Why Boys Shouldn’t Stress About Promposals

Prom is the biggest social event in high school and with today’s millennials, promposals are generally heavily expected. High school is already stressful enough for students, so why does asking someone to prom need to be stressful as well? These are the reasons why promposals shouldn’t be emotionally and mentally draining.

What is a promposal?

According to the English Oxford Living Dictionaries, the definition of “Promposal” is “An elaborately staged request to be someone’s date to a prom.” The origin of the term is from the 21st century and is coined by the terms prom and proposal.

Promposals may vary from pizza with “Prom?” spelled out in pepperoni (similar to The Princess Diaries when Princess Mia sent Michael a pizza saying “I’m sorry” in M&Ms) to giant teddy bears and balloons or a dog related promposal to a big flash mob in front of the whole school.

It’s a simple “yes” or “no” question

Let’s be real. Promposals have become the biggest factor for prom. The fact that you need to stage something so extravagant just to ask “would you be my date to prom?” may be excessive. There’s more to life than to stress yourself out on whether someone says “yes” or “no” or the dreadful “let me think about it and I’ll get back to you.” And just a side note (not to hurt anyone’s feelings) – when they say “maybe” or “i’ll think about it and get back to you”, there is a chance that the person you’re asking has already been asked, has someone else in mind, or just don’t want to say no to prevent dissappointing you on the spot.

Sometimes, less is more

Honestly, there shouldn’t be a heavy expectation on promposals. It puts a lot of pressure on the person asking and possibly their prom budget as well as the person being asked. In some cases, a simple gesture may suffice. However, nowadays, promposals don’t just happen. Basic promposals could occur within couples but some people like the element of surprise embedded in a dramatic gesture.

Girls are also allowed to ask the boys

It’s 2019 and females are allowed to ask males! Stop waiting for something to happen and stop overworking your wing women to persuade the date of your dreams to ask you. Perhaps, it’s time to give some guys a break on the pressure of creating a promposal or the stress of waiting for an answer.

Don’t let a rejection stop you

The biggest worry when it comes to promposals is rejection. Don’t let a negative outcome ruin your plans for one of high school’s biggest nights. There are more people who haven’t been asked for prom and would be honoured to have a date.

It isn’t bad to go with friends

There is nothing wrong with going alone or going with your friends. Get rid of the stress of having a date to prom. You aren’t obligated into asking anyone to to having to go with someone to prom!

In conclusion, promposals should not be a stresful weight that you must bear throughout your high school journey. Senior students already have enough on their plate with saving up money and thinking about post secondary school. Don’t feel the pressure of asking someone to prom as well as the pressure of performing well in high school. Prom will be worth it, just don’t stress about it.

Written by: Theresa Baladad

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