We spent hundreds of dollars on things that she absolutely HAD to have, only to determine closer to Prom time that none of her friends were doing that or going there, so by- gawd, she wasn’t either! Two days AFTER the latest date in which to obtain refunds! She finally decided which date to take to Prom, two days AFTER the last day to buy him a Prom ticket, so her date actually never went to her Prom, he went somewhere to wait with a few of the other dates that were made too late and they all met back up again after the Prom was over.
And let’s discuss this “date”…he is a nice enough guy, but seriously lacking in motivation. Back in my day, we rented cars and tuxes and made plans and if we couldn’t rent a car, we at least shined up whatever ride we owned and put on our best Prom faces. This kid didn’t rent a tux, and actually couldn’t even be bothered to find a car to drive. WTF?! He was perfectly content to show up in a suit, get dropped off by his dad and he actually seemed happy to let his date drive him around. Chivalry is dead, yo…and I missed the fuckin funeral. Cuz I would’ve gone to kick that bastard in the nads for putting me through all that shit when I was growing up. And woo’ing my Snarky Heifer. I didn’t start “just showing up” until the wedding, and even then I had permission to do so…
Back to the actual Prom! My beautiful daughter, who rented a beautiful dress, had nails and makeup done, sprayed on a natural looking tan, and fretted over the smallest details, stayed at the actual Prom for about an hour. An HOUR! A whole damn 60 minutes. WTF again… She was home by 10pm, changing clothes to head out with her friends. So, how much was that Prom ticket again? Just south of a C-Note?! A few duckets short of a Benjamin?! At least she stayed long enough to get her photo taken and to have a dance or two, right? What? No Prom Photo? That’s right, her “date” was down the street hanging with the other non-dates. At least we have all of the pre-Prom photos we took. At the end of the day, I only spent four hours washing her ride so she would have something nice to drive her “date” around in. Time well spent…at least one guy showed her some chivalry on her special day…
