Boutonnieres
May 16th, 2011
A reminder to enjoy that time of our lives when we’re in full bloom.
(submitted by Audrey)
Tags: prom
Boutonnieres
A reminder to enjoy that time of our lives when we’re in full bloom.
(submitted by Audrey)
Tags: prom
this was done on purpose from the girls dad, ” you touch my daughters and you WILL end up here again”
is this the scene right before the hand comes up out of the grave and grabs his leg???
I just hope that photo wasn’t taken in someone’s backyard.
Perhaps one of the attendees felt a need to include a recently deceased family member in their happy event.
Okay, just me or are the ghostly white legs in white pantyhose not more creepy than the graveyard?
“It’s a dead’s man party, who can asked for more?”…………………
And I almost missed the mullet on the right!
Man, this party’s dead.
i grew up right across the street from a cemetery… i played in it, learned to drive in it, maybe even kissed boys in it… and i still think this is terribly awkward.
There’s nothing awkward about th…is that a grave stone?????
That’s exactly what I said!
Comment made me lol….
It took me forever to see that. I wasn’t getting all the dead comments cause I was stuck on the white pantyhose comment.
This is how urban legends are born…
I always thought we tried to keep them out of the Cemetary on Prom Night.
It was 1989 our hair was long and our thoughts were…lets take prom pictures in the cemetery.
Tell Carrie hello from all of us
Win!
When the girls said they were dying to go to the prom…
Best!
Ok kids, let’s take your prom pictures!
Where should we go? The front of the house? In front of a stretch limo? In the school football field?
Oh I got it! Lets go to a grave yard!
…and she is wearing a boutonniere rather than a corsage.
Actually, back in the “olden days” we girls often wore the flowers on our dresses. It was rare to have a wrist corsage. Now that seems to be the norm….
As a dad trust me. Boys buy their dates wrist corsages because most dads don’t teach their sons how to pin on a real corsage…which are 100% classier.
Wrist corsages are better because you don’t have to stick a pin through your dress and make a bunch of holes. Pinned corsages can also be awkward when dancing. At our local high school, even wrist corsages have gone by the wayside. Boys are buying small bouquets for the girls now.
What? What’s so awkwar—-HOLY CRAP they’re in a cemetary!
Yep. That was pretty much my experience with this photo too.
I had to look at it a few times too. I was just concentrating on how many of us girls back in the ’80′s had a similar version of those dresses.
The Hales family never complains about people walking on their grave,… but, dang, could they please not DANCE on it?
Oh hell yes! the girl on the right is my big sister. Bwahahahahahahh! right click save as, spread around the world!
Then please give us the scoop – Why?
Ok, Greg, please enlighten us as to why your sister is in a cemetery?!
Sis said that it was not a cemetery despite the grave stone, but a local city park. The park is a favorite place for many photographers but I think the background could have been chosen better.
Ha what about the other headstone up in the corner? You can just see the corner of it..Was this a city park that just laid down head stones for weird a** people that wanted to look?
I too didn’t catch it at first – maybe they are standing on the grave of one of their parents and they wanted to celebrate prom with them
Becky just wanted to visit the guy she really wanted to take her to the prom.
I too was wondering how this made it onto the blog, so I just headed over to the comments. Enlightening, as always. Yes, prom pics in the cemetery are very weird. WHY? How did they end up there??
Yeah, I had to look at the photo for a good 30 seconds to figure out what was wrong with it. The kids look normal, after all.
THEN I spotted the gravestone….. Oh. Yeah. Right.
Anyway, I’m glad to know I’m not the only person who didn’t figure this out immediately.
Wow – I think the petite woman on the left is my uncle’s ex-wife!
Is that his grave she’s standing on? How did her other husbands fare?
BAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! You win.
Cause the kegger was behind the mausoleum…
My husband and I had a lot of dates in cemeteries. They’re quiet, peaceful, and pretty. I don’t think this is all that awkward. (And we’re not from the south)
Who are you, the Addams Family?
I too like cemeteries. But I still find the picture to be awkward.
My husband and I had a lot of dates in cemeteries. They’re quiet, pretty, and peaceful. I don’t think this is all that awkward.
Whatever you say, Elvira Mistress of the Dark.
hahahahahaha Merv!
oh jeeze, they’re in a cemetery!
It was a prom night tragedy that folks only whisper about now, but on the 18th day of June, if the night is warm, the ghosts of Frankie, Babs, Sue & Bobby can sometimes still be seen…
Ooooo-OOooooo!
WIN!
*shivers*
What? They couldn’t afford the prom flowers so they had to go grave robbing?!? Creepy!
The old saying goes that when you get an inexplicable shudder someone has just walked on your grave. But what do you feel when couples promenade over it?
Happy that people are enjoying themselves!
Apparently there are some places in the southern US where they even have big PARTIES in cemeteries…so I guess this would not be that unusual…
My family’s annual reunion is in our cemetery, complete with gospel band and pot-luck supper. I have a *lot* of photos with gravestones in them.
A reminder not to drink and drive on prom night?
SCORE!!! LOL.
hey, that’s where all the flowers were!
Don’t drink and drive, I guess!
Early 90′s?? Try mid-80′s! I had to look hard to make sure I wasn’t in that picture. But no, I never stood on a gravestone in my fancy dress.
I thought it was the fact that the poor guy on the right didn’t get a boutonniere.
LOL! Me too! I didn’t get it until I read the comments!
I think she’s wearing his boutonnière!
Why is their prom at a cemetery?
They had grave concerns.
alan…WIN!
Wow, this prom is really dead!
I love the fact that this was taken at a cemetery. The headstone is a nice touch!
Yes, I’ve always thought that headstones are a nice touch in a cemetery, too.
Waltzing Matilda……I just snorted I laughed so hard……I love the friendly sarcasm.
OMG Matilda, you made me laugh so hard!
Am I missing something? What’s awkward about this pic? Except that it’s from the early 90s?
They are standing in a cemetery! Creepy!
And they’re in a cemetery.
Look at the bottom left corner.
It’s a prom photo taken in a cemetery. Note the headstone located at bottom left.
I stared at this picture for about 5 minutes before I realized why it was awkward. Sorry Hales family.
First I wondered what was so awkward…they are happily standing on the grave…
Did anyone notice this picture was taken in a cemetery?
Took me a while to see what was so terribly awkward about this, but I found it and yeah, AWKWARD!
Took me awhile to see this one and when I did . . . awkward genius.
wait! are they standing on a gave stone?
No, its a grave stone. But you were close!
Did anyone else notice that they’re in a cemetery? weird place to celebrate going to prom.
It took me a minute to realize where they were standing…way too funny!
Well…. in some towns… the only picturesque place IS the cemetery… Bless their hearts…
…and souls.