(let us start this post with the most apt photo: abs and hot men)

Kids, this is the story of how I met your mother we booked a stripper for my friend's bridal shower.
Me: What do I text him? How do I ask what his rates are? What do I say?

Friend: Just ask him how much his package costs. 

Her eyes widen and we both laughed so hard at the unintentional pun.

We decided to get serious again and composed the text message

Me:  Okay, so I ask him if he's available for the bridal shower. Then I ask him what the rates are, if he has a portfolio and how long.

We both laugh again! Why is it so hard to phrase a decent sentence for this!
We finally decided to not overthink it, text like we were contacting a supplier. It also helped that we replaced the word long with duration and package with availability. It went pretty well.

For the non-funny story, read on.

My friend who is getting married soon asked us (more like, we volunteered) to throw the best Bachelorette Party in the history of our small circle of friends. Her most important requirement - strippers. We had no idea how or where to find them, except in the movies.

At lunch one day at the office pantry, a stripper magically appeared! No not really. I was telling my friend about the difficulties of finding a stripper, that it didn't matter anymore whether or not he was good looking or not as long as we find one.

Another friend who was eavesdropping  heard our dilemma and said she knew someone who knew someone.

I finally mustered the courage to text the stripper (you can refer to the conversation above) for a portfolio. He sent a set card. Not bad looking at all. My officemate who saw the photo wanted in on the bridal shower and googled the guy. 

We finally found the right stripper! 

So girls, if you need Magic Mike for your bridal showers, ask your officemates. The ones who look least likely to know one, might actually be the one who knows where to find them.