Imagine being led away from your ride home into a big crowd of people to be asked one simple question. All the smiling faces, people taking pictures and a nervous looking dude make you feel slightly uncomfortable but all eyes are on you so you can't lose any composure. If you haven't guessed it, I'm hyperbolically describing a prom proposal.
The stress of finding the right dress and the right date can be overwhelming for some, but can you imagine having to plan this detailed set-up, half of which your date won't even see, just to ask them? Back in high school, my main goal after the bell rang was getting home to go do homework and chill. I wanted very little to do with my classmates who weren't my closest friends after school. Prom season was even worse, because everyone was trying to figure who and how to ask to prom. I went with my best friend and both of us had a great time with the rest of our friends. Nothing too crazy and very straight to the point.
I guess times are changing because that's not the case anymore.
As always, my Twitter timeline leads me down a path of complete foolishness that I feel I must address in my weekly article. This time around prom proposals are flooding my timeline and making me run for the hills as I watch high school students battle it out just to ask a simple question.
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Here me out. There's nothing wrong with a cute and [somewhat] elaborate prom proposal. But I kid you not, these proposals are becoming too much too quickly. Between the tears, the elaborate music, and the obnoxious people--you would think that this was a virgin sacrifice, or worse, a marriage proposal.
What happened to asking with a simple sign or with cupcakes? How do you manage to garner a huge group of people to stand around, dance, or even help in general without letting the cat out of the bag? Do you pay them? Bribe them with your lunch?
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While I think prom is a very special night and all, I think these big prom proposals just take the intimacy out of the whole equation. Whether it be asking a friend or a significant other, I believe it should be between a person and who they're asking. It's already nerve-wracking as it is to ask, can you imagine how nerve-wracking it is to be asked in front of so many people?
My point here is not to bash these high school students who come up with these proposals but to question why such elaborate promposals are prevalent. Is it competition to see who can do better or merely a way of showing major appreciation for someone?
Not to mention, does anyone else notice that all of them end with signs with some variation of "PROM?"? After all that, and there's still a poster?
However, I will say that these are my personal favorites:
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