flyskycherry Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 My brother's story: ... probably too poor to afford a decent prom dress. What should I do? I'm not paying for her dress, but I don't want her to wear this xxx for prom and make me and her look bad.What do u think about it?Is it too cheap and crappy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanumoreira Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Ever heard of "Who the hell cares"? I have a girlfriend and I'm not ashamed of showing her off, and neither should you. Who cares if she has a poor dress, does it really matter except for the moment the both of you are sharing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 She isn't an object to be displayed, seriously if you/he is that concerned then pay up or let her go with someone not as shallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichikoUnknownFox Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I don't want to sound racist, but are you Asian? I'm Asian, and there's this cultural thing that I've noticed through the years, having been born and raised out here. It sounds terrible, but the culture for a lot of Asian groups (if not all) is very materialistic and focused on image. In English, the best way to translate it would be "face". Like "saving face" or "face value", even if it's actually far from the reality. Pretending everything is okay and all that. But I digress. Well, even if you're not Asian, I say if she's just a "date", then don't go with her. Better you go alone than risk humiliating her subconsciously because you think she looks bad. If you go through with it, a man's job as an escort to a lady is to make her look attractive no matter what. If you take that seriously, like any true gentleman should, everything will be fine. In other news, you know there are dresses that aren't expensive that are simple yet elegant, which are ideal for proms and other special events anyway. I know the trend especially for teens is to try to look flashy, but that doesn't always work. Like that evening dress that Aya Brea wore in Parasite Eve. Lol sorry that's the first example that came to mind. But it's a good example of simple yet elegant. Any dressmaker can put that dress together. Won't cost too much. Better than some gaudy sequins dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illiad86 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 (edited) That dress doesn't look that bad... Plus, if she thinks it looks nice, why should he/you care? She feels great in it and the date should make her feel even more great in it. I say it's better to spend less money on a dress than to go out and spend $200 on one or some crazy crap, I think. Money isn't everything...you could spend $20 on a dress and blow everyone away. But, most people these days think if they don't spend an outrageous amount of money on something, it's not "cool enough" or "my friends will think I'm a cheapskate" etc. Many a times my aunt would buy her son Hollister and other stupid mall crap because she was afraid the kids would make fun of him because he was wearing a shirt from Target...that she wasn't the "rich parent" or some hooplah. "making me and her look bad"...like Keanu said "who the hell cares"? You and her are going there to have fun and be together...who cares what other people would say or think? Edited June 9, 2011 by Illiad86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 My brother's story: ... probably too poor to afford a decent prom dress. What should I do? I'm not paying for her dress, but I don't want her to wear this xxxx for prom and make me and her look bad.What do u think about it?Is it too cheap and crappy?You care that much about what your brother's date wears? trying to teach him that only money matters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 This is probably spam, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 What dress? The link just goes to some shopping site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichikoUnknownFox Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 The dress is a tiny thumbnail on the shopping site lol. But yeah come to think of it, it could be just spam to get some traffic into that site. :ohdear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 But the user's posted seemingly non-spam remarks on some images before. I dunno. It sets off my spam-dar because 1. it's a relatively new member post, 2. It has nothing to do with current topics being discussed, and 3. It links to some odd shopping site. Those three things usually mean spam. Oi, flyskycherry, please do confirm it's not spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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