JANA HOCKING: This is the one place where men are going to cheat on you - and I can speak from experience

A few years ago, I was on a girls trip to Byron Bay. We were young and carefree singles, running around town like we owned the place.

One late afternoon we popped on our cutest summer dresses and made our way to the famous Beach Hotel for an afternoon of Aperol Spritz, and a high chance of flirting.

I can successfully say both those things happened, just with a slight plot twist.

We got talking to a group of men beside us who told us they were from Melbourne and had travelled up for a weekend of golfing and surfing. They were in great form and so were we.

I hit it off with a ridiculously hot guy in the group who had no wedding ring (tick) and was acting very single (tick). We flirted, danced, and kissed like teenagers all night. It was glorious.

Jana Hocking is disgusted by male behaviour on bucks weekends

The following night he texted me to see where my girlfriends and I were at, and suggested we all meet up again. We had so much fun the previous night, so we were keen.

Over the next few hours, we bar hopped and ended up watching the sun rise on the beach. Trés romantic.

We eventually bid them farewell and went back to our apartment for sleep and to unpack the evenings events. My silly romantic brain was already trying to figure out how we could make a long-distance relationship work and when I could see him next.

That's when the text arrived.

Jana was told by a man she spent two nights on holiday with that he was actually there on his very own bucks weekend 

It started quite sweet, saying what a great time he had catching up with me and how much he enjoyed it. But it ended with a statement that made the hairs stand up on my arms.

It said, 'Ok so I have to tell you something and I'm not proud of it.'

Oh god.

I said, OK, what is it? I was slowly beginning to freak out. I then had to stare at those annoying typing bubbles for what felt like a million years as he spelt it out for me.

'I'm about to get married,' it said. 

By now I had called all the girls over to absorb this with me. I asked if they were aware? Had any of the other guys filled them in on this fairly important detail? 

They said no, none of the other guys in his group had told them. Instead, they watched it all unfold and kept their mouths shut.

'I've heard so many similar stories to mine over the years, and I'm beginning to believe it's exactly what these weekends are designed for,' Jana said

Still in shock I asked him if this weekend was his bucks, and I got a very short one-word reply. 'Yes'.

We had spent hours with this group. Not once did they reveal they were on their bucks. The girls and I were miffed!

But I'm not the first girl to be duped by a bucks weekend, and I dare say I won't be the last. I've heard so many similar stories to mine over the years, and I'm beginning to believe it's exactly what these weekends are designed for.

A last hurrah. A final leg over. One memorable roll in the hay before they shack up. I'd go so far as saying they do it guilt free, genuinely believing it's fine because it's just 'one last seeing too'.

Just last week someone sent in a saucy secret for my Instagram account stating: 'Best man at my wedding ordered an escort for my bucks. I didn't want anything to do with her, so he had a good night. The following weekend after the bucks, his face was full of herpes.'

First of all, LOL. But it begs the question, why the heck is the best man ordering an escort to the bucks?

Don't get me wrong, we all enjoy a good strip show. I've got to witness many firemen and policemen 'come to my rescue'. But an escort? 

That's crossing the line. I asked my male friends if they've ever been to a bucks party where escorts have been ordered, and three out of the five people I asked said yes.

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Whilst we women are busy giggling at men in the buff as we attempt to paint their portraits for 'life drawing classes' or wrapping our bodies around poles in attempt to learn how to strip dance, the men are getting down and dirty with the hired help.

In fact, a recent study found that over 70 per cent of men cheat at bucks parties. A survey of 6,000 people defined cheating as ranging from flirting or downloading a dating app during the parties, to sexting or sleeping with someone other than their partner.

The most common instances of infidelity were slightly tame, receiving a lap dance (33.1 per cent) and kissing (21.3 per cent). Although 11.2 per cent of attendees admitted to sleeping with someone else - and 9 per cent said they took part in a threesome.

Wild.

I know a couple who had a joint Bucks and Hens party recently. At first, I thought that was kinda lame, but now it's making much more sense.

So, for the record YES it's cheating. Even on your buck's weekend. So, for the love of God, lads, keep it in your pants. Whatever happened to a nice golf weekend? Now there's an idea…