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Anonymous wrote:DS went for one reason and one only. He got head from a girl who promised it if he took her.

How on earth do you know this?

+1. Hoping PP is a troll because if not there's some real interesting ideas of privacy in their household.

Anonymous wrote:I posted earlier on this thread that my HS senior DS wasn't going to the prom. Well, now he is. He acted like he didn't care, but I can tell now that he's excited. He's not a kid who cares about appearances or going along with the crowd, but even for him, senior prom was something he didn't want to miss out on.

Prom really tells us who socialized their kids to be ready for college and the real world. Kids who played HS sports have a huge advantage because they have a group of built-in popular friends, they know how to fit in and playing the sport gets them in shape and makes them hot and attractive. They aren't so individualistic and me me me my truth. They're like, let me get a hot date and make people jealous. Win!

PP, I was wondering the same thing! Did this DS tell the parent that a girl offered this to him? How does a conversation about this begin between a parent and child? My kid often shares TMI with me, but nothing like this.

Anonymous wrote:DS went for one reason and one only. He got head from a girl who promised it if he took her.

How on earth do you know this?

People keep talking about how going to prom is really expensive. But it really doesn't have to be. For my DS who is a senior in DC at a public charter school, the tickets were $75 per person. He invited a data (his GF) so we bought two tickets. I spent about $40 for the corsage and his lapel flower. He already had a tuxedo from an event about two years ago and we had that altered to make the sleeves a little longer. I bought that tux jacket at Value Village for less than $10 and the pants were about $50 online. I bought a bow tie and cummerbund at a cheap mall store and paid less than $20 for both. I took a million pictures of him and his friends and was glad to finally have the chance to get nice shots of him looking his best in a nice jacket and tie. We let another friend borrow the outfit for their prom that takes place next weekend. At this rate, the outfit's price is around $20 per wearing. Sharing is caring!

DS went for one reason and one only. He got head from a girl who promised it if he took her.

I had never heard of this king and queen thing till about a week ago when a senior who lives in PG County showed me a TikTok of a guy who is running for Prom King at her school. My DC's school in DC didn't have this at their prom last week. And we didn't have that at my high school. The TikTok campaign ad thing seemed ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:What should the school community replace prom with? How would you have the students mark this important moment if you were in charge? If a big party is "lame" (really not a cool term, btw) what would you suggest instead?

Not pp. But the only change I'd make is omitting the Prom King and Queen. Prom is usually one of the few formal engagements that these kids will go in my community. I wouldn't take it away.

I posted earlier on this thread that my HS senior DS wasn't going to the prom. Well, now he is. He acted like he didn't care, but I can tell now that he's excited. He's not a kid who cares about appearances or going along with the crowd, but even for him, senior prom was something he didn't want to miss out on.

Okay. So you're anti anything at a collective community level that marks leaving their childhood behind and entering adulthood. I specifically said "not prom" yet you return to lobbing little bombs against dancing like it's 1975. You could have suggested something that isn't expensive if the money is what you find problematic about a prom.

Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, the end of K-12 is a huge milestone in an American's life. It's the kind of milestone that pretty much any society would mark with some sort of ceremony and celebration that would usually involve eating and dancing together as a community. We're not some sort of weird oddballs for doing the same.

Anonymous wrote:"Imagine thinking any of this has anything to do with choosing to skip a lame, dated school dance. "

What should the school community replace prom with? How would you have the students mark this important moment if you were in charge? If a big party is "lame" (really not a cool term, btw) what would you suggest instead?

They mark the moment by graduating?

It's up to the young people what kind of social events they want to have, not us. The whole prom concept is dated and now super expensive.

Anonymous wrote:"Imagine thinking any of this has anything to do with choosing to skip a lame, dated school dance. "

What should the school community replace prom with? How would you have the students mark this important moment if you were in charge? If a big party is "lame" (really not a cool term, btw) what would you suggest instead?

Why do they need to “mark this important moment in their lives” with a stupid dance like it’s 1975? They mark the important moments with every experience they have as seniors, and then with graduation.

You weird prom moms are living in your own glory days through your children and it’s pathetic. Evolve.

"Imagine thinking any of this has anything to do with choosing to skip a lame, dated school dance. "

What should the school community replace prom with? How would you have the students mark this important moment if you were in charge? If a big party is "lame" (really not a cool term, btw) what would you suggest instead?

Where are these places where LGBTQ kids don't feel welcome at their own school's prom? I sure hope these are people posting from far outside of the DMV. There were several same sex couples at DC's prom, including one of his best friends and her date who is good friends with his date. I'm so grateful he was able to grow up in a place like the District, but I do worry about how they'll all deal when they go to college in places that are not nearly so open.

PP this sounds fabulous. It's kinda cool that the school took precautions and held it outside but I agree that's a lot to pay. It's sad that many teens are so disaffected that they don't even want to mark the occasion like your kid and their friends are doing.