We are officially adjusting back into what some might call the best time of the year, homecoming season. This time is marked by spirited days with friends, shopping for dresses with loved ones, and high school memories to last a lifetime.

One of the most awaited parts of homecoming, specifically by couples experiencing the magic of young love, are homecoming proposals. Getting creative, making signs, and getting cute presents, are all well and good. But what isn’t fun about this time? Witnessing someone asking their significant other out. 

Proposals physically make me sick, especially when a homecoming proposal isn’t geared towards me. If this is not an experience I will get to live, then I do not want any part of it. Having to sit through someone going up to their ‘other half’ and watch them ‘pop the question’ makes me irritated. If I’m not happy, then nobody should be.  

Not even just looking at the people and them asking their partner, but knowing that they went through a whole painstakingly long process to even consider doing that makes me lose my sanity. This must be stopped. 

Homecoming proposals should be an intimate moment. A special excitement between you and your partner. This should not be a public display of affection. It is creating problems throughout the school. This is one tradition that should not continue.

Even though that is the bare minimum in a relationship, it’s common sense to ask the person you’re dating out in a fancy way. Some people have very little common sense and won’t think deeply into things, such as homecoming proposals.

Not even that, but some people could honestly care less when it comes to who it is. All some people care about is the aesthetic post they are about to have.

Seeing people do this makes others feel so lonely and hopeless, so for the sake of everyone and their mental state, let’s just not continue this trend. Particularly at school. Thank you.