# So, PromPosals are a Thing. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019 "2016-05-29T18:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/21 "2016-05-30T22:01:42Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It’s probably as normal as those silly elaborate wedding proposals that make the rounds. Most people just ask privately. I dunno. Looking on the Glorious Internet, there’s thousands upon thousands of pics of promposals. Most are simple, and most are from a guy or girl who already have a boyfriend/girlfriend. For me, (I’m 45) if you had a GF in high school, you just automatically went together. Here’s a good site with examples: > **[Promposals Are the New Proposals — 70+ Creative Ways to Pop the Question to...](https://www.popsugar.com/love/how-ask-girl-prom-22844932)** > > If you want to ask your date to prom in a creative, fun, and unique way, use these ideas as inspiration. Complete with signs, sweets, and more, here's how. My fave so far:[The Best Ways to Ask Someone to Prom | POPSUGAR Love](http://www.popsugar.com/love/How-Ask-Girl-Prom-22844932#photo-30443662) Most seem to involve food, like a pizza with pepperoni strategically placed to spell “PROM?”, but it’s actually kind of sweet. Incredibly dorky, but sweet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/22 "2016-05-30T22:04:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Maybe I’m getting too old, but this definitely wasn’t a thing when I was in high school in the late '90s - if you asked me what a “promposal” was, I would have said “Asking your prom date to marry you” (which _was_ a thing that happened). That is what I would have guessed as well. I never heard of a ‘promposal’ before this thread but I did have many classmates that became engaged to their prom date around that time. Most of the resulting marriages worked out about as well as you would expect but there are a few still chugging along well over twenty years later. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/23 "2016-05-30T22:07:36Z")
I have no idea how that would work today. What would the guy do? Present her with a box that had inside a matched set of NERF dart pistols, with one filled with darts that have “yes” written on them and the other filled with darts that have “no” written on them? (You’re going to suffer either way, kid.) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/24 "2016-05-30T23:27:35Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I dunno. Looking on the Glorious Internet, there’s thousands upon thousands of pics of promposals. Most are simple, and most are from a guy or girl who already have a boyfriend/girlfriend. For me, (I’m 45) if you had a GF in high school, you just automatically went together. > > Here’s a good site with examples: > [The Best Ways to Ask Someone to Prom | POPSUGAR Love](http://www.popsugar.com/love/How-Ask-Girl-Prom-22844932#photo-22844932) > > My fave so far:[The Best Ways to Ask Someone to Prom | POPSUGAR Love](http://www.popsugar.com/love/How-Ask-Girl-Prom-22844932#photo-30443662) > > Most seem to involve food, like a pizza with pepperoni strategically placed to spell “PROM?”, but it’s actually kind of sweet. Incredibly dorky, but sweet. 😃 Yes and there are hundreds of wedding proposals where the man conspires with the waiter to put a ring on a piece of cake or something. It’s just not as documented. Lots of sites like this too: [https://www.theknot.com/content/romantic-ways-to-propose](https://www.theknot.com/content/romantic-ways-to-propose) ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/25 "2016-05-31T00:07:56Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I have no idea how that would work today. > > What would the guy do? Present her with a box that had inside a matched set of NERF dart pistols, with one filled with darts that have “yes” written on them and the other filled with darts that have “no” written on them? > > (You’re going to suffer either way, kid.) He better not do it in or near school. Zero tolerance policies would result in instant expulsion (for both kids), cops called, and school put on lockdown. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/26 "2016-05-31T00:37:54Z")
As long as they don’t break the bank and took almost no time executing, I think they’re cute. But for the most part, I like sappy. ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/27 "2016-05-31T01:00:44Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s probably as normal as those silly elaborate wedding proposals that make the rounds. Sounds just like them. I personally think such proposals are offensive to all involved and these promposals sound similar. My knee-jerk reaction would be to say no to anyone who has such difficult with ordinary communication skills. ---
**Author:** ![LunarPlexus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LunarPlexus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LunarPlexus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019/28 "2016-05-31T07:49:41Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > My knee-jerk reaction would be to say no to anyone who has such difficult with ordinary communication skills. ?? Uh, no? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-promposals-are-a-thing/756019.md?page=1)