Got Prom?

The prom is right around the corner, and this year, some of the boys have found creative ways of asking the girls to the big event.  

"It's now become an expectation that the 'asking' is almost as grand as the event itself," said Caroline Abdulhamid, mother of a senior.  "Unfortunately, this sometimes lends to public displays of 'Yes, I would love to go!', and then later retractions in the privacy of a one on one conversation."

Abdulhamid is not sure how this new method got started, but offered a few scenarios. "For example, one student asked his date at our Agoura Water Polo Casino Night Fundraiser recently. He arranged with the dealer to have a staged deck, perched her on her black jack stool and then the cards were dealt. Soon the entire table was reading the cards, which spelled out 'Will you go to prom?'" she said. 

One athlete asked his date after spending hours staging the right pieces of letters that when you peered through a rectangular shape at the front of the room, spelled out her name and simply, prom?, she said.

Another boy "made 3-D luminaries that were cut out in the shape of the letters P-R-O-M-?, equipped with candles. He then waited on the front porch for the girl to come over for a study session. He had three roses in hand," she said.

Senior prom is May 26.

Did your son create an elaborate proposal? Tell us about it in the comments. And if you've got a photo to share, send it to susan.pascal@patch.com.