What To Do If Your Prom Date Gets Bored and Wants To Leave
Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
by Carolyn Tytler
At last the big night had arrived! You had been looking forward to your prom for months. You and your classmates sat in your classroom and planned the evening to the last tiny detail, or so you believed. You spent the previous weekend helping to set up tables and decorate the gym.
Who to invite to the prom had been a momentous decision. Your partner for the evening could either make or break the most important social event of your high school years. It had to be someone reasonably attractive, someone you could count on to dress appropriately, and someone mature and sophisticated enough to make your friends just a little envious.
He had arrived on time, corsage in hand, greeted your parents, then escorted you to his late-model vehicle and you were off! You felt like Cinderella on her way to the ball.
The evening progressed pleasantly enough. The colored spotlights which ringed the gym glowed softly. The music alternated between throbbing steadily to a slow, hypnotic beat and breaking into the quicker rhythms enjoyed by the more energetic dancers. Flashes of light played fitfully on the faces and forms of your dancing classmates as a mirrored ball spun above their heads. Everyone seemed to be having a great time!
Suddenly, your date spoke in a bored voice, loud enough to be heard above the music, " Let's blow this scene. I've seen Kindergarten parties with more zip than this shindig! My friend Al is having a few people over, and he won't mind if we join them. There will be some real action there. Let's go!"
What to do? You can't leave your prom; your friends would never let you forget it. Besides, you don't know Al and you're not at all sure that you want to get involved in the "action" to which your date is referring.
Desperately, you try to reason with him. You explain how much the prom means to you, that it marks the end of a chapter of your life. In September, you'll leave for college. You just can't walk out; the prom is too important.
Important to you maybe, but not, it appears, to him. Ignoring your protests, he shrugs. "Well, suit yourself. I'm out of here! See you around."
You sit alone at the table for the rest of the evening, dance with a few classmates who drift by, and ponder the lessons you've learned:
Just because someone is attractive and dresses well, doesn't mean that he or she is a gentleman, or a lady. You can't judge character by outward appearances.
You can't judge someone by their relatives. Your parents believed their friends had raised a thoughtful, reliable son. Obviously, they were mistaken.
When you don't know your date well, it's wise to travel in groups.
When dating someone new, you should bring a cell phone with pre-programmed numbers of family and friends, and "mad money", so you can get home by yourself, if need be.
After the prom, you hitch a ride home with your best friend and her date. For most of the graduates, the evening was a roaring success and you're grateful for that. Your efforts to make the prom an affair to remember were not wasted.
You too will remember the event for a long time. During the evening, you learned some valuable social principles which will stand you in good stead during college and all your dating years. You realized something else too: not all of life's important lessons are learned in the classroom.
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