BY KAYLA WOOD
Homecoming. It’s a cliche topic. Everyone knows about the football game, the visiting alumni, the parade, the court, the dance. One thing unknown to most women is how the guys feel about it.
An unexpected surprise awaits a girl in her first bell class.
One thing seems to be universal among the guys. There is a decent amount of pressure on nearly all guys to ask people to the dance in a creative or exciting way.
Sophomore Chance Tudor says, “I feel like I would be disappointing the girl if I didn’t ask her in a creative way.”
“It is always encouraged to ask people in a creative way,” said sophomore Conner Davis.
Creative ways of asking girls to the dance is what seems to build the most pressure, or excitement, for the guys.
“(My) favorite part of Homecoming has to be coming up with the way to ask the girl you want with your buddies,” says junior Will Krafft.
Some guys think the pressure is completely unnecessary.
“You shouldn’t have to impress anyone. If you want to go with someone you’re not dating, just go up and ask. If you want to impress someone you’re dating, do what Ryden Lewis did. Throw an axe in their yard with the word ‘Homecoming?’ on it,” said Aaron Routt.
Others take advantage of the pressure.
“I hollowed out a Jane Austen book, Sense and Sensibility, because my girlfriend loves Jane Austen and had helped explain to me Pride and Prejudice. (I) wrote ‘Homecoming?’ in the book and gave it to her as a gift from my mom for helping me with Pride and Prejudice,” says senior class president, Garrett Fields.
Whether or not guys have fun asking someone to the dance, or they feel pressured beyond belief, most guys find a way to have fun at the dance itself. Even guys who don’t like to dance figure out how to have a good time.
“I think Homecoming will be fun,” says freshman Charles Schooler, looking forward to his first high school dance.
On the other side of the spectrum, senior Aaron Routt comments, “I don’t even pay attention to these things (school dances).”
“I brought Monopoly and played that instead of dancing at my first Homecoming,” says Routt.
