Today, I asked a short girl to prom by making a "You must be this tall to say no" sign. She grabbed a chair, stood on it, and then said no. FML
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Today, I asked a girl to prom by having 5 friends hold up signs saying "P-R-O-M-?" while I snuck up behind her. She said yes... to my friend holding the "?", who she thought was the one asking her. FML
Today, I had an elaborate plan to ask this girl to Prom, and it was going to take a few minutes to set up. I asked my friend to distract her. He decided to distract her by asking her to Prom. She said "Yes". FML
Today, I asked my girlfriend to prom. Instead of saying yes, she broke up with me. FML
Today, after telling a friend I was contemplating asking a girl to prom, my friend took my phone, told me to have some balls, and texted the girl asking her to prom. She said no, because I asked her over text instead of in person. She refuses to believe I didn't send the text. FML
Today, I was asked to prom by the same guy who "accidentally" cut off a chunk of my hair in class and with whom I haven't had a conversation in my life. When I politely declined he said, "You'll regret this". FML
Today, I proposed. She immediately said no and then broke up with me. FML
Today, I proposed to the girl of my dreams. She asked me who I was, and maced me. FML
Today, I was talking to my mom about who I wanted to ask to prom. I told her the names of the girls I was thinking of asking and she replied, "They'll say no, but you can always go with one of your cousins." FML
Today, I rejected my crush's prom proposal because I didn't think he was being serious and wanted to prank me or something. Turns out he was serious but now he's going with another girl. FML
Today, I took my girlfriend of nearly 2 years out to dinner so I could propose. When the waiter brought the check, I caused a bit of a scene to get everyone's attention. When I got on my knee and proposed, she said no and asked if I could hurry up and pay, because she was embarrassed. FML
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fazzems 21
I'm oddly proud of her response
shn123 15
Looks like your plan fell a little short of the mark
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Comments (176)
KelsieSwiftie 13
I'm really short, and I think this is an adorable way to ask a girl to prom! I wouldn't be offended at all, I'd think it was cute
Darkreign333 23
ah, I'm sorry. But us short people know we're short. we're tired of the jokes. they all get old quick
SUN_lover 19
Wow she sounds amazing to me. Love the way she rejected you. Maybe apologize and ask her out? She might turn out to be a fun girl who knows.
pantsareathing 8
FYI OP, when you try to tell someone they can't do something, many will do that thing just to prove they can. And trying to tell her she can't say no? You're going down a dark road there, OP. Also, as many other commenters have said, you have to be really close friends with someone before a joke like this would be considered funny to them. I'm guessing, since you clearly didn't know how she would react to the joke (otherwise, why post it here?), you were not close enough. YDI
fantasyworld 39
YDI for not giving her the choice to say no, you were forcing her into saying yes with something she can't control.
HiHelloYou 3
I personally don't see the whole 'he was forcing her to say yes because she was small, thus weak' argument. It was a poor joke alright, but it's a bit far-fetched to conclude that he was considering her beneath him in terms of choice. I'm 5ft and I hear 'small' jokes all the time. They're not always funny but rarely maliciously mean either.
loudbreather 5
You can't expect her to say yes after making fun of her height
jbivens1992 17
First, that's an original and funny way to ask someone. Second, that was quick thinking and brilliant on her part. Third, im sorry it didnt work out OP.
unluckyuser21 3
Just raise the standards.
freddygasman 18
apparently she did, she said no
Shlalg 15
It seems like a cute idea, but it doesn't sound like you knew her well enough to do something this big. So many things could have soured that for her. Maybe she really hates short jokes, and wrote you off immediately for that. She may have wanted an emotional display instead of a corny display, something more serious. Or maybe just telling her she couldn't say no made her say no. Being told you can't do something automatically makes some people contrary.