Law Prom

Well, “Law Prom” (AKA Barristers Ball) is in three weeks. Some of the girls in our class are going a hair nuts. I mean… serweouswy you guys… look. Things like this are a little over the top (not that I don’t respect the balls it took, figuratively speaking, to actually post a list of names). Anyway, as usual, I like Doug’s Take but I have a little different perspective.

Listen. NOBODY has a right to complain about people not asking them to Law Prom, period. Notable exception, I suppose, if you are in a relationship rife with presumptions but not quite rife enough that there’s a presumption of law prom date status and someone take his sweet time actually getting around to asking. Not that I’ve ever been that guy. But even with that exception, this general rule still holds.

The 50’s? They ended, like, 40-something years ago, okay? We’re in an age of women’s rights, equality, and so on. It is not taboo for a woman to ask a man out, for his number, or to Law Prom. Especially not here in the North/Midwest. What we have here is a nice selection of women who are hiding behind the lame “the guy should ask the girl” excuse because they don’t want to put their ass on the line and risk getting rejected.

So if you’re one of those girls who thinks the guys ought to “step up and ask someone”… maybe you ought to be making sure your own house is in order first. Guys have been doing women a nice favor by pulling the weight and asking the hard questions for decades while women sat back to pick and choose from their available options… I don’t have a problem with that, of course, but here’s the rub: if you’re a “wait and see” sort of girl, you cannot¹ bitch about the length of your wait.

That said, guys… for the love of Paris… you ought to ask. It’s not that it’s your job, but you ought to because there are (at least) two huge advantages to asking the girl. The first is that you get control over who you ask, you get no such control if you wait for someone to ask you. The second is that she is going to (in most cases) think much more highly of the situation (and probably have a better time, for some inexplicable reason) if you ask her. Someone more crass than myself might add to the second point that you are far more likely to get some action if you display just a modicum of chivalry. I would not quibble with that person, they are probably right, but I’m far too much a gentleman to say so.

Bottom line: Everyone stop bitching, pair up, and let’s get our prom on.

¹ Well, you can, but it’s sort of obnoxious and silly.