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We had a dress altered (all be it a rather expensive one) for my eldests prom at 16 – allas c19 stopped her A level prom.
She looked fantastic and this Dad has no doubt she was the best looking girl at the ball!
Her best friend came for pre-drinks at our house – I was going to drop them off at the ball which she would have been happy with, but a (not very close) friend coincidentally came by in his California and kindly offered to drop them – which they thought was brill.
I didn’t have a budget in mind but would gladly have paid what the OP will. Your daughter will remember that day long after you have gone.
She looked fantastic and this Dad has no doubt she was the best looking girl at the ball!
Her best friend came for pre-drinks at our house – I was going to drop them off at the ball which she would have been happy with, but a (not very close) friend coincidentally came by in his California and kindly offered to drop them – which they thought was brill.
I didn’t have a budget in mind but would gladly have paid what the OP will. Your daughter will remember that day long after you have gone.
Gargamel said:
All these old boys pretending they never had an end of year school disco at the end of the year.
Call it a prom if you like we all had them. I guess a few miseries on here went to all boys private schools…
I'm 38, we didn't have anything, in any year including Y13. Call it a prom if you like we all had them. I guess a few miseries on here went to all boys private schools…
I think a few of us went to the pub, that was it.
Made up for it at Sandhurst, now that's a party.
For some reason, probably because I clicked on a woman with nice tits once, adverts for prom dresses pop up on my fb marketplace.
Quite funny when you see they say, bought for £600, worn once for a few hours and they're asking £300.
Sounds like the female life lesson equivalent to the boy giving his best hoodie to his first girlfriend.
Surely no one pays more than a few quid for a second hand dress? I've seen £2000 wedding dresses being offered for £100.
Quite funny when you see they say, bought for £600, worn once for a few hours and they're asking £300.
Sounds like the female life lesson equivalent to the boy giving his best hoodie to his first girlfriend.
Surely no one pays more than a few quid for a second hand dress? I've seen £2000 wedding dresses being offered for £100.
Edited by ChocolateFrog on Sunday 9th January 20:18
Edited by ChocolateFrog on Sunday 9th January 20:19
I say this now as a parent of an 8month old boy, but good luck to anyone whos over entitled clueless to the world teenager gets them to spend ridiculous amounts of money on the daftest idea since the Vietnam war.
Since owning the GT I have been asked by 4 fathers if I could take their daughter to their prom this year. 4! I assume prom is in the summer, so it clearly is a huge thing for this generation, so much their parents are trying many months before to sort things out.
I know people who didn't spend £600 on their wedding dress..... a prom dress for a 16 year old for £600... send her to work to realise how hard it is to ear that £600 and then get her to spend it.
like i said above, as a father of an 8 month old. When hes 16, I quite possibly will have a different opinion
Since owning the GT I have been asked by 4 fathers if I could take their daughter to their prom this year. 4! I assume prom is in the summer, so it clearly is a huge thing for this generation, so much their parents are trying many months before to sort things out.
I know people who didn't spend £600 on their wedding dress..... a prom dress for a 16 year old for £600... send her to work to realise how hard it is to ear that £600 and then get her to spend it.
like i said above, as a father of an 8 month old. When hes 16, I quite possibly will have a different opinion
PH User said:
surveyor said:
Tonight the subject of cars has been raised. Deep joy!
It's a good thing that kids are interested in cars in some sort of way. Use your own car if you have something fun or take the opportunity to hire something fun. Brother has an M4, and a classic jag. Might work she says..
surveyor said:
PH User said:
surveyor said:
Tonight the subject of cars has been raised. Deep joy!
It's a good thing that kids are interested in cars in some sort of way. Use your own car if you have something fun or take the opportunity to hire something fun. Brother has an M4, and a classic jag. Might work she says..
DRFC1879 said:
We had a "Leavers' do" at the end of sixth form in 1999.
Function room hired at the Earl of Doncaster hotel, the lads all wore suits and the lasses put on nice dresses from high street stores. Not ballgowns, more the sort of thing they'd wear to parties etc.
My school was in a bang average part of town but the sixth form attracted people from all over. I remember one group of lads from a wealthier area hired a limo and dinner suits. We found it ridiculously cringey, laughed at them and said "who the f
k do you think you are?!" It appears that the pretentious tts were just ahead of their time.
As an aside: There was a very fit lass in that sixth form who had previously stood me up for a date. On the night of the leavers' do she was all over me but I was having none of it. She asked me to talk to her outside the function room so we sat on the stairs and she told me she may have left me hanging before but she wanted me to take her home that night. And that her knickers were now in her handbag. I said it was too late for that; she'd humiliated me as there were meant to be three couples going out and everyone else turned up so not only had she let me down but she made me look a fool in front of all of them. I still regret that. I should've banged her senseless. What the fk was I playing at?!
McAuley?Function room hired at the Earl of Doncaster hotel, the lads all wore suits and the lasses put on nice dresses from high street stores. Not ballgowns, more the sort of thing they'd wear to parties etc.
My school was in a bang average part of town but the sixth form attracted people from all over. I remember one group of lads from a wealthier area hired a limo and dinner suits. We found it ridiculously cringey, laughed at them and said "who the f
k do you think you are?!" It appears that the pretentious tts were just ahead of their time.As an aside: There was a very fit lass in that sixth form who had previously stood me up for a date. On the night of the leavers' do she was all over me but I was having none of it. She asked me to talk to her outside the function room so we sat on the stairs and she told me she may have left me hanging before but she wanted me to take her home that night. And that her knickers were now in her handbag. I said it was too late for that; she'd humiliated me as there were meant to be three couples going out and everyone else turned up so not only had she let me down but she made me look a fool in front of all of them. I still regret that. I should've banged her senseless. What the f
k was I playing at?!Edit, Just seen it's been answered.
Didn't realise there was so many people from Donny who knew how to use the Internet
Mr Spoon said:
I say this now as a parent of an 8month old boy, but good luck to anyone whos over entitled clueless to the world teenager gets them to spend ridiculous amounts of money on the daftest idea since the Vietnam war.
Since owning the GT I have been asked by 4 fathers if I could take their daughter to their prom this year. 4! I assume prom is in the summer, so it clearly is a huge thing for this generation, so much their parents are trying many months before to sort things out.
I know people who didn't spend £600 on their wedding dress..... a prom dress for a 16 year old for £600... send her to work to realise how hard it is to ear that £600 and then get her to spend it.
like i said above, as a father of an 8 month old. When hes 16, I quite possibly will have a different opinion
make that 5 now. where do all these in need for a prom car parents come fromSince owning the GT I have been asked by 4 fathers if I could take their daughter to their prom this year. 4! I assume prom is in the summer, so it clearly is a huge thing for this generation, so much their parents are trying many months before to sort things out.
I know people who didn't spend £600 on their wedding dress..... a prom dress for a 16 year old for £600... send her to work to realise how hard it is to ear that £600 and then get her to spend it.
like i said above, as a father of an 8 month old. When hes 16, I quite possibly will have a different opinion
ChocolateFrog said:
DRFC1879 said:
We had a "Leavers' do" at the end of sixth form in 1999.
Function room hired at the Earl of Doncaster hotel, the lads all wore suits and the lasses put on nice dresses from high street stores. Not ballgowns, more the sort of thing they'd wear to parties etc.
My school was in a bang average part of town but the sixth form attracted people from all over. I remember one group of lads from a wealthier area hired a limo and dinner suits. We found it ridiculously cringey, laughed at them and said "who the fk do you think you are?!" It appears that the pretentious tts were just ahead of their time.
As an aside: There was a very fit lass in that sixth form who had previously stood me up for a date. On the night of the leavers' do she was all over me but I was having none of it. She asked me to talk to her outside the function room so we sat on the stairs and she told me she may have left me hanging before but she wanted me to take her home that night. And that her knickers were now in her handbag. I said it was too late for that; she'd humiliated me as there were meant to be three couples going out and everyone else turned up so not only had she let me down but she made me look a fool in front of all of them. I still regret that. I should've banged her senseless. What the fk was I playing at?!
McAuley?Function room hired at the Earl of Doncaster hotel, the lads all wore suits and the lasses put on nice dresses from high street stores. Not ballgowns, more the sort of thing they'd wear to parties etc.
My school was in a bang average part of town but the sixth form attracted people from all over. I remember one group of lads from a wealthier area hired a limo and dinner suits. We found it ridiculously cringey, laughed at them and said "who the f
k do you think you are?!" It appears that the pretentious tts were just ahead of their time.As an aside: There was a very fit lass in that sixth form who had previously stood me up for a date. On the night of the leavers' do she was all over me but I was having none of it. She asked me to talk to her outside the function room so we sat on the stairs and she told me she may have left me hanging before but she wanted me to take her home that night. And that her knickers were now in her handbag. I said it was too late for that; she'd humiliated me as there were meant to be three couples going out and everyone else turned up so not only had she let me down but she made me look a fool in front of all of them. I still regret that. I should've banged her senseless. What the f
k was I playing at?!Edit, Just seen it's been answered.
Didn't realise there was so many people from Donny who knew how to use the Internet
Ahhh beautiful Doncaster. Are they still wearing that hideous brown uniform at Hayfield? (I'm ex McAuley. Slightly less hideous uniform)
Mr Spoon said:
Mr Spoon said:
I say this now as a parent of an 8month old boy, but good luck to anyone whos over entitled clueless to the world teenager gets them to spend ridiculous amounts of money on the daftest idea since the Vietnam war.
Since owning the GT I have been asked by 4 fathers if I could take their daughter to their prom this year. 4! I assume prom is in the summer, so it clearly is a huge thing for this generation, so much their parents are trying many months before to sort things out.
I know people who didn't spend £600 on their wedding dress..... a prom dress for a 16 year old for £600... send her to work to realise how hard it is to ear that £600 and then get her to spend it.
like i said above, as a father of an 8 month old. When hes 16, I quite possibly will have a different opinion
make that 5 now. where do all these in need for a prom car parents come fromSince owning the GT I have been asked by 4 fathers if I could take their daughter to their prom this year. 4! I assume prom is in the summer, so it clearly is a huge thing for this generation, so much their parents are trying many months before to sort things out.
I know people who didn't spend £600 on their wedding dress..... a prom dress for a 16 year old for £600... send her to work to realise how hard it is to ear that £600 and then get her to spend it.
like i said above, as a father of an 8 month old. When hes 16, I quite possibly will have a different opinion
It's a great memory for them, especially when you think that the last couple of school leaver years have missed out
Not quite the same clothing costs but the bill for my lad was about £300 (suit, shirt, shoes) trouble is 16 year old lads usually haven't stopped growing so none of it fitted just a few months later.
After parties were a thing as well. Luckily for us one of the dads has done well for himself so has a couple of fields at the back of the house and paid for a marquee and security etc for a party for about 30, and just a small number stayed overnight there afterwards.
No flash car though, the Toyota Avensis had to do.
Son No2's turn this July, the "worn once only" suit is way too big for him though.
Not quite the same clothing costs but the bill for my lad was about £300 (suit, shirt, shoes) trouble is 16 year old lads usually haven't stopped growing so none of it fitted just a few months later.
After parties were a thing as well. Luckily for us one of the dads has done well for himself so has a couple of fields at the back of the house and paid for a marquee and security etc for a party for about 30, and just a small number stayed overnight there afterwards.
No flash car though, the Toyota Avensis had to do.
Son No2's turn this July, the "worn once only" suit is way too big for him though.
thebraketester said:
ChocolateFrog said:
DRFC1879 said:
We had a "Leavers' do" at the end of sixth form in 1999.
Function room hired at the Earl of Doncaster hotel, the lads all wore suits and the lasses put on nice dresses from high street stores. Not ballgowns, more the sort of thing they'd wear to parties etc.
My school was in a bang average part of town but the sixth form attracted people from all over. I remember one group of lads from a wealthier area hired a limo and dinner suits. We found it ridiculously cringey, laughed at them and said "who the fk do you think you are?!" It appears that the pretentious tts were just ahead of their time.
As an aside: There was a very fit lass in that sixth form who had previously stood me up for a date. On the night of the leavers' do she was all over me but I was having none of it. She asked me to talk to her outside the function room so we sat on the stairs and she told me she may have left me hanging before but she wanted me to take her home that night. And that her knickers were now in her handbag. I said it was too late for that; she'd humiliated me as there were meant to be three couples going out and everyone else turned up so not only had she let me down but she made me look a fool in front of all of them. I still regret that. I should've banged her senseless. What the fk was I playing at?!
McAuley?Function room hired at the Earl of Doncaster hotel, the lads all wore suits and the lasses put on nice dresses from high street stores. Not ballgowns, more the sort of thing they'd wear to parties etc.
My school was in a bang average part of town but the sixth form attracted people from all over. I remember one group of lads from a wealthier area hired a limo and dinner suits. We found it ridiculously cringey, laughed at them and said "who the f
k do you think you are?!" It appears that the pretentious tts were just ahead of their time.As an aside: There was a very fit lass in that sixth form who had previously stood me up for a date. On the night of the leavers' do she was all over me but I was having none of it. She asked me to talk to her outside the function room so we sat on the stairs and she told me she may have left me hanging before but she wanted me to take her home that night. And that her knickers were now in her handbag. I said it was too late for that; she'd humiliated me as there were meant to be three couples going out and everyone else turned up so not only had she let me down but she made me look a fool in front of all of them. I still regret that. I should've banged her senseless. What the f
k was I playing at?!Edit, Just seen it's been answered.
Didn't realise there was so many people from Donny who knew how to use the Internet
Ahhh beautiful Doncaster. Are they still wearing that hideous brown uniform at Hayfield? (I'm ex McAuley. Slightly less hideous uniform)
ClaphamGT3 said:
Even back in my day (late 80s) my school held a leavers' ball for the Upper Sixth. Open to the Upper Sixth, their parents, old boys/girls and academic staff.
Indeed, I left my comp in 1998 and we had a leavers ball at a local hotel country / golf clubEveryone dressed to their nines - it was/is a great right of passage!
Dresses and suits of course were the order of the day - IIRC my suit was Guess and was moleskin, paired with a wonderful Peter Werth shirt and Red or Dead red loafers
A few kids arrived in limos or posh cars, most arrived via the coaches the school put on.
Lots of after-parties though or continuation into town with fake IDs etc...
x5tuu said:
ClaphamGT3 said:
Even back in my day (late 80s) my school held a leavers' ball for the Upper Sixth. Open to the Upper Sixth, their parents, old boys/girls and academic staff.
Indeed, I left my comp in 1998 and we had a leavers ball at a local hotel country / golf clubEveryone dressed to their nines - it was/is a great right of passage!
Dresses and suits of course were the order of the day - IIRC my suit was Guess and was moleskin, paired with a wonderful Peter Werth shirt and Red or Dead red loafers
A few kids arrived in limos or posh cars, most arrived via the coaches the school put on.
Lots of after-parties though or continuation into town with fake IDs etc...
Mr Spoon said:
make that 5 now. where do all these in need for a prom car parents come from
2 GKC said:
I assume you’ll do it? Bit miserable not to
I don't think he could fit 5 prom girls in his GT. 
Even if he could, unless he's a close friend of the family, then I don't see why he'd be a miserable git for not doing it. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff