Am I being Bratty, or is my annoyance justified?

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I am a 16 year old highschool sophomore. I recently got asked to my High School’s Junior prom by a boy that I really don’t know that well. I am going because we have talked once or twice and he told me that if we didn’t go as friends he would have no one else to ask. I want his junior prom to be special, so I saved up and bought a nice dress, shoes, the whole 9 yards. I want him to have a great night, also my school has this weird policy that if you don’t look nice enough they won’t let you in. So fast forward to today, the prom is this friday ( today is a monday) and the guy lets call him gale went up to me and said how he did not have anything for the prom yet. He had already been ignoring my questions of “how are we getting there and back?” etc so hearing this stressed me out. He asked ME if I knew what guys had to wear, and went on to say how he would just pick something up at wal-mart. WAL -MART. His family has done very well for themselves, one of the wealthiest in town and while I saved up he will just get something at Wal- mart?!!! Am I right to be upset or should I just chill out?

Category: Tags: asked May 13, 2013

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No, your annoyance is justified. He told you that he had no one to go with, which makes you feel bad for him, and you even decide to go with him to make his Junior prom special.. You even decide to BUY new things to go to the prom with him. And then he acts like it's not even important to him. "Hey, it's a couple days before prom and I don't know what to wear so I'll pick something up from Walmart." You even said that he didn't reply to your questions about transportation, etc., which makes it even MORE obvious that he doesn't care. You should politely tell him that his indifference is rude, considering that you went out of your way to make it special for him. (And if he still doesn't care, see if you can return your dress and shoes...) -Amanda
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id be plenty mad too
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If you still want to go with him (it seems you want, you want to have a good experience), I guess you could level with him and put some extra work, like, helping him picking what he will wear, and sorting out the ride thing (expressly discuss how to cover the cost: 50/50?). If he agrees, keep an eye on him during these activities and evaluate if he's actually the one acting like a uncooperative kid and if it isn't the case to just, give up, because you deserve respect and shouldn't have to work harder than the barely helping someone a bit awkward catching up (I suppose this is why he doesn't have a romantic date for the prom). I know it would be nicer if he was totally involved and took care of everything, but if you want memorable things to happen to you, sometimes you need to create them.