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  • Well you sound like a sweet Boyfriend. So even if she invites you, you still can't go to Prom at her school? I would just sit down and talk to her and see what she wants to do
  • Trust her and let her go with a friend, she will love the fact that you trust her and want her to celebrate with her classmates this rite of passage. Don't get all jervous and nerky about it. This is the most adult and mature way to handle it. Not only will you feel great when she comes back to your arms, but she will know how much you care.
  • Hold your horses there! Are you absolutely sure that there is no way that you can go? Usually if you talk to someone in the main office (think vice principal or something) there is someone who can authorize people from other schools, or who are homeschooled to go - which usually requires an explanation and some type of form to be signed. So have her look into that first. (See if you can enlist her parents' help in talking to administrators too) Then, if you still can't go, I wouldn't ask her to not go to her own prom if she really really wants to go - that would be selfish. She could go stag (without a date) or with friends, but no, I wouldn't want my girlfriend to go to prom with another guy unless it were a friend of hers that I knew and trusted. If you can't go and it's not all that important to her, you two could go out on a special date that night in place of prom. I understand feeling jealous if she wants to go and you can't, but I'm sure you can get over it enough to let her go out and have fun, right? If she means that much to you, you can at least give her some freedom.
  • You're her boyfriend ~ not her boss. It's not your right to decide if you should "let her go" with someone else or not. It should be her free choice to decide. It's the school prom and she has every right to attend it with a school friend if she wishes to.
  • Yikes...if this is an example of how you believe a question should be written...you should suggest to your parents that home schooling is not working so well for you and enroll in public or private school as soon as possible! That being said, I think her school has a nasty rule! Very unfair to both of you. YOU should be allowed to buy a ticket and take your girl to her prom! But, if they are unwilling to be even remotely reasonable, then I would say don't spoil what should be a special time for her, if that's how she sees it. She can easily go with a male friend, or even with a group of friends all going more or less "stag" (singly as a group of friends). I actually didn't go to mine. My boyfriend was four years older than me, and a good number of my friends were older and in college already. We went out for a rather expensive and very nice romantic dinner, dressed up, although not "formally attired." Followed by a moonlighted walk on the beach (San Diego) it was a lovely evening. Please remember...YOU do not OWN your Girlfriend. You do not "LET HER GO WITH ANOTHER GUY..." That is HER right and choice to do, if this event means a lot to her. It is not the "guy" that is the issue...it is THE EVENT. That has nothing to do with YOU, or her feelings for you.
  • i know if my boyfriend didn't want me to go with someone , i'd have no problem.. alot of girls can be understanding about that. just be silly about itwhen you tell her, because it's kinda annoying when your like.. DON'T GO ! haha- unless she brings like.. a close guy bestfriend.. because there's never anything there.
  • i was in this exact situation not too long ago man, my girlfriend wanted to go to a prom for another school cuz her friend asked her, since apparently he couldn;t find a date, and it was an all-boys school. I just let her know that I trusted and cared about her, and I wanted her to have a good time. Everybody here is on the dot, you have to remember even if she's you're gf you don't own her. Let her see that you trust her and you're there and that will make her admire you even more.
  • pretty much everyone i know who went to their prom says that it was ultimately a really lame waste of money and time anyway. but if you just aren't cool with the thought of her going with someone else, i would say that's understandable, and she should respect how you feel about it. you guys can dress up and have a good time on your own, you don't need a lame prom!
  • Ok... 1st see if you can go per Quack at http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2687950 . Ask her if she REALLY wants to go if you can't go - suggest that you go out together somewhere to a really nice dinner. If she insists, and you can't, does she have a relative who can go with her that she won't mind going with? If not, you could suggest that she go stag or with friends, or with someone you both know and trust. When all else fails - if you can't find anyone else - you have to decide if you're willing to have a PO'd girlfriend who will remember forever that you didn't ALLOW her to go to her prom with her schoolmates. If you decide to let her go with a friend of HERs, make sure she knows that you trust her, and you'll be waiting to hear all about it. (Most proms are boring... It's the AFTER-proms where things get more lively. If it's not at the school, then you SHOULD be able to pick her up at the end of the prom, and take her there.)
  • When i was 18 i went to my ex's prom with her in a different school district. They cant stop you from going, just have your parents contact the school and ask what is needed. For me i had to sign a form, and agree that I would not cause any incidents. Dont let her go with another guy, your her boyfriend so step up and make it happen
  • if she Really wants to go I'd let her go with someone else....
  • It should e her call. If she wants to go with you and no one else, then I think she will give it up. If going to the Prom is important to her, maybe there is someone she could go with that wouldn't threaten you. I was almost engaged to someone with my prom who was in his 20s and it just didn't hold any interest to me to go to it. I have never regretted the decision. But she may feel it's something she should do. But she is the one that needs to set her priorities and listen to what your fears are and then decide.

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