<p>for those who are going to prom....</p>
<p>is the girl supposed to pay for her own ticket if the guy asked but they are not dating? </p>
<p>(sorry for the randomness)</p>
<p>No, if you ask someone you usually pay the bill for the ticket. (the girl usually has to pay for her dress and its usually expensive anyway so its not polite to make her buy her ticket too.)</p>
<p>oh. stupid follow up question....
apparently my friend advised him that I should pay for my own ticket since we are not dating, unlike her and her boyfriend. so prom money is due tomorrow....</p>
<p>I think I'm going to call him and ask if he's going to pay or we're going dutch. How should I ask without sounding rude?</p>
<p>UH just come right out and ask him, if he wants you to pay for you're own.....the rule for paying is quite hazy, being that i'm a guy this is the general rule i follow, if i like the girl but we're not dating= i pay. not dating but wanna hookup= i pay, we're dating = i pay. we're friends and don't want anything to happen= girl pays for her ticket</p>
<p>In my opinion every girl should pay for her own ticket. We are all still dependent on our parents so it's a bit phony/dumb to expect one person to pay for the date.</p>
<p>I'd assume I would have to pay for myself and bring the money. If he intended on paying in the first place, then that's fine. But if he just thought you were going to split and you didn't have the money..then..that's awkward.</p>
<p>i'm going with a girl that i'm not dating and don't like-like at all but i'm still paying for both tickets because she has to worry about her dress and all that.</p>
<p>my date says it's "up to me." What should I say to not sound rude/passive? Obviously I would rather not pay since i'm spending so much on everything else (including postprom $)but I wouldn't really mind either.</p>
<p>OK, I'm a junior going to prom this year and I'm a guy. I'm not "dating" the girl I'm taking we are just going as friends. I bought her ticket and my ticket, as well as rented a tux and got the wrist corsage (sp lol). She bought her dress and is splitting limo and dinner with me.</p>
<p>How did we come up with that? I just simply asked her if she would split dinner and limo with me. Trust me it's not awkward, just talk like you normally do to the person and ask him if he is paying for your ticket or not. Since the money is due tomorrow, have the money incase, but try to see if he will buy it!</p>
<p>thanks for the advice but he said he'd pay for both prom and postprom (even though I offered). Rhetorical question: why are guys indecisive one moment and the next they just won't budge on their final decision?</p>
<p>Good for you, alinhappyland :) And in response to your rhetorical question, I'm going through something SO similar right now. Guys are really frustrating.</p>
<p>I WISH I HAD READ THIS EARLIER. >.></p>
<p>Okay, I need to vent right now, being as you brought up the subject of prom tickets. Sorry XD The guy I'm going to prom with I really like. Only I don't know if he likes me back. (Can someone clarify this? I asked him twice -- once he said "yeah, a little" and then the next time I asked him he said, "it's up in the air." And I never asked him if we would start dating or anything but he's been saying without me prompting him that "we'll see what happens," when it comes to our relationship. But when I confronted him about that and asked him to be a little less cryptic, he was like, "okay, we're on for prom, prom is great. But for anything after prom, I'm going to say no. But that can change." Someone please translate!! I have three good guy friends I basically tell everything to but I could really use more input lol)</p>
<p>So I thought of it like this -- I messed up everything and he didn't end up asking me but he was definitely planning on it. (The grapevine is a beautiful thing.) I don't know if he likes me because he's being obnoxiously cryptic. And we're going as friends. </p>
<p>So a week ago, I asked him, "we're going Dutch, right?" and he was like, "yeah, sure, that wasn't what I was planning, but if you want," and I agreed. I'm a feminist and that was why I was so insistent upon going Dutch (I hate it when women complain about how they're being treated unequally but then they go around enforcing gender roles when it benefits them. It's so irritating!) But then I started thinking about it and I was like, "oh my God, I'm going to be paying $XXX for this!"</p>
<p>There's no way for me to take this back, right? lol XD I guess I wouldn't even if I could gracefully do so but. MEH. It can really suck to stick up for your beliefs sometimes. <em>bg</em> Thanks for listening to my stupid venting. XDDDDD</p>
<p>sorry, don't have any advice about if he has feelings for you seeing as I'm so confused myself. About the money..try to find a "cheap" dress....save $ whenever you can (maybe no manicure, etc?) </p>
<p>as for me, I insisted on paying for pictures, but I am still thinking about writing him a check seeing as it cost him $210 on tickets for both of us and I don't even know if he likes me!</p>