Signs of Creativity

Doesn't look like much at first glance....

We went for an Easter morning hike today (our last one before we leave for Hawaii on Thursday.)  The funny thing about these hikes is that the mountains just look brown and rocky, but if we pay close attention, there are interesting textures and colors waiting to be admired.  I have some nice landscape photos to share another day.

We hiked the trail for about ten minutes when we came across a sign:

Will You

I snapped the picture because it’s not every day you see this.  We huddled around it wondering questions out loud that we knew couldn’t be answered.  Finally, we decided it must be a marriage proposal.  How clever!  We continued along the trail.  Another ten minutes or so later, we found this:

Come To

Marriage proposal was out.  Prom another person in our group suggested.  Yes, it is April; that had to be it.  Question figured out, we began to study the handwriting to guess if the asker was male or female.  To me, the handwriting looked female (I think because of the loop on the “t”), but the gesture seemed male.  Of course, I’m not schooled in handwriting analysis, so this was a futile exercise.  Fun, but pointless

Soon, we came across another sign:

Prom With (we figure the asker stood next to the sign in place of "me")

We don’t know the answer, but I think it had to be ‘yes’.  The romantic in me refuses to think that such a sweet gesture could result in a ‘no’.  It’s been a long time since my prom days, but I went to three of them – and none asked me in a way that took this much effort.  They went something like this:

“Since we’re back together, are we going to Prom?” (Sophomore year, asked by my Junior boyfriend.)

“If you don’t get a date for Prom, you wanna go as friends?” (Junior year, offer made by a friend who had recently moved out-of-state and wanted to see his friends.  I did not get a date, and against my better judgment, I went.)

“If you want to go {to Prom}, I’ll go with you.”  (Senior year, stated by different boyfriend who wanted to buy an Italian leather steering wheel for his Nova – not rent a tux.  Against my better judgment, I went.)

Your turn:  Did you go to Prom?  How were you asked (or how did you do the asking?)

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