When my niece got married, she asked me to serve as Master of Ceremonies.
My niece is a notorious know-it-all/busybody. This made pulling off her surprise bachelorette party that much more fun, and challenging. The maid of honor consulted me, and I recommended that instead of trying to hide it from her, we pick the person most likely to leak information, and deliberately give that person WRONG INFO.
We printed a fake invite, and gave it to her future mother-in-law, knowing that Snoopy Ms.GetAllUpInYourBusiness wouldn’t be able to resist. Sure enough, mom accidentally let it slip, and my niece showed up at her bachelorette party, smug in the knowledge that had inside info, only to be completely surprised. It took me weeks to clean all of the glitter penises out of my apartment.Â
Moral of the story: Don’t fuck with strategists. Given enough prep time we will always find a way to win.
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