
HR - Hand relief
OWO - Oral with orgasim
FS - Full Sex

Asked husband for a male perspective.

He said that’s why never did or never would go on a stag do. Nor did he have one.

I personally would never be with a man who attended these vile places.

JessicaRabbit23 · 24/03/2026 20:50

WestlieJ · 24/03/2026 09:05

I’ve just sent him a screenshot of this list with - ???

Will await his reply!

Did he reply?

OneFineDay22 · 24/03/2026 20:50

dadtoateen · 24/03/2026 20:41

Wow!! Please don’t assume things like that. That’s a very libel statement made against me.

Where did I state or deny the statistics you have mentioned? That’s right, I didn’t.

Libel doesn’t apply to anonymous posters on an internet chat forum. Also, you seem perfectly capable of making assumptions, and defending potential predators, so don’t post if you don’t want responses

Imbusytodaysorry · 24/03/2026 20:51

GoldDuster · 24/03/2026 09:02

He knows.....

Yip he knows and OP you are naive to believe such clues from his mouth

@WestlieJ I’d tell him not to come back . It would be over and I’d mean it !

dadtoateen · 24/03/2026 20:52

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I haven’t excused the behaviour of some men. They want to do it, then they will.

so are you saying I’m the same? As in a rapist as some posters have put regarding men that aren’t lap dancing clubs etc?

Soontobesingles · 24/03/2026 20:53

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My friend once told me her DP had come back from a stag do and gone to get an STD test. He told her it was because he had ‘a lapdance but you know I’m paranoid about germs.’ It took five more years and his actual mother taking her to one side at their engagement dinner to make sure she understood the son was regularly using hookers and then another six months after that before she finally left him. Some women cannot face reality.

dadtoateen · 24/03/2026 20:55

OneFineDay22 · 24/03/2026 20:50

Libel doesn’t apply to anonymous posters on an internet chat forum. Also, you seem perfectly capable of making assumptions, and defending potential predators, so don’t post if you don’t want responses

Libel is the written word, no matter what format.

What am I assuming? That the op’s hubby might be telling the truth? Who knows, he could be