my baby is getting ready for prom

[lilyvonschtupp26]

my youngest is putting on his tux as I write this. there are mixed emotions here. he looks handsome, but he's my baby and soon he'll be out of the house and I'll be an empty-nester. I don't know if I'll get used to that any time soon.

I need some vibes to get through the pix w/o crying. I'll post some pix to let you see him.

[kayrharris]

You'll do fine. Even though he won't be in the house when he's off to school, he'll still be your son and believe me, you will hear from him more often than you think.

I hope they have a safe and happy prom. Sheesh, our proms here were in early April! School has been out for over a week now.

Busy yourself posting a photo or two for us.

[lilyvonschtupp26]

Prom came off without a hitch. The weather held off and he was exhausted with prom on friday, picnic saturday, graduation sunday.

We aren't out of school yet because of snow days (plus we had a day off for tire slashing. they managed to disable most of our buses.)

it'll be weird being an empty nester but hubby and I have lots of activities we enjoy so I'm looking forward to the next chapter.

[Bob Juch]

Lily,

I never noticed you lived in Arlington Heights before. An old girlfriend of mine still lives there. I you run into Carolyn Dow, tell her hello from me and blow her mind!

[mellytu74]

I bet he looked HANDSOME!!

The kids down the street went to their prom on Friday night. Several couples rented a stretch limo.

Since at least three of the kids from the couples (four? five? how many people fit into a stretch limo?) were from this block, there was lots of time set aside for picture taking in front of the house.

The boys looked so grownup and the girls were beautiful.

Neighbors gathered to ooh and ahh.

[lilyvonschtupp26]

Bob,
Is that her current name? I live down the street from a Carolyn, but her last name isn't Dow. . .

[Bob Juch]

Bob,
Is that her current name? I live down the street from a Carolyn, but her last name isn't Dow. . .

Yes. I'll have to recall her street.

[earendel]

my youngest is putting on his tux as I write this. there are mixed emotions here. he looks handsome, but he's my baby and soon he'll be out of the house and I'll be an empty-nester. I don't know if I'll get used to that any time soon.

I need some vibes to get through the pix w/o crying. I'll post some pix to let you see him.

Enjoy it while you can, lily - this generation is sometimes known as the "boomerang" generation because they leave, but then they come back, leave again, come back again, etc. elwing and I hoped to be empty-nesters, but we seem to get to enjoy that privilege for about a month before one of the four comes home for a brief stay.

[Bob Juch]

Bob,
Is that her current name? I live down the street from a Carolyn, but her last name isn't Dow. . .

Yes. I'll have to recall her street.

23 N Peartree Ln

[andrewjackson]

Curious.

Why "prom" and not "the prom"? I first noticed this when I moved to Michigan. People would talk about going to "prom" and not "the prom" which seemed like the normal usage to me growing up in Indiana. I'll freely admit that my experience in Indiana might not have been normal or even representative of anything but I never heard anyone say "prom" without the article.

It does seem to be a common usage and I was wondering if anyone knew why.

"Fair" also seems to get this usage some places as in "This summer we are going to fair". Uggh. It gives me the shakes just to type it let alone say it. I went to a bazillion fairs as a kid and young adult and every single time I said I was going to "the fair".

[peacock2121]

Curious.

Why "prom" and not "the prom"? I first noticed this when I moved to Michigan. People would talk about going to "prom" and not "the prom" which seemed like the normal usage to me growing up in Indiana. I'll freely admit that my experience in Indiana might not have been normal or even representative of anything but I never heard anyone say "prom" without the article.

It does seem to be a common usage and I was wondering if anyone knew why.

"Fair" also seems to get this usage some places as in "This summer we are going to fair". Uggh. It gives me the shakes just to type it let alone say it. I went to a bazillion fairs as a kid and young adult and every single time I said I was going to "the fair".

Here in Dutchess county, we go to the prom and to the fair.

[lilyvonschtupp26]

I used to say "the" prom, but somehow we've dropped the "the". I was wondering if you have a separate junior and senior prom. We combined ours here and I don't think it's fair to the seniors that they have to share. I think the seniors should have their own event.

what do you do in your area?

[andrewjackson]

I used to say "the" prom, but somehow we've dropped the "the". I was wondering if you have a separate junior and senior prom. We combined ours here and I don't think it's fair to the seniors that they have to share. I think the seniors should have their own event.

what do you do in your area?

My high school in Indiana back in the 70s and the school where I taught in Michigan in the 90s/2000s both had just one prom every spring. Traditionally, the juniors organized and paid for it. The seniors just went.

Every single year the seniors complained that the class behind them was a bunch of cheap, disorganized, non-creative, slackers who couldn't fund-raise or plan a decent greased pig race let alone a nice prom.

And they were always right.

[silvercamaro]

My high school in Indiana back in the 70s and the school where I taught in Michigan in the 90s/2000s both had just one prom every spring. Traditionally, the juniors organized and paid for it. The seniors just went.

This also was the practice of my high school in Wyoming. We called it "the prom."

[earendel]

My high school in Indiana back in the 70s and the school where I taught in Michigan in the 90s/2000s both had just one prom every spring. Traditionally, the juniors organized and paid for it. The seniors just went.

This also was the practice of my high school in Wyoming. We called it "the prom."

That was the way we did it at my high school as well, although without all the complaining. We referred to it as "the prom". Maybe "prom" without the article is like the British "going to hospital".