Did your nerdy kids go to the High School Prom?

[green_mariner]

I think of it like this. I went to my prom solo. No friends went with me. I went alone(mom dropped me off and picked me up). I did not ask anyone to set me up on a date or do anything for me. And I would not have wanted anyone to. I know what I like, and don't like. I did ask a girl to go to the prom with me. She said no. I would not have wanted anyone to set me up. I would never know what I'm getting. At least if I go out there for myself, I have a bit more of an idea of what might be.

And my advice is this. Don't set the kid up. The kid should find his own date. At least he will know what he is getting into.

[glass_of_merlot]

Originally Posted by hml1976

In my opinion there's no role for his parents or the school in getting a prom date. However, reassure him at his 20 year reunion, after he sells his tech company, he'll be the most popular guy in the room. At least that's what happened to the nerdiest guy in my high school class.

Haha! I agree

[Gcs15]

Originally Posted by Girl

I went to prom with a friend of mine (he didn't go to my school) and had a miserable time - for some reason even though we were just pals he decided to act like a bit of a jerk toward me instead of two pals hanging out for a few hours. It's not like I was expecting a romantic evening - I just wanted company I enjoyed without having to worry about drama. Oh well. *sigh*

I had MUCH more fun at the "pity" prom I went to with a co-worker of mine to HIS school (he could have been classified as a "nerd.") While I went as a favor to him, we ended up having a blast.

I took a co worker of my best friend to my junior prom. She had a crush on him and was already going with a mutual friend of ours and asked if I could take him for her. (We should have just switched but...). So he ended up being a horrible date, I couldn't wait til it was over. Then when it was I ended up spending the time hanging out with friends older brother. Who I ended up dating for a while bc of that. Setting up almost never works I learned. But it did lead to a fun couple months for me.

[almost3am]

Man, reading this thread I realized how much I disliked formal dances in high school. I went to all of them, was on court for two of them, but they just weren't my thing. I was always uncomfortable at them as they were too showy, etc. I had good friends that didn't go to these formal dances, too, as they weren't into them either...but they weren't dating and I was, so I always felt like I should take my date.