<p>A year ago, my son had not dated at all. Now (as a junior) he has a date to prom. He tried on his stuff last night…he may be a very quirky kid, but damn, did he look handsome. That’s all.</p>
<p>ah, I know what you mean. Here’s to the quirky kids who step out of their comfort zone and go to the prom…</p>
<p>Prom is tonight here, too. My jeans-and-t-shirt daughter is getting her hair done now, followed by a manicure, and she has the most gorgeous sapphire-green dress for tonight. She looks… amazing. And so grown-up, she’s breaking my heart!</p>
<p>That’s wonderful, missypie. </p>
<p>Hope everyone’s kids have a great time.</p>
<p>Can’t wait to see my son’s date. She’s a no makeup, jeans and t-shirt girl, too. She really hasn’t dated before a couple of months ago when she and my son hit it off. Yesterday she had a manicure and pedicure (I bet it was her first) and will leave school early to have her hair done. (My son’s “transformation” process will be a lot quicker.) She has reddish hair and chose an aqua dress…so my son has an aqua vest and tie which looks terrific with his red hair. </p>
<p>My poor dates…prom in '75 my date wore a powder blue tux to match my blue dress. Prom in '76 my date wore a cream colored tux with a pink shirt to match my pink dress. Guys are pretty darned lucky these days.</p>
<p>So, this isn’t just a friend thing? They’re actually dating?</p>
<p>I always tease my son that I can’t wait to see who he ends up marrying. All he says is “I know she’ll have to be a good cook and baker!” Hmmmmm.</p>
<p>Yes! They’ve been in the same choir all year but sat across the room from one another. They got to know each other better over spring break on a school trip. They’ve had maybe four dates since then. I predicted that since she is a senior, she would ask him to prom, and she did. My freshman daughter and I coach him quite a bit. It’s been kind of hard for him to be an attentive boyfriend lately with 5 AP exams, etc. but I don’t think he’s walked into any minefields yet. I took him to the florist last Saturday to order the corsage. After “we” had made all the decisions, he said, “I just want to curl up in a little ball.” Talk about being out of your comfort zone!</p>
<p>Wishing him lots of fun!How exciting for them!</p>
<p>missypie and scout59 - wishing both of your kids a great time at their respective proms. </p>
<p>scout - aren’t sapphires blue? Just asking…lol.</p>
<p>Maybe emerald green?</p>
<p>Sapphires do come in green. Sapphire is actually the mineral corundum, which exist in practically every color. When the mineral is any color other than red, it’s called sapphire; when it’s red, it’s ruby.</p>
<p>In order to make my post here relevant: I’d like to anonymously thank my date’s parents, because their daughter is the best prom date of all time: she’s not stressed out at all, she’s paying for herself (I think I’ll pick up the flowers for her though), and she landed us seats in a limo that got a free upgrade, so we’ll be riding in style.</p>
<p>Thanks for that lesson in sapphire, Zamzam…lol.</p>
<p>Nice of you to thank your date’s parents - but I’m sure they would appreciate that thank you in person - without a doubt, it would make their evening. I highly recommend you pick up her flowers, especially since she paid for her own ticket and got the free upgrade to your limo! Is it her prom too, or just yours? Either way, have a great time.</p>
<p>Oh missypie, powder blue tuxes… my hubby had a powder blue tux that matched his grandma’s powder blue cadillac that he borrowed to drive to his prom. My kids think that’s hysterical. I went to 2 proms - date wore Burgundy tux to match lavendar & burgundy dress, and a BROWN TUX to match my yellow dress. Yes, a brown tux. With the matching ruffled shirt and bow tie… oh my, the 70’s were a scary time.</p>
<p>I hope all the prom-ers have a great night, lots of fun and no drama!</p>
<p>D was one of those jeans and t’s girls. At every semi-/formal event classmates would approach her with “is that you?”</p>
<p>I hope all the prom-goers have a wonderful time!</p>
<p>My son’s prom is tomorrow night. His date is a girl friend (as opposed to a girlfriend). They’re going with another two couples, only one of which is dating - the others are just friends as well.</p>
<p>He has a nice tux with a white jacket. His date’s family has rented a limo. The only thing is that they’re all being picked up at someone else’s house… I want a picture! Should I drive over to the house beforehand and have my camera ready? LOL.</p>
<p>Absolutely, oregonian! That’s common around here, for parents and kids to show up at one house for pics.</p>
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No, I would not. I would not intefere with their moment of joy. They may feel uneasy. Mine is tomorrow night too.</p>
<p>As per the driving over beforehand, I would say go for it. We took a party bus to prom and many of the parents came beforehand to take pictures and whatnot. I feel like this is one of the times you get to play the “parent card”… everyone there understands you want to get some pretty pictures for the albums 
And, really, how much is anyone going to care about a few minutes to take pictures… in fact, I’m pretty sure taking a billion pictures is a common pre-prom activity where I come from :)</p>
<p>Oregonianmom. yes, totally absolutely!
My DD’s prom was last Sat. she took her dress to the pick up place (2 limo’s 22 kids) so I wouldn’t have even gotten to see her dressed in it if I hadn’t just gone. DH wasn’t going to “intrude” but DD forgot the boutinere (sp!!!) So he had to run over with it and got to stay and was very very glad he got to see it. I never saw so many pictures. Many mom’s there. Many kids with camera’s … my DD said I don’t need to bother, I’ll just see everybody elses. (Yeah, but what about ME!! I am not a facebook friend so <em>I</em> won’t see them!!!)</p>
<p>So I went, got some stunning pics. And I tried to call the dates’ mom (not a bf, just a guy that had courage to ask her to prom, first date !!??!!) And got the guy (this was the next day) who didn’t let me talk to his mom, but I emailed him several pictures of them and one of “all the guys”. His mom was very happy!, probably those shrunken for email pics are all she’ll ever get to see. (he did put them on his facebook page, too and we won’t say how I know that).</p>
<p>Anyway, if you want pictures, your better show up and prepare to get in line!!!</p>
<p>coolweather, I guess I took a long time to type, because you popped up after I started. Their moment of joy (around here) included getting 1000’s of pictures of each other . And when they were so dressed up they didn’t seem unease… but, remember I mentioned about seeing the date’s facebook? I also happen to know that he asked her if I’d be there. She said yes, sigh and he said he’d be on his best behavior then! I appreciated that hahahaha. I should mention that everyone here was a senior, it was the senior prom…</p>