Yeah, that shit had just started to get rolling when I was a senior in high school. I think the most ridiculous part is how people already in a relationship were expected to do a promposal. Like, duh, you're going to prom together. Why make a big spectacle of it? Putting so much hype behind it (and prom in general) is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Thankfully, I was able to sidestep all of that by inviting someone from another school, and my zero-expectations prom experience was a good one.
I'm sure not all kids do elaborate promposals--not even most--but regardless, I feel bad that they feel pressured to make these big gestures and may feel somehow lesser for opting out.
ah yeah by the time I got to high school it was pretty much mandatory for every dance. Kinda sucked, if you didn't you probably wouldn't get a yes, I knew more than a few people who just asked and they were told "sure but you gotta do a promposal thing"
Damn, that blows. I feel like I got through high school in the nick of time. It was just when Facebook was starting to hit its stride outside of university students, but before people started to plan everything through Facebook, and also before Instagram was popular. I look at my younger brother who's grown up with a smartphone in his hand and an array of social media accounts to manage and really feel for him. I have no tolerance for boomers who shit on zoomers for being self-absorbed or glued to their phones or whatever...that shit is hell, and it's a hell meticulously crafted for us by Silicon Valley just so they can sell advertisements and user data.
I hate smartphones and the internet so much, I've talked to many friends and we all have mentioned how lonely they make you feel and how much they suck. I wish I could go without it but it's so structured into our lives that it's necessary. If I could have been born before or at least not have had them available I would in a heartbeat.
Not to mention the shit you see online definitely too young
What about the proposalification of proms? Seriously why does asking someone to prom have to be a whole ass proposal thing? What the hell is that?
Yeah, that shit had just started to get rolling when I was a senior in high school. I think the most ridiculous part is how people already in a relationship were expected to do a promposal. Like, duh, you're going to prom together. Why make a big spectacle of it? Putting so much hype behind it (and prom in general) is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Thankfully, I was able to sidestep all of that by inviting someone from another school, and my zero-expectations prom experience was a good one.
I'm sure not all kids do elaborate promposals--not even most--but regardless, I feel bad that they feel pressured to make these big gestures and may feel somehow lesser for opting out.
ah yeah by the time I got to high school it was pretty much mandatory for every dance. Kinda sucked, if you didn't you probably wouldn't get a yes, I knew more than a few people who just asked and they were told "sure but you gotta do a promposal thing"
Damn, that blows. I feel like I got through high school in the nick of time. It was just when Facebook was starting to hit its stride outside of university students, but before people started to plan everything through Facebook, and also before Instagram was popular. I look at my younger brother who's grown up with a smartphone in his hand and an array of social media accounts to manage and really feel for him. I have no tolerance for boomers who shit on zoomers for being self-absorbed or glued to their phones or whatever...that shit is hell, and it's a hell meticulously crafted for us by Silicon Valley just so they can sell advertisements and user data.
I hate smartphones and the internet so much, I've talked to many friends and we all have mentioned how lonely they make you feel and how much they suck. I wish I could go without it but it's so structured into our lives that it's necessary. If I could have been born before or at least not have had them available I would in a heartbeat.
Not to mention the shit you see online definitely too young