I did, in fact, go to my prom. Sophomore, Junior, and Senior year. Did the Homecoming dances too. In my defense, I wasn't a Witness at the time, though.
I think there are a lot of stigmas that go along with things like prom, and I do know a few Witness kids that went to prom way back in the day. At my particular prom, there were plenty of chaperones, good lighting (no super-dark corners, if you know what I mean), fun music, and no drinking or drugs and stuff. And I didn't really talk to many of the kids that I went to school with, mostly because I didn't like any of them. It was all the "after-prom" stuff that had the not-so-good things happening, and not everyone does stuff after prom. Most people in my school went to a friend's house, or just went home or something. Now, I'm by no means saying "Go Prom!!!" and promoting it. I'm just saying that some do, and some don't. Around here, it seems that it was more of a matter of conscience. It may be viewed differently in other areas. I know all the girls that just graduated within the past few years in my hall, did not attend their proms. For me, had I been a Witness, my decision might have been different as well.
i get what ur saying.. i know a million witnesses that didn't go to their proms, and then i know a few that did. the ones that did all brought witness dates... so what if u bring another witness that just leave afterwards? the way i c it is, i'vebeen in school with these kids for the past 12 years. and none of them have gotten me to do drugs or drink or have sex so what are the chances that prom night will be any different? i think its just fun to dress up and dance all night. Even if it didn't bother my conscience to go, i would end up not going simply cuz its a lotta money (plus we are having our own eZabel Formal around that time!) but i was just curious as to what others thought on the matter...
see, i think, when people try to make like "fake witness formal proms", that just defeats the purpose. you have to dress up and rent a huge hall and pay lots of money to have fun? can't you just chill?
although, having said that, seeing your friends dressed up and dancing is humorous. it's kind of like a wedding where no one gets married.
Okay, if you want to have 100+ people at your house and feed them all so we can just chill I'm totally down with that.
hmm that's more for the summer...
anyway, you know what i meant. it's expensive and time consuming to put that all together. you know? food, drinks, chaperones, guest list, seating, music, etc etc...i wouldn't put that responsibility on anyone...
Naw, I totally understood I was just joking. But the thing is, that's what we're trying to do..have a wedding without getting married. Only, we're not gonna have like seating charts and all that.
Yeah...when is this upcoming event anyways? I'm gonna have to plan a trip up there for it. :)
this formal thing is actually happening?
We're trying to get it to happen.
YESSSSS! slowly but surely, we are working on it
mid-may i believe we settled on... we wanna get it in b4 graduation partys start
I will TOTALLY come if it's not on the 22nd of May, or the 1st of May. Any other time is GREAT!
arent you from california?
Keirstens not, shes from ohio (cleveland rocks!!) I;m frmo California
hahaha OH yea! i just see the s in the begining of the name... and you both came on ezabel around the same time.....hahaha or im just dumb which ever.
we're not sure yet. trying not to spend too much money, so it'll end up being somewhere in the carribean or maybe cancun.
Go to Punta Cana, DR. It's as beautiful as Hawaii (ok, maybe a teeeeny bit less), but you can fly there much cheaper. And the resorts are amazing. And the FRUIT!!! OMG!!!!
my wife spent a month in DR, so that's kinda out. and HI is too expensive and we're not really interested in going there... so, you know.
Yeah....I have a friend who was in the DR for 3 months when she was younger....great for going out in service and trying to find interested ones, and great for vacation, but not if you've been there for extended periods of time. I remember being very ready to go home at the end of our honeymoon. But Punta Cana was super-nice, if you stay in a hotel or a resort or something like that...kind of takes you away from everything else.
Mid Spring-Early Summer. My dad's checking out dates cause he knows the people who control the club house.
i had that... it actually was one of the most memorable times of my life. i really am happy that i did that and i have NO regrets. i thought it was so much fun, and everyone i knew at the time came! i had talked about it for like 5 years before i had it... saying my party was the anti prom/graduation party. and my view of prom... well its all conscience... all things are lawful but not all things are adventagious. in the truth people have a really bad light on the prom... and we want to be free from reproach, and not do anything that would offend or stumble OTHERS... so basically i didnt go, although i really wanted to.
Yeah...I would certainly think hard about it before making a decision....not everyone views it the same way, either, so if you did decide to go, I wouldn't advertise it to everyone....some people tend to judge, even though they aren't supposed to.
And if you do go, be careful....I went to school with the same people for 12 years as well, and none of them ever pressured me to do stuff, up until my junior and senior years....depends on how comfortable they feel around you, and whatnot. People surprise you at times.