Argh!! --- (aggravated Mom groan) - small rant.

[Breeze54]

I'm bumming out! :( I finally talk my son into taking his girlfriend to her prom. (He's shy, sort of...) And then they break up and then they get back together and tonight's the prom and he has his tux and flowers for her and they are all going in a group in a limo (8 - 10 couples) paid for courtesy of a couple of the parent's but he just left to get dressed at his best friend's house instead of here and that''s after he and his girlfriend both promised me that I could get pictures of them before they left and now it looks like I'll have to wait until one of the other parents sends them to me tomorrow. There's not enough time for me to get there before they leave now. He didn't go to his school's prom; so I was happy he decided to go to this one. Right of passage into adulthood and all that but I wanted to see them and take a few pics before they left. *sigh* It just would have been the frosting on the cake for his "school days" photo album... for me. Oh well; at least I know they won't be driving tonight! ;)

Me neither! :P Cheers!

Here's a view from the ballroom for the prom.

Here's another.

Inside the room:

The entrance.

[auntAgonist]

1. aw I wish you could see them before they leave.

:hug:

I'm glad too that they aren't having to drive.

Show some pictures when you get them ok?


:hug:
aA

[Breeze54]

3. I will do that...

it just would have been nice to get a pic of them all in their gowns and tuxes and in the limo.
I hope the other parents are good at taking pictures! ;) I'm not that upset, just a little disappointed.

Thanks for the hugs, auntAgonist! :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. I think you should go to the house where they are getting ready

and get pictures of them both. That is what a lot of parents did at WannaB's prom. Her date's parents came to our house to get pictures.

[Breeze54]

4. Well; I only have like

15 minutes to get there before they leave and it's pouring rain here.

Maybe I'll call and see if they're delayed or the limo is delayed.

I don't want to be a pest either. BRB. Gotta get offline to call.

[auntAgonist]

5. MrsG's idea is right on .. I hope you can get there!!!!

[Midlodemocrat]

7. We did something similar. TM's date came here, along with his family

and then we went down to the lake to take pics with all her friends.

The limos picked the kids up at the lake. It worked out really well.

[Chan790]

6. I did this very thing to my mom...(an anti-prom rant)

just to avoid any pictures. No pics means no pictures to have to hide and destroy later. No worries about my mom showing them to future girlfriends. No lame pics of my spiky emo hair and eyeliner from my Sunny Day Real Estate phase.

That and I didn't want to go to the prom because the girl I wanted to spend the evening hanging out with (she was cute and sweet and leftist and my mom definitely would not have approved.) didn't want to go because proms are lame. (Oh and are they ever.) I had an invite to hang out (us and 6 or so friends)...I declined to go to the prom (for mom), we didn't speak again for almost 5 years. Instead I got to not dance, spend all night with my ex, and eat overpriced rubbery food. All to make my mother happy.

Every woman since has been inferior to that girl...and she's cooler now...and married. (So...prom ruined my life. :cry:)

Life advice for moms: Don't make your sons go to the prom if they don't want to go. Don't pressure them into going...they'll go to make you happy and themselves miserable...because you're mom. Proms are a girly (and couple) thing...we never regret not going. Single guys and proms are a lot like single guys and (my family's terrible invention) the baby-warming. (think co-ed post-birth baby shower).

Bitter? No. Someday I'm going to repay the favor in the selection of a nursing home.

[Midlodemocrat]

8. Oh, sweetie. Your mom meant well.

And, the pics are for her, not you. My kids fuss and groan every time I take pictures, but they're for me and their dad.

[Breeze54]

9. Naw... I wasn't 'pushing' him at all. He wanted to go but it was some

money worries, back a few months, when all this started and he's not camera shy at all! :P
I just got back from tracking them all down and I got pics as did all the parents!

I have to upload them to my photo acct. and then I'll post a few. ;)

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. I am glad you were able to do that Breeze.

Everyone wins that way.

[Breeze54]

12. Thanks for that push I needed!

I was so out of the loop and their plans changed by the sec but I caught up with them! :D

Thanks, MrsGrumpy! :yourock:

[Chan790]

13. Awesome...

I tend to project my issues onto other people. I hope he has a blast.

[Breeze54]

14. No worries...

I think we all do that. It's only human.

I didn't go to my prom, so maybe I am projecting on Kristy and Sean too?

Could be but they looked so beautiful to me... :D

Her dress is gorgeous but my picture doesn't do it justice.

At least I finally got to meet her Mom and all the other parents!

:D

[Breeze54]

11. Ack! The pics barely came out! - Wah!

It must have been to dark at his friend's Dad's shop and all the other camera's flashing, messed up mine! :(
But I got one or two... I'll just have to hope everyone else's pictures came out OK. They said they'd burn a CD for me.
The shop was just so crowded and the kids were so excited and moving around to pose and hug and greet each other.

LOL! What a mob scene! I took 25 pics and barely got 3 good one's. :(

Here goes....

ACK!


Kristy & Sean (the best pic of all that I took)

[auntAgonist]

15. nice~~ and what a gorgeous dress

Good on ya for getting there in time to see them :)

They are a handsome couple for sure.

aA

[Breeze54]

16. I didn't think I'd make it and when I left here,

my son passed me and waved and beeped at me as he flew by me heading back to our home! Then I went to the Coffee Shop and no one was there, so then I went to Don's house (my son's friend) and no one was there but they all pulled into the driveway as I was backing out and it was just crazy, so I went back to the coffee shop and then they all started trickling in a few minutes later but the Limo wasn't due there but at the CHURCH! :crazy: What church?!? Then they were all going to the high school for class group pictures and for some of the classmates to get on a chartered bus and then they were going to the prom. I'm exhausted just typing all this! :P
So, I left from the coffee shop for home and my son's girlfriends' Mom's boyfriend said they'd e-mail me pics. :rofl:
What a crazy night.. for them! They're all staying at Kristy's house tonight after the prom.... supervised. :P Thank Gawd!

And Thank You for being so patient with me and for the compliments. ;) She looked gorgeous!

[Breeze54]

26. I just have to attach this song to this pic... for my DU Journal

I can't help myself....

I'm overwhelmed today with emotion and I'm not afraid to admit it.

'You are so beautiful' - Joe Cocker & Eric Clapton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Ykn-Xbi0M

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

17. I'm a little confused

If he was her boyfriend, why wouldn't he go to the prom with her or be too shy to ask about it? Would he even have to ask, or wouldn't it just be a given?

[Breeze54]

18. Huh? Because it was a new relationship and

his very first girlfriend. He wasn't sure about what she wanted, I suspect...

He wasn't 'shy' to ask about the prom. They broke up and he was having $$ issue's.

So was she, actually. She had just quit her job and his car had died.

I don't know what goes on between them, just the little he tells me.

He's 19/almost 20... she's a junior in high school... 17?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. Oh....you said in the OP he was "a little shy"

That's why I'm confused.

[Breeze54]

20. There is no way I can relate all that happens in a family, day to day.

I wish I could, ProudToBeBlueInRhody, but it's a monumental task. They're good kids. They all seem to have a pact to not smoke or drink or do drugs and I'm in awe of that because I never was modeled that as a young woman. I never knew there was a difference but my son's know that and I'm proud of them for who they are and will be in the future. They trust themselves and that's a good thing, as 'she' says! ;) At least I did three things right...

[orleans]

21. ah, prom. we did that a couple years ago around here.

it was certainly an exciting and expensive event--and fun. and adorable. and exhausting.

[Breeze54]

22. Thank You for understanding, orleans

:yourock:

;)

[Indi Guy]

23. Man!

If I'd had such an obsessive mother -- I'd have gone under the radar too!

Just kidding -- I know you want your kids to own their own experiences.

[Breeze54]

24. You suck!

Just kidding... :D

It's raining hard here now... :(

[Indi Guy]

25. Rain Good...

...drought bad.

;)

[LibDemAlways]

27. That prom venue looks lovely. (Your son and

his date look like they are enjoying themselves, too! Very cute couple.)

Many of the schools in my area schedule their proms at the (I'm not kidding) Reagan Library and burial site. Can you imagine a less enjoyable place to have a prom?

[Breeze54]

28. LOL! Thanks, LibDemAlways

I'm glad they all had a happy, safe, night of celebration! :D

He just came home and took a "cold" shower? :rofl:

He had nothing to say but......

what he did say, made me happy for him. :loveya: