Last Friday night I was talking with my Daughter and her plans to go to her Junior/Senior Prom at the end of the school year. She isn't dating and was wanting to take her best friend, who is a freshman, as her "date". Her friend I guess you could say for all practical purposes is my niece, her parents have become part of my "chosen" family since my real family mostly abandoned me once I started my transition.
Now I might be being too overprotective, but since her and my "niece" would be going to the Prom I had asked my daughter if they let Parents volunteer as chaperones. My daughter was excited so emailed her teacher that is the head of the Prom committee, and her response was she would be happy to let me volunteer. I just have to be approved by the whole committee and get a background check (no concerns here). My daughter knows 6 transgender kids at the school who will be going to prom also, so the committee shouldn't have a problem with me.
The funny part of the conversation was when I asked my daughter if she knew what it would mean if I got accepted. She looked at me funny and asked what? I just told her that if I do, it means I have to go shopping for a prom dress...
Her and my "niece" have already started planning a shopping spree with not just them two but 3 other friends from school.
I'm not sure what I got myself involved in, but it looks like its going to be a super interesting experience lol.
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cool!
get pics done and post them!
That's a great daughter there
That's a great daughter there. She is going to have a night to remember and giving you a night of your life!
From experience, get something classic that will look good years down the line instead of what is in style this year. She will thank you for it later, especially if/when she has a child. My sister can't even look at her dress, my niece bursts into laughter at the sight of it.
I'm told STFU more times in a day than most people get told in a lifetime
Enjoy
Enjoy the shopping trip for the Prom Dress its going to be a lot of fun
SamanthaAnn
wow! congrats!
The prom adventure... perhaps you could give us a short story based on the reality of the situation using this note as a teaser.
Boys will be girls... if they're lucky!
Jennifer Sue
The way this is unfolding it probably wont be a short story.
If I get accepted by the committee this is going to snowball on me huge lol. I posted on my social media almost the same message as here, and a really good friend of mine, also my Yoga instructor, asked me if I would like her to be my "date". I told her I'd be honored, she's been a good friend for a couple of years so figured why not... That all happened Friday/Saturday.
That brings me to today, I now have a 28 year old Yoga instructor, 2 18 year old seniors, 2 17 year old Juniors, and 2 15 year old freshman all collaborating and not letting me know anything about their plans... My daughter told my possible "date" about my failed senior prom experience, I got dumped for prom the day before the dance. So they are all plotting to make this the Prom I should have gotten in High School.
My daughter is the driving force to this, and I keep telling her this is supposed to be HER dance not mine. She just looks at me like silly daddy, and returns to her plotting..
Maybe if everything comes to fruition I could name the story, Cinderella 25 Years Late.... That's what it feels like with 7 "Fairy Godmothers" planning me entrance to the ball... lol
Rebecca
I know I’m weird. The fact that I’m trans is probably one of the more normal things about me.
Cool Kid!
Actually squeeing at her parent chaperoning her Prom!
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