To Thine Own Self Be True
So I'm sitting in English class today, minding my own business, when I hear the question. "Hey, you comin' to Senior Party?"
To be honest, I hadn't really given an overabundance of thought to the issue. "I don't know; I'll have to check with my parents and the in-laws [a.k.a. my boyfriend's parents]," I replied.
This answer resulted in a flurry of arguments: my parents are overly protective; my boyfriend is controlling; my boyfriend's parents are controlling. I reminded everyone that my parents hadn't forbidden me and neither had my boyfriend or his parents. Then the whining began. Apparently everyone goes to their own Senior Party and everyone gets drunk and has a fabulous time. Funny, I can think of a lot of things that are more fun than watching a whole bunch of people I don't really like in the first place get drunk, have sex, and puke all over each other. I know, I know. I must be crazy.
The last question, however, was the best: "If you do go, will you drink?" Okay, what is the point of Senior Party? To get drunk, right? But for the sake of discussion, I answered in the negative. Suddenly, the room erupted. Not drink?! Did I know how hard that would be, how much pressure would be on me? Everybody else would be drinking; wouldn't I feel left out? I turned to face the rest of the class.
"How often do I listen to you guys, anyway? Do I ever? Why would I want my last memories of you to be of you all puking in a corner?" I have enough bad memories as it is, I added mentally. This elicited agreement from a girl in front of me. At least one person finally understood my viewpoint.
Sometimes I wonder if my classmates didn't get one too many self-esteem reinforcements as children. The thought of somebody not wanting to obey their every whim seems foreign to them. I guess I was sent to burst their collective bubble. Besides, I plan to have much better things to discuss at my ten-year reunion than who got drunk and messed around with whom at Senior Party. I just hope the rest of my class has passed beyond high school by then.
posted by missdragonfly at 8:59 AM
3 Comments:
I understand where you are coming from, however part of me still would like to attend my senior party....I have the problem however with getting the parents to consent to it. I think it is really mature of you to ask your boyfriend's (fiance's) parents about what they think....I have to admit I probably wouldn't want to, however if I had a fiance' I prolly wouldn't even want to go to senior party...well unless he came too. Anyways I do not think that it is as big of a deal as your class seemed to make it. Have fun next class!
Hey, I get where your coming from. However, you could have a lot of fun if you go. I myself have never been one NOT to partake in our fun party activities. I do have a lot of friends who just come to laugh their asses off at the drunk people. It's too bad you don't like your class cuz your missin out on a great time. If you have the right people and no drama it's pretty damn fun. Maybe you gotta come up and party with me sometime! Keep up the good work :)
You know who I am even if other people won't. I am sorry that I sparked the convesation in the first place. I didn't mean for everyone to confront you about not going to senior party or not drinking. I guess I just was thinking to close-minded when I asked you that question. However, I still think that you would have fun if you did go. I am not trying to put pressure on you to go and I am not trying to make you feel guilty if you don't. I just kind of thought that it would be more fun if everyone in our class got together to have fun one last time. Sorry if I put you in an uncomfortable situation.
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