Homecoming Tips for Guys

[Anonymous]

Homecoming season is here, and it's a great time for all high school students.

For girls, it's easy. All girls do is slip on a Goodwill dress, get ready in about 10 minutes, look for guys to hook up with, get wasted, and have sex (repeat at Prom). They're simple-minded.

But for high school boys, it's a whole different world. Homecoming is a bigger deal for us guys (I remember those stressful days as a high school guy). We spend so much more time on the dance, and it's more meaningful for us than the girls. So, here are my tips for having the best homecoming possible for high school males.

Getting Dressed Up

Girls have it made: They buy the cheapest dress, slip it on, and don't bother doing anything extra for the dance. For guys, it's basically a full-time job. When you shop with your friends, you probably spend an hour deciding whether or not you want a tuxedo, shirt, and tie, or just a regular collared shirt. Then, there is the decision on pants. After you dump most of your money on an expensive outfit, you try it on. Don't let your friends be too critical of you. I know many teenage guys judge each other on how they look, dress, etc. The truth is-Find an outfit which works for you. Don't worry too much about being the most "handsome" guy at the dance, and the guys who care too much are just jealous of you.

To have a date, or not to have a date

The good news is: You're a guy, and it's more socially acceptable to be a dateless guy than a dateless girl. Girls are pressured to have dates, and if they don't, they're known as the "losers who can't get any." If you want a date, that's great. I know many girls find creative ways to ask guys to the dance. If you don't want a date, or can't find a date, that's great too. Many people, especially guys, just go with their friends, and dance the night away. Those are the same guys who post group photos of themselves doing poses, and hugging each other at the dance. This is fine. However, if you bring a date, here is what I recommend.

Assuming you're a heterosexual male, first off, do NOT do anything your girlfriend pressures you to do. Many girls(it happened to me) will do anything they can to have sex with you after the dance is over. They may even physically harass you at the dance, or say vulgar things to persuade you. Whatever you do, be safe! Rape is very common on homecoming dance nights. Please, be responsible, and remind her that no means no!

Before the Dance

So, you have an outfit, and a date, and it's still 8 hours until the dance, so now what? Chances are, your girlfriend offered to buy the tickets, and reserve somewhere to eat (assuming you have a date). Well, this is the perfect time to take group pictures with your friends. It's also the perfect time for us guys to do a "finishing touch." This can include doing your hair, editing your photos, taking selfies, getting "dolled up." It's especially important for guys to have the absolute best hygiene for the dance, and have a presentable appearance.

After the Dance

I already mentioned the dangers of girls pressuring men into sex. However, at many after-parties, there is alcohol and drugs available. Most drugs (even weed in most places) is illegal for anyone, and since virtually everyone at homecoming in under 21 years of age, you can't legally drink either. However, you'll notice your girlfriend, and her friends are the biggest binge drinkers, doing keg stands, smoking weed, playing beer pong, etc. They often call each other "pussies" for not engaging in risk taking behavior. It's important to not allow your date to pressure you into drinking, or doing drugs. It's very common for a girl to pressure a guy into drinking, then pressure guys into sex. Most high school guys are naive, and are often afraid to engage in this type of behavior, so it's important to stand up to her, and not fall into peer pressure.

...And please, just have fun! Homecoming is an exclusively high school event, and they are some of the best dances of your life!

[Asia2Europe]

Interesting opinion. Though I would disagree with some of the stuff you said about girls and getting ready plus wasted... heck I dont know where you leave but solely basing it on where you leave is not a true reflection of every teenage girl out there... anyways its a matter of opinion... thats the cool thing... and indeed everyone is entitled to their own opinion just like I am to mine. But nevertheless thats a great article to help teenage boys so thumbs up to that!

[Luci92]

This is satirical, right? Lmao
And image 3 was actually kind of a turn on tbh...

[EnglishArtsteacher]

It HAS to be satirical. As a teacher, I can tell you right now there isn't an epidemic of horny teenage girls (here in the United States of America) taking advantage of teen guys.

[Luci92]

@EnglishArtsteacher Okay lol.
Great take by the way!

[EnglishArtsteacher]

I didn't write this Mytake lol. I do thin it's hilarious though!

[Luci92]

@EnglishArtsteacher Oops haha, saw the editor badge and just assumed. I agree, it's quite funny!

[EnglishArtsteacher]

@Luci92 Yeah, most girls take several HOURS to get ready for the dance. Guys take about a half an hour, give or take lol.

[Luci92]

@EnglishArtsteacher haha that's where I knew something was wrong... I was like, hang on, girls don't slap on a dress? Lmao
Also, what is the difference between homecoming and prom?

[EnglishArtsteacher]

Here in the United States, here is the difference between Homecoming, and Prom. Keep in mind, these are GENERAL differences, and not true for every single high school.

Homecoming always occurs during the beginning of the schoolyear, which is usually in September, or October (It's rarely as early as August, and rarely as late as November). Homecoming isn't just a dance; It's a weekend. There is a Homecoming Football (American Football) game on Friday, and the dance is the next day. The Homecoming Dance is less formal (People don't dress up as much). Generally speaking, any high school can go to Homecoming (Regardless of grade level), and there is no "After Homecoming" to attend.

Prom always occurs at the end of the year, in April, or May, has a strict dress code, doesn't revolve around a sport, has a traditional tied to it (Limo-zines, themes, etc.), and is mainly for upper-classmen (Juniors, and seniors). It's supposed to be the "best" time of high school.

[Luci92]

@EnglishArtsteacher Ahhh makes sense.
Not fair, you guys get two parties! 😂 In Australia we only have formal, which is our version of prom.

[Fathoms77]

"For girls, it's easy. All girls do is slip on a Goodwill dress, get ready in about 10 minutes, look for guys to hook up with, get wasted, and have sex (repeat at Prom). They're simple-minded."

I'll just assume that's a bad joke. If you actually believe it, you know less about women than... perhaps any man alive.

[myTake Owner]

Uh... this happens all the time. Teenage girls will have sex with ANY guy, and they don't care about their appearance.

[Fathoms77]

It's a blanket statement that will rightfully piss off a lot of women because what you wrote doesn't apply to 90 percent of them. You honestly think a girl spends 10 minutes getting ready for these things and wears a dress she got at Goodwill? Dude... I think you need to start hanging around more girls.

[zagor]

Uh, are you from the US? Obviously it was written as satire with the roles reversed.

[EnglishArtsteacher]

@Fathoms77 If you read this whole MyTake, you would see it's satirical. It's the polar opposite of how most homecoming dances go.

[Fathoms77]

@EnglishArtsteacher Yes, I thought so as well. But based on the reply I see here, I don't think it's meant to be satirical at all...

[EnglishArtsteacher]

@Fathoms77 I think his replies are satirical as well.

[MysteryPerson70]

i got some tips. first of all, get saved. (if you're not). if you are not save, here's how NOT to become a Christian (get saved). 1. go to a building called "church" it's mentioned in Acts 17:37, and it's
mentioned as a place of idol worship. 2. tithes 3. Sunday best 3. having to go to a sinful man for answers 4. just say you believe (just speak a phrase or prayer, and by your own intellect) and then just go living like the lost world (that's what the bible calls false brethren). now here is how TO get saved. humble yourself, cry out to God, ask him to save you (Romans 10:13) "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.". and in this state where you cry out to God saying to the effect of "God be merciful to me a sinner." (Luke 18:13), for having a broken heart, and contrite spirit is KEY to getting saved (Psalm 34:17-18, Psalm 51:17, Isaiah 66:2, Isaiah 57:15), NOT church building attendance, NOT of your good works "therefore by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowladge of sin." (Romans 3:20) and also "Not by the works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost:" (Titus). then after getting saved, God will work in your life to help you clean your life up (Not to remain saved, that would be works based, and therefore against the gospel which is preach for us right now. while the body of Christ is on earth, it's by God's grace, through our faith that we get eternal security for salvation (Ephesians 1:12-14, and Ephesians 2:8-10), but after the body of Christ is taken up in the catching up of the body of Christ to meet God in the air (1Thessilonians 4:16-18), then the gospel will change for those that remain, chiefly, faith, AND works (Revelation14:12). side note, God's true word for the English speakers is the King James Bible, ALL modern bibles come from the vatican which will be destroyed, Revelation 18 prophecies her destruction.

so once you get saved, 2Corinthians 5:17 will apply which says "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." once God himself makes his abode in you (John 14:23, 1Corinthians 3:17, 2Corinthians 6:16, 1Corinthians 6:19 and more), God will change you. you will be a new creature. those who are still lost will see the change and marvel. (i even heard lost family talking among themselves of how i changed).

but once all of this is accomplished, then comes the desire to preach the word. but first, you must be grounded in the vital doctrines: eternal security, dispensation (7 of them), the Godhead (and abhor the Satanic, catholic trinity), God's preserved, pure word for the common tongue (english), the King James Bible, fighting against replacement theology which is damnable heresy taught by the roman catholic whore of babylon (God has a future plan with Israel to cleanse them, and to have them be his people and he be their God), the shed blood that God shed on the cross paying for ALL sin.

once grounded in truth, ready to preach and to witness to the lost.
this is where the home coming comes in. it's a perfect way of laying down
or handing to people, gospel tracts. it's basically a summerization of the gospel
for someone to read (many use devilish bible versions to quote, us God's version,
the King James Bible), but read the tracts yourself first to make sure what the tracts says lines up with truth (if you buy them, or get them from another source). but if you make your own,
make sure your doctrines line up with the blessed book that we are suppose to conform to,
and not us to the world as born again Christian, King James Bible BELIEVING (Romans 12:1-2).

there are many clever ways of putting down gospel tracts.
to me, it's fun, but the best part, is seeing someone pick up the gospel tract.
to read it (or to at least see a perceive what it is). because on

[MysteryPerson70]

ce they read it or perceive what it is, you did your job, it's between that person and the LORD.
another way to get the gospel out, where a gospel tshirt (if scripture quoting, you know which version to use, God's version, the King James Bible). but the beauty of a gospel tshirt, let people know you're a Christian without saying a word. and actually, at work today, an older couple came in while i held the door for them, and the husband said "1John 1:9", got me thinking what it said, i remember that verse 10 said "if we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us..". so by that i remembered that verse 9 said "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.", i quoted that to him, and then passing by again thinking about how is it so that he just randomly spoke a scripture reference to me. i asked him when they sat down "have we spoken before". they said "no" but they did say how they saw me wearing a gospel tshirt, and therefore perceived me to be a believer. that is the true beauty of wearing a gospel tshirt.
and of course the other method, is talking to someone face to face.
this one is harder then simply laying a gospel tract down or wearing a gospel tshirt.
but if you can get someone to talk to you, pray in your heart that God will give you the right things to say, and he will share what to say to lead the conversation to the gospel. or, another method, if you don't feel like trying to drive to a bible topic, do a parable. that's like wearing a gospel tshirt. in that if they are believers that you're talking to, they may turn to the gospel conversion, but if none believers (whether perceive the point of the parable or not) are more likely not to go there. but either way, you wouldn't be pushy about the gospel that way (like with the tshirt method)
or, talk to the person, and once comfortably in a good conversion,

[MysteryPerson70]

(this part read last in order)

get them to be interested in a question that you ask. example. would you like to
know why/what think about/would do if XXXX? that could get them interested.
and that's when you have the opportunity to witness.
or say a statement that would get them to ask a question
eternal life is very important for any man to have. and the provider
is most important. nothing ought to be more important to you
then knowing that you'll have eternal life. but if you get it,
after that, nothing is more important then warning about those that
are on their way to hell that they might grab hold of eternal life also. you ask, why type all of this?
"I believed, and therefore have i spoken:..." (Psalm 116:10a)

[Hannajenky]

Ha! Wtf guys don’t even get their hair or nails done, the dress is super expensive, that guy in the photo is wearing sneakers. This is total b. s. I had to shave my legs pits and got a wax it fucking hurt like hell. My boyfriend put on a tie. The hardest part for the guy is tying the damn tie this is total bs

[Titanic1912]

For my freshman, sophomore and junior years of high school, I’ve had the same date for homecoming and for junior prom. I’ve always had a suit. Black Jacket, black pants, a tie matching the color of my date’s dress and a dress shirt that went with the tie. For my senior year homecoming, I had a different date and for my senior prom, I asked my high school sweetheart to be my date. I was never pressured, didn’t do anything illegal and I’m still a virgin.

[DaddyRollingStone]

Man when I was in high school, which was only a few years ago, no one was getting wasted at the homecoming dance lol and most guys just wear a dress shirt and khakis.

Asking a girl to be your date could be scary to you but then again its only a dance, so it's not a big deal.

[bolverk]

Was never a thing in the UK when I was at school the closest thing would have been the end of year disco which most of the lads opted out of, there is enough stress without adding this to the mix though it might be common now as the prom has reared its head over here.

[Anonymous]

Great take. I remember my homecoming. My date took me to her place after the dance, pressured me into sex, we did it then she kicked me out naked. It took me 4 hours to make it back home. Sigh.

Then she texted me at midnight saying she recorded it without me knowing and she'll put it on pornhub if I ever piss her off. I had to give her my PS3 and then my lunch money every day to keep her from uploading.

[EnglishArtsteacher]

This cracked me up! Those poor teenage guys are taken advantage of by a group of naked teen girls! The horror! Lol.

[Istromus]

This is one of the top 10 dumbest things I’ve read on the internet.

[nog6422]

I'm not going this year. Gonna try to do the most cynical thing during the dance. Like masturbate. Maybe I'll watch some Netflix afterwatds.

[myTake Owner]

I'm sorry about this! Girls are usually so horny, and desperate, you probably don't want a girl who will use you for sex. When I went to my first homecoming, my girlfriend at the time set a hidden camera up, an filmed us having sex. She showed it to all of her friends (I was so embarrassed).

[nog6422]

I actually do want a girl who will use me for sex. If girls are so horny or desparate there's nothing agaisnt girls asking out guys. If a girl asks me out I'll go, but girls usually don't ask out guys and I'm not super hot or anything so that's unlikely.

[myTake Owner]

@nog642 Really? Teenage girls, especially ones between 13-15 years old, are super horny, and will screw anything. You're just unlucky I guess.

[nog6422]

Lol I wish. I'd screw pretty much all of them. I can only think of a few girls I wouldn't screw. I haven't really noticed girls being like that.

[EnglishArtsteacher]

@nog642 Just to let you know, this Mytake is probably satire. All of the gender roles are reversed. Most teenage girls (As you know) are prudes who will only have sex with the most popular guys in the school. Women in their 20's aren't much better though.

[mike19283]

This is satire, right? No guy I knew gave a flying... potato about homecoming.

[NenaKaye]

I hope you're not serious?
I just had 2 of my 4 sons graduate back to back & not one sentence in this describes their homecoming at all
Please!!! Either you are the most girly guy ever or this is satire? I really hope this is satire!!

[Jltakk]

Never went to one, or any dance for that matter. I guess I never cared about them, and would rather play n64 at home

[KatherineJ]

“For girls it’s easy”? What are you SMOKING?

[rose004b]

This has to be satire xD

[stuntbrain]

Nobody ever regrets wearing a condom

[Kiran_Yagami]

My home coming tip for guys is: FHUTA.

[Anonymous]

I wish this would not be a satire

[Thatsamazing]

... Is this a joke?

[IIGrifterSixII]

Nice gender bender