PROM night, yipes, I hope I did right...

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Seventeen year old daugh went to junior prom tonight. 2 1/2 hrs to go before her curfew.

I received a llong list of do's and don'ts from daugh before boy came for her. What to say--not to say...Allowed me to take no more than 10 pics--heehee, I took 13. :D

First time we've allowed her in car with a boy. *wrings hands*

1st strike: I peeked: he didn't open the car door for her.

2nd strike: His shiny tuxedo shoe laces were UNDONE. It was all I could do to stop from 'mommying him'. I came this -- close. This--close.

3rd strike: He didn't take hubby seriously when he said, "uhmm..I forgot my fingerprint kit. But I do have these." Hubby whipped out his police handcuffs...

2 1/2 hours before he brings her home...

Did I tell you first time we've let her in a car with a boy...

2 1/2 hours...
 
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Breathe, Kimmi. Breathe.

Take a few minutes and go through the list of things your daughter has learned from you, and how she responded to corrections.

Then breathe some more. You'll be ok.
 
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Breathing better now: 1 hour 58 minutes until midnight... :D

My prom:

I didn't have money or means for a dress--so I didn't go.

I worked a 10 hour shift at a local sit-down restaurant with a ghost shift.

The prom couples poured in after midnight. I was exhausred--waited on this beautiful couple and just as I was setting their water glasses in front of them: one slipped out of my hand--got the boy all wet. I could have died.

Then ran over to the counter to give a lady a take-out of coffee. She was dressed in a long gown. She handed me a hundred dollar bill, then waved her hand and walked away...
 

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kimmi, you're too young to have a daughter at prom! Way2go, girl! Bet she'll come home on time. Keepin' fingers crossed. :)
 

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kimmi, you're too young to have a daughter at prom! Way2go, girl! Bet she'll come home on time. Keepin' fingers crossed. :)
:D woman's body--child's heart.

34 minutes....
 

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Kimmi, Kimmi. The shoelaces... no worries. They don't make the man. The handcuffs and the finger print kit... tsk, tsk... Obviously your hubby doesn't remember his own days as a nervous your man doing the last mile to the girlfriend's doorstep on prom night. And, let's see... the curfew... it might happen. Good luck. My daughter broke hers on prom night... we solved that one easily enough. We wanted her home at 1, so we said 12. She got home almost exactly at 1. It's prom. They had the limo... the pretty night... the scent of impending summer through the open sunroof. What's a Dad to do... there was magic to be had. An hour late was on time that night.
 

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I've been where you are. It's gonna happen. They're gonna go off and date and marry and all the things you did. That's why we spend so much time trying to teach right from wrong. Either they get it or they don't. You've done your job. Have faith! But, fingernail biting is allowed. :D
 

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I kept threatening darling child that I was going to keep a bucket of gun parts behind the front door. I'd just take them out and start cleaning them when the guy was due to pick her up. :)

Oh, and if she shows up late? PLEASE listen to the why before you decide what to do.
 

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I kept threatening darling child that I was going to keep a bucket of gun parts behind the front door. I'd just take them out and start cleaning them when the guy was due to pick her up. :)


you guys are terrible. tsk tsk.


My daughter's boyfriend is handy with cars. and wood. and other household thingymabobs. He can stay.
 

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No offense, but is this for real?

I guess my hometown must have been more liberal than I thought.
 

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Are my parents bad because they've never threatened me or my date?? And because my curfew is self-imposed?
 

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hmm. OK, I thought it was apparent, but...

I was just kidding about the gun parts thing. (Notice it was parts, not guns.)

Hey Danger Jane! I've missed you. But folks, I ask you, with a name like "Danger Jane", do you think her dates needed anymore warning? huh?? :)
 

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That's it. My son will not be allowed to date, what with all these overprotective fathers threatening mayhem against teen boys.;)

Maybe I'll only allow him to date girls being raised by single moms.
 

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Kimmi, Kimmi. The shoelaces... no worries. They don't make the man. Wondering if this was a new fad. The handcuffs and the finger print kit... tsk, tsk... the cop in hubby, what can I say--daugh doesn't stand a chance :DObviously your hubby doesn't remember his own days as a nervous your man doing the last mile to the girlfriend's doorstep on prom night. And, let's see... the curfew... it might happen. already late 12:06 that's 6 min late :(! Good luck. My daughter broke hers on prom night... we solved that one easily enough. We wanted her home at 1, so we said 12. She got home almost exactly at 1. It's prom. They had the limo... the pretty night... the scent of impending summer through the open sunroof. What's a Dad to do... there was magic to be had. An hour late was on time that night.

make that 12:07.
 

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ETA: I'm just really afraid of boy driving--crashing. Very.

Not worried about drinking--driving, I know my daugh tooo well; worried about inexperienced driver.
 
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hmm. OK, I thought it was apparent, but...

I was just kidding about the gun parts thing. (Notice it was parts, not guns.)

Hey Danger Jane! I've missed you. But folks, I ask you, with a name like "Danger Jane", do you think her dates needed anymore warning? huh?? :)

Oh Williebee, what a card :tongue

Part of it's probably that I'm the one who drives...lol.
 

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kimmi, your husband's handcuffs aren't threatening. When I was about 16, a local boy asked me out on my first date. I was a twitter. My father, on the other hand, seemed extraordinarily calm. When the boy arrived to pick me up, I could hear my father chit-chatting with him while I took that last look in the mirror. I remember thinking that Dad seemed very pleasant. When I rounded the corner into the living room, the first person I saw was my date. He was sweating profusely and his eyes were wide with terror. I turned to see why. My father had been carrying on a pleasant conversation, but the whole time he'd been talking, he'd been sharpening his hunting knife.
 

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kimmi, your husband's handcuffs aren't threatening. When I was about 16, a local boy asked me out on my first date. I was a twitter. My father, on the other hand, seemed extraordinarily calm. When the boy arrived to pick me up, I could hear my father chit-chatting with him while I took that last look in the mirror. I remember thinking that Dad seemed very pleasant. When I rounded the corner into the living room, the first person I saw was my date. He was sweating profusely and his eyes were wide with terror. I turned to see why. My father had been carrying on a pleasant conversation, but the whole time he'd been talking, he'd been sharpening his hunting knife.
Lol! She just called. 24 min late , on her way, but I don't care, at least she is coming home safe.

Thanks all for being with me. It helped a lot :)
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If your kid is anything like me, she will somehow make it home on time *and* not get caught by any authority figures - but then again, I know of no one else who's as crafty as me. ;)

On a more serious note, I'm sure she'll be fine. As far as the door and shoelaces go, that doesn't mean much. If you saw the bunch I roll with, you'd probably shoot them just out of morality :D (even though they really are a good bunch of kids. They're probably the most talented, intelligent, creative, and nicest people you'll ever meet, and that's the truth). I didn't go to prom, but I did take pictures for my friends who were going. A spraypainted van pulled up my house with Operation Ivy blaring on the stereo, and out poured 16 people who had crowded into it. The guys were wearing their usual stuff- studded jackets, patches, chains, and- because it was a formal occasion- the wore a slightly nicer pair of Chuck Taylor shoes than usual (the ones without the vomit stains) and they had even taken the time to spike up their mohawks. The girls were dressed about the same, except some of them were wearing dresses and two of the girls even decided that a pair of high heels wouldn't be so bad, as opposed to their usual steel-toed combat boots (none of them took off the shredded fishnets or left their pocket knives at home, though).

I had a feeling my friends wouldn't make it long at the prom. I was right. About 30 minutes later I got a call:
"Andrea! Andrea, man, this f*cking sucks. All they're playing is rap crap and U2. I heard there's one hell of a show in Big Blue's garage and they already threw someone through the ceiling tiles. We're coming to pick you up right...*loud music and screeching tires can be heard getting close to my house*... now *screech!*. We're out front, get your shit and let's go!" (All of my friends had ditched the prom early and didn't tell us about the show until late, those bastards!)
 
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My graduating class was two people. Both male. A senior prom was simply not going to happen.

Usually, the school informed us, they combine the junior and senior classes for prom. But the junior class this year was three people. Two male, one female.

The female was a "gifted" eleven year old.

So we just plain didn't have a prom, which pretty much all of us thought was fine, really.
 

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3rd strike: He didn't take hubby seriously when he said, "uhmm..I forgot my fingerprint kit. But I do have these." Hubby whipped out his police handcuffs...
As long as he didn't say "Hey, I've got a set just like that in my glovebox." :)

My junior prom was such a terrible experience I made sure to have a job the next year so I wouldn't have to bother going my senior year.
 

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Man. You guys are much more strict than my parents! One of my dates for a High School dance (not prom-didn't go) asked my dad when he should have me home. My dad's response? "Oh, by college would be fine."

I was in eleventh grade at the time.

:D
 

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i thought this thread said porn night.

guess it's all one and the same anyways.
 
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