So I went to prom last weekend!

Well … okay, not exactly. … I went as a driver. And a photographer. But they told me the secret handshake, so that counts for something, right? 🙂

After the elaborate dance proposal, the prom turned out to be a great hit for my son and his girlfriend. They went with a billion other couples (I counted) and had a giant picnic dinner — complete with catered Italian food and candles on the table — in the park next to the event, which I thought was very cute and romantic.

I’ll just show off one picture, then I’ll put my photo album back in my purse and try not to be too annoying. …

Hope you had a great weekend!

I’m pleased to say that romance is alive and well in the realm of teen-dom. And – when it comes to dances – it’s also a bit elaborate.

Gone are the days when a boy would just ask a girl “Will you go to prom with me?”

Now, things are WAY more complicated. Just to ask one another to prom (or homecoming or winter formal), there are now scavenger hunts, baked-goods deliveries, car-sponge-paint, balloon bouquets, or sky-writing.

(Okay, I’m kidding about the sky-writing, but I’m sure it’s not far behind.)

My son – alas – has fallen into this pressure.

He and his buddies loosen their collars with angst until they can think of a most-creative and most-romantic (and don’t forget original) way to ask their respective dates to prom or homecoming. The pressure is on about four weeks before the dance, and doesn’t let up until the asking has been done, because they’ll hear continuously what all the other boys have done, or will hear in the quad about what some clever boy at another school has done, or will hear from their girlfriends how so-and-so did this ultra-romantic thing. … Continue reading →