Just recently we told you about a lad who couldn't make the stag do for his own brother's wedding even though he'd been given the honourable position of best man. So a cardboard cut out of him went instead.
Well, this lad goes one further.
Meet Chris 'Carrots' Lloyd, the groom who didn't make it to his own stag do.
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How does a groom not make it to his own stag do? That's a question only Chris can answer...
He told us: "I had a faulty aortic valve. I required open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve with a mechanical valve. I'm OK now, just recovering from a broken sternum which they had to split to operate."
If you're going to miss your own stag do, that's about the most valid reason there is. But then that just leaves us wondering, why did the stag do go ahead without the groom?
"My mate had organised his own stag for Magaluf but his wife did a u-turn and told him to call it off. When my wife agreed to it, all the lads were buzzing. My wife Jade knew I'd always wanted my stag there so she had no issues whatsoever."
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It helps that he didn't actually go on it as well, of course. Again, that just leaves us wondering, what did the rest of the stags do?
They did this...
Best man Rob Stokes, 24, was the brains behind the operation to get a cardboard cut out of the groom to go on his own stag do he couldn't make. He also later organised a 'sober stag' where the lads all went to play foot-golf and spent an afternoon in the casino. Every lad deserves a stag, after all.
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"The cut out made it out to the Maga strip and went into every club and bar the lads went into... even the strip clubs. Getting my own plane seat was funny, I didn't think the airline would allow it."
27-year-old Chris has been called 'Carrots' since year 7 at school thanks to his strawberry blonde locks, so his mates all got themselves a tattoo of a carrot to support their pal pre-operation... that includes two brother-in-laws and his mum's partner.
But enough of lads' feet, here's how much fun the cardboard cut out had...
You'll be pleased to know the operation didn't affect the wedding and Chris married Jade in October last year, a month after he missed his stag.
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Unfortunately for Chris, the operation in January 2016 meant he couldn't go on his 6-star all inclusive honeymoon to the Dominican Republic. Luckily, his wife didn't take the cardboard cut out, they just got a refund and plan on going next year instead.
As for the cut out itself, it made it back to the UK and was pencilled in as guest of honour for the wedding but limbless and lifeless, it didn't make the ceremony.
A damn sad ending for a damn fine story. Nice one, lads.
Words by George Pavlou
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