Prom Dates!

Today is a new day! This is the only day that counts!

My son is a senior this year and it is nearing time for prom!  He could have gone last year but he decided not to ask anyone.  He is pretty shy.  With the expectations that are put on boys now, it is difficult for him to ask someone to prom.

The girls are expecting some big, innovative gesture!  You are not supposed to ask them directly.  It has to be a surprise.  You should have someone deliver the invitation to them in some grand style and then you show up.

Last year, a few boys went through the whole process and the girls accepted and then a few weeks before prom they changed their minds.

One of the boys last year had a pizza delivered that had "Prom?" spelled out on it in pepperoni.  He waited outside her house until after the pizza was delivered and then went to her door.  She said yes.  Then later she changed her mind.  

Here are a few acceptable ways to invite a girl to prom:

• Laminate a note and freeze it into a large ice cube, and have someone deliver it.
• Use tea light candles to spell "Prom?" in the girls driveway, then text her and ask her to come out.
• Have a treasure map delivered to her and when she gets to the treasure spot you are standing there waiting to ask her to Prom.
• Deliver a puzzle to the girl, when she puts it together it says, "Will you go to Prom with me" followed by your name.
• Get friends to hold up signs for you asking her to prom, one word on each sign.
• Cut out black shoe prints and make a path to somewhere she will be going and put a Hershey kiss on each footprint.  At the end place a sign that says, "I have kissed the ground you walk on, now will you go to Prom with me?"
• Get to her house before she comes home and put huge letters on her garage door spelling out "Prom?"

Now I hope you understand what pressure that puts on boys.  It is more like a marriage proposal than a prom date.  

Well, all stress aside, my son decided to ask a girl to Prom this year!  He decided to ask the German exchange student.  He doesn't know her very well, so he was a little apprehensive about asking.  He told me she doesn't speak English very well.  I said, "Well, she's perfect then!  You don't have to carry on a conversation with her."  He laughed and said, "Yeah, that's right!"

He was thinking about writing something up in German.  He thought about using Google translate, but he was worried that he would put something down wrong and say something offensive.  He doesn't have any German speaking friends so he decided not to use that idea.

When it came down to it, he decided to make a small poster with the invitation on it, and take her a single red rose.

She circled  YES!  He has a prom date.  Now we have to worry about a tux and flowers, and where he will take her for dinner.  Do we need to rent a fancy car?  He has a lot to get done in three short weeks.  It's been 18 years since my last son went to Prom, so I am looking forward to this, maybe more than he is. 

They do a red carpet walk up to Prom,  They drive up to the long sidewalk and dad's valet park their cars.  Then the principal announces them.  There is a crowd gathered on both sides of the sidewalk taking pictures and yelling their names as they walk up to the entry to the school.  I have gone out the last few years, as do lots of townspeople, to watch them come in dressed in their formal attire.

I think I can get my husband to go this year!!