Marine boyfriend too old for prom

AP ^ | 04/26/08 | NA

[frankjr]

School officials have informed Pope that since Francisco Velasco, is 21, he is too old to attend the function Saturday night. Principal Robert McBride says the main reason is that 21 is the legal age for alcohol consumption.

Velasco, who is stationed at Fort Lee, Va. received permission from his superiors to fly to Chicago for the weekend just for the dance, but since he can't attend, Pope has decided to skip the function.

[frankjr]

The district reimbursed her for the dress. But not for missing her once in a lifetime chance to attend her prom.

[benjamin032]

They wouldn’t have even noticed a 21 year old college student, it’s Chicago after all.

[Past Your Eyes]

The world will likely end soon.

[Amelia]

At our school, there are special rules (well publicized, well in advance) about non-students attending the prom with students. Was that the case at this school, or did they just suddenly spring this on the girl?

[MrEdd]

They are both old enough to marry on their own. The district says it is because the young man is old enough to drink alcohol.

I guess their message is they think going out and getting drunk is a better use of the young man’s time than any social event they throw.

Guess they ought to know.

[Callahan]

I used to hate the older dudes who would come back and steal our hot high school chicks. He won’t be getting any sympathy from the guys in the senior class.

[littlehouse36]

“I used to hate the older dudes who would come back and steal our hot high school chicks. He won’t be getting any sympathy from the guys in the senior class.”

And how much more would a man in uniform disrupt the senior boys.

Still, a Marine at a prom is the stuff lore is made of. Sad about this (I’m a female, can you tell?)

[Mr. Jeeves]

I used to hate the older dudes who would come back and steal our hot high school chicks.

You were supposed to be stealing the eighth graders. There is a pecking order to these things. ;)

[JRandomFreeper]

He won’t be getting any sympathy from the guys in the senior class.

No, but as a 21 year old Marine, he may well be leading some of them in PT in the near future. Bwahahahahahahaha.....

Sympathy can be found between s&!t and syphillis in the dictionary.

I can laugh because my TI got divorced and spent the last month or so of my basic training living in the barracks.

/johnny/

[Calvin Locke]

but since he can't attend, Pope has decided to skip the function.

I really hope both the reporter and editor didn't pay Ivy League prices for learning to write that line.

"You can't bar me from attending. I'm skipping it!"

[elcid1970]

It’s about one thing and one thing only.

Liberal antiwar moonbat educrats sticking it to a U.S. Marine.

Bottom line, end of discussion.

[abbi_normal_2]

Schools get their knickers in a knot over the darndest things now. As a 16 year old senior “more than a couple years ago” I came with my 22 year old boyfriend, now husband, who had recently finished a tour in the Navy, and no one said a thing. It never crossed my mind that anyone would object - and they didn’t.

[fella]

I guess that this is some of that socialization that home schoolers miss out on. It's a lesson that the kids can do without especially at the tax payers expense.

[heartwood]

Do you draw the line somewhere? If her boyfriend were 30? 35? 49?

Yes, she should have been able to go with her Marine. 21 is fine, better than if she were with a 15 y.o.

[madison10]

I came with my 22 year old boyfriend, now husband, who had recently finished a tour in the Navy, and no one said a thing. It never crossed my mind that anyone would object - and they didn’t.

I went to my Senior Prom with my 19-year-old, not-from-the-district boyfriend, now husband. I don't think they even ASKED the ages back then. (1977)

[Drango]

I still remember my senior year in high school and a 20 year old army Pfc/Cprl(?)returning back to the campus and hitting on my wannabe, in my dreams, girlfriend. Prior to his return, I was a sophomore when he was a senior. Back then, before my adolescent growth spurt, from my perspective he was a big kid in my eyes...but by my senior years, I grew like a weed, was bigger and stronger, and I could whip his @$$ and he knew it.

No problems, I just mentioned to him I would drop a dime to the base commander, or CID, or whatever, if he didn't move on if he didn't move on and stop sniffing around. I seriously don't remember what happened or if I took her to the prom....but I remember him.

[TheMom]

Our daughter is at her prom right now. It was well publicized at school that a person could not attend if they were 21 (or older) and a picture ID is required.

Sorry this girl missed her prom & that her Marine boyfriend flew in just to miss it, but I cannot imagine that the school did not let all students know the rules way ahead of time.

[Rebelbase]

“The district says it is because the young man is old enough to drink alcohol.”

The school officials running this thing are all old enough to drink. Maybe they should just turn it over to the kids?

[irishjuggler]

This doesn’t strike me as unfair. It seems perfectly appropriate for the school to set some sort of age limit (and also an age minimum). Otherwise, you’d have a few girls bringing 30 year old guys, and you might have some guys bringing 13 year old girls. “Under 21” makes sense because someone over 21 will obviously have an easier time furnishing alcohol to the other attendees.

[mountainbunny]

I was going to say the same thing. Schools have very strict rules about the ages of escorts, dress, etc. They are publicized well in advance.

And if 21 is fine, why not 25? 30? Are those ages ok, too?

So why is there an exception for him because he’s a Marine?

Marines follow the rules, they don’t break them.