Encourage your girls to ask a boy to prom...

[Anonymous]

My son was asked by a girl and he was absolutely beaming the rest of the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Oh gosh, that’s sweet! How exciting for DS!

[Anonymous]

yes! My DD didn't ask but did the groundwork. She was on the HS lacrosse team and after their practice she said, "ladies, who here doesn't have a prom date? we're going to go find prom dates" ... "who's practicing?" The boys baseball team, they thought, had practice but they were wrong. They walked to the field and the baseball team wasn't there but the boys soccer team was. The girls watched their practice, sorted-out their strategy ..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yes! My DD didn't ask but did the groundwork. She was on the HS lacrosse team and after their practice she said, "ladies, who here doesn't have a prom date? we're going to go find prom dates" ... "who's practicing?" The boys baseball team, they thought, had practice but they were wrong. They walked to the field and the baseball team wasn't there but the boys soccer team was. The girls watched their practice, sorted-out their strategy ..

So laid the ground work to get asked?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son was asked by a girl and he was absolutely beaming the rest of the weekend.

And have a girl miss out on beaming for the weekend herself?

[Anonymous]

OMG 15:36. Get over yourself. It's 2018 and girls and women can do the asking!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son was asked by a girl and he was absolutely beaming the rest of the weekend.

And have a girl miss out on beaming for the weekend herself?

Why wouldn't she be beaming? HE SAID YES!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG 15:36. Get over yourself. It's 2018 and girls and women can do the asking!

Yeah, but OP seemed to imply that girls should do it to make the guys happy. However, they lose out on the happiness of getting asked out themselves. It just seems to be a silly reason to encourage it.

[Anonymous]

Not my daughter, it's either a promposal or nothing.

[Anonymous]

Normalizing the idea that both parties can do the asking and that it isn’t the boy’s job to do the asking helps level the dating playing field. Girls shouldn’t have to be passive spectators, hoping that some guy will ask them to prom. Girls and boys alike should be free to ask and accept or reject as appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG 15:36. Get over yourself. It's 2018 and girls and women can do the asking!

Yeah, but OP seemed to imply that girls should do it to make the guys happy. However, they lose out on the happiness of getting asked out themselves. It just seems to be a silly reason to encourage it.

It's also exciting to ask someone out, and have them say yes to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not my daughter, it's either a promposal or nothing.

At first, I assumed this was sarcastic. Then I remembered that this is DCUM, so who knows?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not my daughter, it's either a promposal or nothing.

At first, I assumed this was sarcastic. Then I remembered that this is DCUM, so who knows?!

LOL I assumed sarcasm first too. then ... DCUM.

[Anonymous]

I'm OP.

I'm not implying girls should do this to make boys happy. I'm SAYING that girls should not be worried that boys will think they are too forward or weird or whatever. The boys (at least mine was) are thrilled to be asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Normalizing the idea that both parties can do the asking and that it isn’t the boy’s job to do the asking helps level the dating playing field. Girls shouldn’t have to be passive spectators, hoping that some guy will ask them to prom. Girls and boys alike should be free to ask and accept or reject as appropriate.

I'm OP. Thank you. This is exactly the sentiment I was trying to convey, along with the fact sometimes boys like it when girls take the initiative and do the asking.