Following a Friday night performance as a Silver Star, and a Wildcat football victory against Rogers, the only thing I had planned for the rest of my evening was to simply sleep. I entered my house and lugged my dance bag up the stairs, more than ready to jump into my own bed. However, when I opened the door to my room, I was immediately awakened.
A giant sign that read “Homecoming?” was placed on my bed with an assorted amount of tiny chocolates surrounding it. My future homecoming date was sitting in front of me with a grin a mile wide, and I literally screamed the word “YES!” to him.
The only feelings I could produce in that moment were those of merriment and utter zest. I was a sophomore, I officially scored the date I had been dreaming of, and I was now two weeks away from encountering my first high school dance. You could say I was more than just a little excited.
Flash forward a year, and here we are again. That’s right everyone, ‘tis the season for homecoming. For sophomores, it’s their first high school dance. They now get to experience the thrill and excitement the rest of us juniors and seniors have, but this leads to expectations becoming unsubstantial.
The perfect dress, a quintessential date in arm, and the ultimate high school experience all call for high hopes of a dance that occurs only once a year. On top of all of these already presumed expectations, the “homecoming proposals” are also expectations that are outrageously high.
Each year, just about every girl is guilty of awaiting for a certain someone to sweep her off her feet with a seemly authentic “proposal”. With so many different and unique “proposals” going around, high school boys are bound to be out of fresh new ideas.
Why is it that the boys have take charge in the first place? Too many girls become insecure with themselves and believe that just because they don’t have a date or aren’t asked in a certain way, that they now don’t deserve to go to such an event.
I can say first hand that being asked in a different and unexpected way is a phenomenal feeling to possess. That’s just the thing though, the fact that I’m being asked in a special, and unpredictable way at all is what makes it such a remarkable feeling. Guys go out on such great limbs to impress their hopefully soon-to-be dates, and for what exactly? So girls can instagram how they got asked and try to “one-up” how anyone else got asked?
Getting asked by the right guy, no matter how simple, should make any girl more than happy. I do apologize though on behalf of myself, and all girls for that matter for saying that there are some guys we wouldn’t exactly want to go with.
So guys, make sure you drop some hints or discuss with your special gal that you are planning on asking her to save yourself from future mortification. Just realize that no one HAS to have a date to attend homecoming, it’s a high school dance, not a debutante ball.
The chance to attend high school homecomings occur three times in an entire lifetime. Attend them, and make the most of them all. Whether it’s with best friends, a date, or even alone, it’ll be a night to remember.