I'm on my way to a bachelorette party today (a classy, daytime affair filled wih gluten free cupcakes) which of course had me wondering about the origins of the bachelorette party.  The answer was even farther back in the past than I'd expected. The first reported bachelor parties occurred back in ancient Sparta!  Not surprisingly, ladies didnt get in on the fun until the bachelorette party became widespread in the '60s (the 1960s, that is - a pretty wide gap between the origins of t...