<p>so this may is my senior prom and i have some questions regarding prom etiquitte. im a girl going with a boy as just friends. i dont want to put a financial burden on him, but i dont want to offend him either. i want us both to have a great time with all the traditional prom stuff, but i dont have a problem with being nontraditional and splitting costs. were not dating or anything, so i would fell kind of guilty slapping him with all these prom expenses. i just really dont know how all this prom stuff works... </p>
<p>a group of 10 or 12 of us were thinking about renting a limo for prom. how do we split the cost? would it be each person or each couple? who buys the boutonniere, me or him? what about the corsage? who pays for dinner, do we split it? i already bought a dress, but do i go with him to get a tux or do i just tell him what color my dress is? does he come to my house for pictures or do i go to his? do we have to go to the same after prom party? if someone else asks either of us to dance, is that ok?</p>
<p>sorry for all the stupid questions lol any answers would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>If you guys go to the same school and it’s the same prom (i.e. you’re not inviting him to prom at your school, he’s not a senior inviting you as a junior to his senior prom, etc), then you should split it. You guys can work out the pictures, tux color, pre-party, and after-party. Split the cost of dinner and the limo between you two. You pay for your dress and he pays for his tux, and typically you would pay for his boutonniere since you give it to him and he pays for your corsage because he gives it to you. Those are just my suggestions. Best of luck!</p>
<p>ok cool thanks. im so socially inept lol. yeah its the same school and were both seniors.</p>
<p>and regarding the dance question (and any other activities that night)… you should probably talk to him before hand to see how he feels about that. you may think you are going as friends and he may think you really “like” him.</p>
<p>see if your dress has an extra swatch of material that your friend can use to go match up with for his tux, or take your dress if it is really important to you that he coordinates perfectly. don’t tell him “my dress is pink”… pink to you may be fuschia to him.</p>
<p>just remember, it is one night. if there is some other guy you have the hots for… he can wait until after the night. let your date/friend be your priority for the night… fo you to both have fun and not have any hurt feelings when the night is over.</p>
<p>enjoy.</p>
<p>yeah i have a swatch of material i was planning showing him so he knows what color</p>