homecoming question
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| Fri, 10-12-2007 - 4:35pm |
Hi everyone: I have a question to throw out regarding homecoming which happens to be this weekend. My daughter just called me from school to say that she was asked by a boy to go to homecoming and really doesn't want to go with him. I don't think she dislikes him as much as she just wanted to go with her girlfriends and not a date. But it sounded like she already told him that she would go with him. I guess one of her friends told this guy he should ask my dd. Anyway, she's not really friends with this guy and he is a year older...she's a junior and he's a senior. The only thing I know is that she probably knows him because he's on the football team and she's a cheerleader. During the course of conversation, she sounded a little panicked about not wanting to go over to his friends' (who she doesn't really know) for picture-taking and would rather be with her friends. I suggested that she let him know that she had already committed to going to her girlfriends' house for picture-taking. Plus, last year, all the girls who had dates for homecoming, the boys all came to the girl's house who was having picture-taking so I didn't think this out out-of-line to say.
Here's my question. As the afternoon is going on, I'm thinking about tomorrow and one thing did pop into my head. If he's a senior, then he must be driving. I don't know if she's going with other kids or not. Right now, she's at school helping to decorate the gym, etc. so I won't see her until later tonight. I'm wondering how the drive home will work. I don't feel comfortable having my daughter driving home with a boy she hardly knows, especially alone. I'm not sure what to do about this. Has anyone else been in this situation? Should I let her still go with him as long as it's with some of her friends in the car, or suggest they meet at the dance (which I'm sure won't go over at all well, right?)? I'm getting kind nervous this... Thanks for your advice.

First of all, depending on what state you live in, it may be illegal for him to drive with more than one other teen in the car.
I'll go on the assumption that she really *did* tell the boy yes, she would go to homecoming with him...
If she said yes, then she needs to go with him.
And, I'm a little confused on the picture-taking thing... she's nervous about going over to his friends' house for picture-taking...Are they going to one of his buddies' house and taking pictures with the buddy and his date or are there several kids going over to this house for picture taking?
Actually, it's wasn't my dd who was concerned about driving with him...it was me :-)
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