The (maybe) last bachelor party

Tomorrow morning, I’m heading up north to a small town with my high school friends to celebrate my close friend Mike getting married. It’s a mini-bachelor party for Mike. It won’t be a traditional one by any means as we’ll all just be hanging out camping and just enjoying being with each other.

We’re now 35 and we’re mostly through these bachelor parties and weddings. We have a few friends still single, but the classic age 25-35 wedding circuit is coming to an end. I’ll miss them in the sense that it’s not often that we get to get all the friends together. In fact, I’d wager that in all likelihood, we’ll have less than 10 more of these gatherings left in our life times which is sad to say, but it’s the truth.

We all grew up with each other and I’ve known these guys for over 20 years now. Some in the group have known each other for almost 30 years. It’s crazy to think but they’ve been a major part of my life since I went to high school. I’m beyond grateful that we are all still close and stay in touch.