Prom

is she going as your date or going with you as a friend??
Do your friends have dates?

 

No, it's no big deal. You two are going just to have fun, not as a date. So it's fine.

 

Ahh, whatev. People will assume what they will; you should worry only about getting your money's worth.

The group of people I'm goig with are all going as friends. We are all paired up, but we are going together, no romantic strings attached.

 

I don't find it wierd ha ha. I got asked last minute but a guy so I can't go this year. ha ha I don't know about going with another male though. But nothing is wrong with going with your cousin.

 

You don't have to tell everyone that she's your cousin. That's probably the best thing to do if no one knows, but be prepared with some variety of witty remark to get people off guard if they do know.
Enjoy the prom anyway!

 

What's the big deal ? Really I don't get it. You like your cousin, she likes you, you are going to prom together. Isn't the point of prom enjoying yourself with people you like ?

 

eh go and have fun. i boycotted prom up until the last minute, ended up going with a friend who didn't have a date and had so much fun. it's about attitude. high school judgmentalists? = the suck. dance your heart out =)

 

if you dont want to take your cousin why not just get your money back and dont go? i dont think prom is that big a deal its a bit meh better jsut to hang with mates, when we had the leaveing do at school oh so long ago now lol i didnt go to it a total waste of money to stand in a suit have sod all drink and be bored so 40 of us got music and drink headed for a hill had a party...just an idea

 

i dont endorse underage drinking though...just the music and hill part with stars and chilling

 

I took a girl to prom. She was dating a college student at the time, who thought prom was "too juvenile", and I didn't have a date, so I suggested we go together. We had an absolute blast. We still chat (via myspace) every once in a while, over twenty years later.

Lex

 

i dont think i could take my cousin to prom... i went with friends to mine. not going to senior ball though- my school sux.

 

( drags eyes from sauske)... it no big deal not going to these things its jsut guys on one side girls on the other and some nervous dancing in the middle then you tread on your dance partners foot you all fall over the punch is spiked the band get bood the decorations get pulled down the balloons poped...actually sound like a bit of fun thinking of it like that lol...ive totally contradicted meself

 

I don't think there's a problem with that. Just go and have a good time.

I got pressured into taking a date t othe prom. It was awkward and in the end a bit of a disappointment. If only I had been more confident back then about myself...

 

personally i dont think that's wierd.

 

I think that's pretty cool, actually. You obviously won't be pressured into being romantic like you might be if you'd taken someone else, and if you get along really well with her, then you'll have a good time with her.

 

dont feel bad. my friend brought his brother and he is totally straight.

 

I think you should go!
Prom should be about having fun one last time with your highschool classmates, not about hooking up!
Just think about it this way: you're alone on many evenings, why should being alone after prom be so dramatic?

I took a date with me at the time in the full understanding that neither of us was interested in the other. And in the end we went home alone, but I feel we had a better deal than those that went in with unrealistic expectations.