My friend Dave is getting remarried, and he invited me to his bachelor party in a dive on the outskirts of town that I'm pretty sure used to be a Chinese restaurant. I got there at 9 PM, an hour before the designated time for "optional pre-drink festivities," and had the whole bar to myself, a scenario that only occurred to me later would be extremely awkward. I ordered a beer, a Rolling Rock of mediocre distinction, and settled in to play some video games I hadn't played in 15 years.
2