Joined: Nov 12, 2011 Posts: 6775 Location: Living in Faulkner's nightmare
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:18 pm Post subject:
blunnet wrote:
The sad part is that proms exist.
Why is that sad? Prom is great for many kids. My daughter just had her prom and a horrible experience because they decided to close it early, but overall prom is great. I went to prom with a boy from another school (my school had a banquet instead - baptists don't dance) and I loved it.
I know that some kids don't like it or can't get dates, but that's no reason to ruin it for everyone.
My daughter looked forward to it for months, and spent a long time finding the perfect dress, etc for it. It was also her and her fiance's 5th anniversary and that made it extra special. They were late getting there because the dinner they went to first ran long, and it was raining and prom was held 50 miles away. It was over when they got there, even though the tickets said it was from 7-11pm. She is getting a refund.
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Joined: Jan 17, 2012 Age: 34 Posts: 477 Location: The Georgian Quarter of The Pool of Life, The Centre of The Creative Universe
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:57 pm Post subject:
Proms sad?
May be its time that side of the Pond do proms the way we do it here in Blighty.
This is how we do proms
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Joined: Feb 18, 2011 Age: 23 Posts: 2971 Location: Kent, England
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:16 am Post subject:
I'm glad I'm from England and most places don't really have a prom here but like a few tacky American traditions, it has started to appear in the UK in a few places. The limos and dresses are tacky and remind me more of a gypsy wedding.
I'm glad I'm from England and most places don't really have a prom here but like a few tacky American traditions, it has started to appear in the UK in a few places. The limos and dresses are tacky and remind me more of a gypsy wedding.
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Joined: Feb 18, 2011 Age: 23 Posts: 2971 Location: Kent, England
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:00 am Post subject:
hyperlexian wrote:
Wolfheart wrote:
I'm glad I'm from England and most places don't really have a prom here but like a few tacky American traditions, it has started to appear in the UK in a few places. The limos and dresses are tacky and remind me more of a gypsy wedding.
you have your own tacky traditions, like the hats at the Royal Ascot.
Hmm that's more imaginative and fun because it blatantly admits it so it pulls itself off rather well.
Joined: Apr 06, 2012 Posts: 1145 Location: New York
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:09 am Post subject:
Wolfheart wrote:
I'm glad I'm from England and most places don't really have a prom here but like a few tacky American traditions, it has started to appear in the UK in a few places. The limos and dresses are tacky and remind me more of a gypsy wedding.
don't worry, we get plenty of your tacky sh!* here too
Prom can be lovely, sometimes it's not.
Having/not having a date doesn't determine whether or not you have a good time.
It's not that tragic to not have a prom date.
School dances are fun in a fluffy way but I think prom carries a little too much cultural weight for it's own good.
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Joined: Feb 18, 2011 Age: 23 Posts: 2971 Location: Kent, England
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:16 am Post subject:
I'm surprised anyone would get sensitive over prom being labelled as tacky, it seems like a bit of fun. Even these Harvard law school students have a tacky spoof prom night and don't seem to take prom seriously.
I'm surprised anyone would get sensitive over prom being labelled as tacky, it seems like a bit of fun. Even these Harvard law school students have a tacky spoof prom night and don't seem to take prom seriously.
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