As May approaches, the worrying about who to ask to prom has begun, leading to the appearance of some elaborate prom-posals. Whether it’s public or intimate, a prom-posal can say a lot about a person or a couple. High schools have seen the question being asked a variety of ways ranging from interrupting a sporting event with ‘Will you go to Prom with me?’ written on chests to spelling out prom with flowers or even food.
Some students choose to take the witty approach using phrases like ‘I’m dying to go to Prom with you’ while they use caution tape to create a mock crime scene or ‘I donut know what I’d do if you didn’t go to prom with me’ written on a box of donuts.
Senior Abbey Barnhart was asked by senior Eric Johnson in perhaps the most creative way at Susquehannock yet this year.
“I walked outside in the morning, and there was an ice cube tray on my porch and inside of the ice cubes it said prom with Eric,” said Barnhart. “He put letters in the water and then froze them. There was supposed to be a sign that said, ‘It would be cool if you went to prom with me, but it blew away.’ The ice cubes are still sitting on my porch.”
Since ice cubes are not the most typical promposal strategy, Johnson must have had some source of inspiration. To brainstorm ideas for asking Barnhart, he thought of the prom-posals of previous years.
“I got the idea from [senior] Zach Gloeckner,” said Johnson. “Last year he had done ‘I would dig it if you went to prom with me’ with a bucket of sand, and I decided that I could do cool and ice cubes. Unfortunately the note blew away, and it was only ice cubes.”
A prom-posal can takes months to plan while others may be more instinctive. It seems that the delay for Johnson was due to brainstorming how to pop the question.
“It didn’t take me too long [to plan,”] said Johnson. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do at first, but once I decided on it, it went really quickly.”
While Barnhart and Johnson are not dating, the prom-posals of couples may take a more romantic route. Senior Danny Chambers and sophomore Laura Savin have been dating for almost six months.
“When I came home from a tournament, he was writing prom with candles in mason jars on my front lawn, and then he came out and asked me with flowers,” said Savin.
The surprise of a prom-posal could be enough to wow a girl; however, it seems the more elaborate the approach, the more impressive.
“The best part was he put thought into it, and it was meaningful,” said Savin.
An elaborate prom-posal does not necessarily mean it takes months to plan. According to Chambers, it can be accomplished in a few hours and still be unique and thoughtful.
“I woke up Saturday morning, and I was like ‘I think I’ll ask her to prom today,’ so it was kind of last minute,” said Chambers. “It took maybe three hours to get everything together.”
Spelling out prom with candles in mason jars is romantic, but everyone seems to have their own style. No matter how the prom-posal is carried out, students are finding ways to make this prom a memorable one.
