PROMPOSAL. Never knew what it was until my babyson told me about it. Apparently, it’s THE THING to do when asking a gal to be your date for the prom.. in HIGH SCHOOL! The promposal is an extravagant public affair. Think choreographed dance numbers, serenades, elaborate scavenger hunts and dramatic staging, with “Prom?” painted on a procession of cars, draped off bridges, or slipped into fortune cookies.

New kid on the block as a high school Junior, my babyson wasn’t really too keen on getting on the bandwagon UNTIL he found “The One.” Then it became a series of discussion after discussion with his siblings as to what he can do for his lady love as early as AUGUST 2013, even though we all knew he was a shoo-in as her date. I mean, seriously? They were already an “item”. Who the heck would she go to the prom with except for her boyfie right?

It appears that at the high school where he goes to, promposal is a big thing & you are considered a wuss if you don’t make a grand gesture or an elaborate scheme to get your girl to say “YES”. Naturally, I didn’t want my son to be called a wuss. Oh no, not in my lifetime. So we pooled in our ideas & came up with a motorcade.. and a MASCOT! With balloons, flowers, party poppers, personalized t-shirts and the works.

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Click HERE to see the simplest (flower bouquet), and HERE to see the most extravagant (renting a whole movie theater) Promposal from high school kids!!! @_@

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Last Feb 6 -which I’m sure will be one of his unforgettable moments, my babyson staged the biggest production number of his life at 16.. he PROM-posed! (Ok, maybe with a BIG little help from his mom) ;P

At first, we considered a FLASH MOB. But he wanted their common friends to be in on it as the dancers -not just complete strangers whom mommy put together. It posed a major problem, what with the conflicting schedules of all the kids. And frankly, teens at 16 were irresponsible. Believe me, I KNOW. They don’t know the meaning of keeping their word. Or keeping a schedule for that matter. So flash mob was out of the question. It would have been cute though, right?

Then he wanted to prompose in Manila Ocean Park where he will swim in the aquarium with the fishies. I killed that idea right in the bud. Baliw ba sya? Gusto ba niyang malunod? Gusto ba niyan makain ng pating??? @_@

Next we thought of Cupid coming out of a big gift box with a banner, but that seemed too “macho-dancer-ish” so that was a NO. Besides, I probably couldn’t get a parent to allow the child to be hidden inside a box full of balloons teehee.

After many many MANY more suggestions & ideas, he finally agreed on a motorcade with a mascot.. and the works. We got the service of a 2-eyed Minion care of SIM, or SPLURGE IN MEMORIES.

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Because their dad wasn’t able to witness the whole thing, Ate made a video for him to watch…

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If it’s not too much, may I ask that you CLICK ON THIS LINK & simply “LIKE” their notice in the PROM COMMITTEE website? 🙂 Maybe they’ll win the Best Prom-posal Award with your help. Consider it an early birthday gift for me pretty please, my dear readers? THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart! <3

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Oh. And Happy Valentine’s Day!!! 🙂 Now tell me, isn’t this the cutest, most fitting post for LOVE day?