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Thread ID: 58705	2005-06-09 10:34:00	Should I go to the school ball?	Renmoo (66)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
362452	2005-06-09 10:34:00	As the title speaks, someone please tell me whether I should or shouldn't go to the school ball. Thanks	Renmoo (66)
362453	2005-06-09 10:36:00	If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't... :nerd:	Tony (4941)
362454	2005-06-09 10:49:00	Not to forget to mention the cost. The ticket cost 75 bucks per PERSON. The venue is in the downtown, which is quite far from my house. We have to buy / rent a tux as well. Add this and that, the cost can easily bloat out of 100 bucks..... :eek:	Renmoo (66)
362455	2005-06-09 11:23:00	went to mine 15 years ago, It was great, got totally tanked, and the after party was even better, but as Tony said if you have to ask, you probably shouldn't, will you be able to cope without computer access for a nite?	plod (107)
362456	2005-06-09 11:58:00	went to mine 15 years ago, It was great, got totally tanked, and the after party was even better, but as Tony said if you have to ask, you probably shouldn't, will you be able to cope without computer access for a nite? Haha, I wonder if he'll need to take a portable notebook with him... Tickets, $75... tux will cost even if rented about $100 if you want anything decent. I'd buy one if I were you -note: I am a suits salesperson so may be biased in this aspect. Add on any cost for after-ball (and hiring a limo if you so desire), then you would need two or three hundred just for the night out. Off course, the ball in nothing compared to the after-ball. ;) *blink! blink!*	techie (7177)
362457	2005-06-09 12:15:00	Given the figs quoted above, going to the school ball is costly. And if dancing is not quite your thing ( it's not mine), then why go for a miserable evening ? To be one of the crowd ? But does it really matter ? Will you be scorned for not going ? ( This will soon show who your real friends are.) As mentioned earlier, if you have to ask, then don't go....	TonyF (246)
362458	2005-06-09 12:32:00	Nah put it towards a deposit on a house. You can have a ball whenever you find someone to have a ball with. HTH......m :D :D :D	mark c (247)
362459	2005-06-09 13:12:00	Hi James - perhaps a bit more info ... Are you thinking of asking some lovely lady to accompany you ? [ if so a few more stats and maybe photos would help us give clearer advise ...] Or are a bunch of mates going ? Any pre / post ball function planned ? Live music / local band that you like , or a DJ who'll play stuff you enjoy ? Get into it man .... :thumbs:	KatiMike (242)
362460	2005-06-09 14:34:00	Yes, I did know school balls had changed A LOT since the the night I went to mine, but I find it interesting how many posts there were before anyone mentioned taking a partner. That used to be what tortured youthful souls in my day - WHO do I ask? Don't you take partners nowadays - just go alone? Mind you, at the prices quoted, I guess that's understandable... We didn't have after-ball functions (which kept the cost down) and because schools were mainly single-sex, many of us agonised for ages before beng brave enough to ask someone we saw only rarely. Girls with brothers became suddenly very popular... Whoever's ball it was paid for the double ticket, but gallantry meant the male was expected to turn up in a taxi & present the girl with a corsage - usually a single orchid. Any girl who had a boyfriend who'd left school was out of luck - only current students were eligible. They weren't expected to have tuxedos (US movies have a lot to answer for) but a dark suit was obligatory. They were introduced to the headmistress at the entrance door. Nobody would've dared bring alcohol, which many of us still hadn't tasted, as a few teachers were press-ganged into making sure no rules were broken. And their major task was making sure none of the boys started a cream-bun fight during the supper interval. Times sure have changed. But the music was pretty good - and kids still rock to the same stuff today...	Laura (43)
362461	2005-06-09 14:36:00	Given the figs quoted above, going to the school ball is costly. And if dancing is not quite your thing ( it's not mine), then why go for a miserable evening ? To be one of the crowd ? But does it really matter ? Will you be scorned for not going ? ( This will soon show who your real friends are.) As mentioned earlier, if you have to ask, then don't go.... I know as a fact that at some schools, the guys see it 'different' if you don't turn up to the ball because they think you should be in partners with a 'chick'. To not go means you've 'chickened out'. There's all sorts that go on... anywhere....	techie (7177)
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