High Life / A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Ways to Dress Up a Few Propositional Phrases
It’s never easy to face humiliation, rejection and embarrassment, but if you’re planning to get together with that special guy or gal, somebody’s got to make the first move.
Hot Topics asks, “What’s the most creative way somebody’s used to ask you out on a date?”
“He said, ‘Uh, well, my girlfriend’s grounded this weekend. I’ll be very bored. Say, you’re not grounded, are you?’ ”
Diana Eraso, 14,
freshman, Sonora
“Some guy walked up and said, ‘Hi, I surf, I have long hair, I play volleyball. Want to go out sometime?’ ”
Sherine Ebadi, 14,
sophomore, Los Alamitos
“I received unsigned letters every day for a week on my doorstep, and on the seventh day he asked me out for the next night.”
Jolene Felkner, 15,
sophomore, Esperanza
“He said, ‘Hey, let’s hang.’ ”
Shannon Hilgers, 17,
junior, St. Margaret’s
“This boy and I went on a picnic and inside my sandwich was a note asking me to go to his school dance.”
Kreistn Hales, 17,
senior, Brea-Olinda
“Some guy at school asked me if I could give him a ride to the drive-in theater.”
Brandy Torquist, 16,
junior, Bolsa Grande
“I was on a ride at a school carnival, and right after the ride had stopped spinning, he asked me out.”
Tanya Ingardia, 18,
senior, Santa Margarita
“He climbed onto my roof holding a dozen red roses and a teddy bear. He tapped on my window until I came and opened it. Then we sat on my window sill and asked me out.”
Marissa Gomez, 17,
senior, Buena Park
“I was walking down the street and this car pulled beside me and a crazy girl jumped out and asked me out.”
Donte Collens, 17,
senior, Kennedy
“She had all of her friends call me and pretend they were her, and they asked me out.”
Chad Kenan, 14,
freshman, Sonora
“She baked a cake for me and wrote out the question with icing.”
Josh Dale, 16,
senior, Esperanza
“Well, she gave me a gold bracelet, and that was when she asked me. But the bracelet turned green the next day.”
Keith Hennings, 17,
senior, St. Margaret’s
“Boys ask me, ‘So how’s your boyfriend?’ I say, ‘Well, I don’t have one.’ They respond, ‘So what are you doing tonight?’ ”
Maya Azad, 16,
junior, Los Alamitos
“She bought me dinner and took me to the show, then said to me, ‘Let’s go out so next time you can buy me dinner.’ ”
Jim Schoales, 17,
senior, Buena Park
“We were at Knott’s Berry Farm on the parachutes, and they were just getting ready to go down, and then he asked me out.”
Tarryn Smith, 15,
freshman, Santa Margarita
“I was helping a girl with a problem with another guy. All of a sudden she says, ‘Eddie, you’d be a nice boyfriend.’ She’s been calling me and we’ve been friends since.”
Eddie Montchaikul, 17,
senior, Kennedy
“Inside my locker I found a red rose and a card inviting me to the junior prom.”
Melanie Jager, 17,
senior, Marina
“He was behind me at a stoplight and he asked me out over the loudspeaker on top of his truck.”
Kara Morgan, 17,
senior, Esperanza
“A fortune cookie.”
Regan Southard, 14,
freshman, St. Margaret’s
“I was standing on a brick wall outside our church, and this guy who stood lower than me asked me if I’d go out with him. It was like Romeo and Juliet.”
Cherish Plante, 17,
senior, Brea-Olinda
“He sent me seven roses and a card which said, ‘Dinner tonight at 7?’ ”
Martha Ruiz, 18,
senior, Sonora
Next Week’s Hot Topic:
What are you going to give your best friend for Christmas?
Responses gathered by Kelly Maakestad (Bolsa Grande), Brian Lee (Brea-Olinda), Karen Shelley (Buena Park), Jennifer Leuer (Esperanza), Eugenia Jovilett (Kennedy), Trisha Ginsburg (Los Alamitos), Gail Altman (Marina), Brooke Lyons (St. Margaret’s), Kate Elftmann (Santa Margarita) and Persephone Gonzalez (Sonora).
