Comments on: The Big Question: Slow Dance Edition http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Stephanie Russo http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-27607 Stephanie Russo Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:47:08 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-27607 You know, sometimes you really don't know who you are dating and what motivates them. But you can check them out if you want for free. It's not hard to Google someone or whatever and see what they have been up to. Most of the time, it's nothing, but it's that once in a thousand change that there is. And if there is, wouldn't you like to know? Me too :) You know, sometimes you really don’t know who you are dating and what motivates them. But you can check them out if you want for free. It’s not hard to Google someone or whatever and see what they have been up to. Most of the time, it’s nothing, but it’s that once in a thousand change that there is. And if there is, wouldn’t you like to know? Me too :)

]]> By: Melissa B. http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11699 Melissa B. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:29:59 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11699 Definitely go for it, Gabrielle! If I had to do it all over again (knowing in advance that my allegedly platonic date was harboring hopes of groping me at the end of the evening) I'd totally go stag and just enjoy looking gorgeous and dancing with my female friends. Definitely go for it, Gabrielle! If I had to do it all over again (knowing in advance that my allegedly platonic date was harboring hopes of groping me at the end of the evening) I’d totally go stag and just enjoy looking gorgeous and dancing with my female friends.

]]> By: La Petite Acadienne http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11683 La Petite Acadienne Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:20:50 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11683 Go for it, Gabrielle! Get yourself looking as foxy as possible, and knock 'em dead. Besides, half of the guys there probably won't dance, if they're anything like the guys I knew in high school, so the vast majority of people out on the dance floor will be girls. So having a date really doesn't make all that much of a difference, in the grand scheme of things. Let us know how it goes! Go for it, Gabrielle! Get yourself looking as foxy as possible, and knock ‘em dead. Besides, half of the guys there probably won’t dance, if they’re anything like the guys I knew in high school, so the vast majority of people out on the dance floor will be girls.

So having a date really doesn’t make all that much of a difference, in the grand scheme of things.

Let us know how it goes!

]]> By: Kai Jones http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11678 Kai Jones Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:59:22 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11678 I went with the guy I'd been dating for 2 years. Most of the other girls were wearing Gunne Saxe "prairie style" dresses: small prints and lots of lace, with heels and regular pantyhose. Instead I wore an elegant but simple tea-length dress in white handkerchief cotton, with an empire waist, embroidery and lots of faggoting, accessorized with white tights and hand-painted ballet slippers (painted by my nana with flowers to match the embroidery on the dress). My boyfriend brought me rosebuds to wear on my wrist. I went with the guy I’d been dating for 2 years. Most of the other girls were wearing Gunne Saxe “prairie style” dresses: small prints and lots of lace, with heels and regular pantyhose. Instead I wore an elegant but simple tea-length dress in white handkerchief cotton, with an empire waist, embroidery and lots of faggoting, accessorized with white tights and hand-painted ballet slippers (painted by my nana with flowers to match the embroidery on the dress). My boyfriend brought me rosebuds to wear on my wrist.

]]> By: TeleriB http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11673 TeleriB Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:02:39 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11673 There is seriously a line of formal wear by a designer called Gunne Sax? Gunny sacks? I thought it was a joke until I saw it in a few posts. There is seriously a line of formal wear by a designer called Gunne Sax? Gunny sacks?

I thought it was a joke until I saw it in a few posts.

]]> By: gabrielle http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11633 gabrielle Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:19:11 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11633 My prom is actually in a month and a half. I transferred here in January, so I don't know any guys well enough to ask yet. I was thinking maybe I just won't go if I don't get a date... but you guys are changing my mind. Why let boys come in the way of looking gorgeous? My prom is actually in a month and a half. I transferred here in January, so I don’t know any guys well enough to ask yet. I was thinking maybe I just won’t go if I don’t get a date… but you guys are changing my mind. Why let boys come in the way of looking gorgeous?

]]> By: QuiteLight http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11539 QuiteLight Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:00:41 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11539 Was supposed to go with a friend of mine (very cute, I kind of hoped it would go somewhere) until in the space of less than a week, he put down my height (he was 5'5", I was 5'10; like there's anything I can DO about that!), and I heard from a good friend he had made fun of a heavy girl we were friends with. (I wasn't heavy then just really tall.) I called it off, and was he ever pissed. I went with a group of casual friends (my best friend went with their leader), and a couple of us were going stag. During corsage-giving & the mandatory photos at a parent's place, I deked into a side room to avoid any awkwardness. I tall, quiet guy I'd known casually for a few years came in after me & quietly removed his rosebud corsage for me to wear. It looked awesome with my (homemade) black velvet cocktail sheath. The guy & I spent the whole night laughing & hanging out. There was no spark at all, but that deep sense of peacefulness like you normally only get with a really old friend. He was cute & tall & pissed off my ex-date to no end. Was supposed to go with a friend of mine (very cute, I kind of hoped it would go somewhere) until in the space of less than a week, he put down my height (he was 5′5″, I was 5′10; like there’s anything I can DO about that!), and I heard from a good friend he had made fun of a heavy girl we were friends with. (I wasn’t heavy then just really tall.) I called it off, and was he ever pissed.

I went with a group of casual friends (my best friend went with their leader), and a couple of us were going stag. During corsage-giving & the mandatory photos at a parent’s place, I deked into a side room to avoid any awkwardness. I tall, quiet guy I’d known casually for a few years came in after me & quietly removed his rosebud corsage for me to wear. It looked awesome with my (homemade) black velvet cocktail sheath.

The guy & I spent the whole night laughing & hanging out. There was no spark at all, but that deep sense of peacefulness like you normally only get with a really old friend. He was cute & tall & pissed off my ex-date to no end.

]]> By: Audrey http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11503 Audrey Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:42:10 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11503 I ended up going to my prom with my friend Joanna because another (thinner) friend scooped my HS crush up before I could ask him. I at least had the pleasure of seeing his eyes bug out when he saw me in my strapless ivory gown and hearing him mumble that he should have asked me. I ended up going to my prom with my friend Joanna because another (thinner) friend scooped my HS crush up before I could ask him. I at least had the pleasure of seeing his eyes bug out when he saw me in my strapless ivory gown and hearing him mumble that he should have asked me.

]]> By: AmazonAngelle http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11449 AmazonAngelle Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:59:09 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11449 Ahh the prom...I had a boyfriend but for reasons which I never quite got the real truth of we didn't go together. I had a 2nd choice however his mother picked a date for him who decided to go Paula Cole in the armpit department and which 2nd choice and I still laugh uproariously about to this day. However while I went with no date and a lovely corsage my dear Momma Goddess picked out for me I left with a corsage from a very sweet yet socially awkward friend got me and having had more fun dancing with a crush of mine. So all in all it wasn't so bad. The dress was very princessy...like Cinderella. It was handmade with a lace overlay bodice that was strapless but had a sheer cover over my shoulders. All in a lovely purple color. It wasn't bad persay...in hindsight I wouldn't have spent so much but such is life. Ahh the prom…I had a boyfriend but for reasons which I never quite got the real truth of we didn’t go together. I had a 2nd choice however his mother picked a date for him who decided to go Paula Cole in the armpit department and which 2nd choice and I still laugh uproariously about to this day. However while I went with no date and a lovely corsage my dear Momma Goddess picked out for me I left with a corsage from a very sweet yet socially awkward friend got me and having had more fun dancing with a crush of mine. So all in all it wasn’t so bad. The dress was very princessy…like Cinderella. It was handmade with a lace overlay bodice that was strapless but had a sheer cover over my shoulders. All in a lovely purple color. It wasn’t bad persay…in hindsight I wouldn’t have spent so much but such is life.

]]> By: leebee http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11382 leebee Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:53:36 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/03/27/the-big-question-slow-dance-edition/#comment-11382 My prom turned out to a weekend to remember, thanks to my friends, and not to the prom. While coming from a very rich and stuck up high school, my friends and I were the odd ones out who were: 1)a female wrestler and member of the football team, 2)a rebel chick, 3) a soon to be stripper, and 4) me, a church going singer who just didn't fit. We all met up and were driven to the prom by my friend's mother and father; dropped off at the front door in an old minivan, while the rest of the rich kids had limo rides. We all had discount dresses, including myself, who bought the first dress I found that would fit me. I was so frustrated trying to find a nice dress that would fit that I settled with a light blue halter-neck poofy dress that did not suit me whatsoever! And my hair definitely did not turn out well either. :S My drama teacher kept telling me I looked like Bette Midler. Now, as wonderful as I think Ms. Midler is, that was not what a 17 year old girl wanted to hear at her prom! The prom was as awkward and horrible as it ever could be. But later that night, after the prom, things got better. All of us gals went bowling in our prom dresses, being able to let go and have fun our own way. We all went back to my place, drank a little too much and had a wonderful night randomly walking through the streets and the park near my house, singing and laughing. The next morning we went McDonald's for breakfast and then to a local tattoo shop and all got piercings! I still have my navel pierced as a remembrance of the wonderful time friends can bring. My prom turned out to a weekend to remember, thanks to my friends, and not to the prom. While coming from a very rich and stuck up high school, my friends and I were the odd ones out who were: 1)a female wrestler and member of the football team, 2)a rebel chick, 3) a soon to be stripper, and 4) me, a church going singer who just didn’t fit.
We all met up and were driven to the prom by my friend’s mother and father; dropped off at the front door in an old minivan, while the rest of the rich kids had limo rides. We all had discount dresses, including myself, who bought the first dress I found that would fit me. I was so frustrated trying to find a nice dress that would fit that I settled with a light blue halter-neck poofy dress that did not suit me whatsoever! And my hair definitely did not turn out well either. :S My drama teacher kept telling me I looked like Bette Midler. Now, as wonderful as I think Ms. Midler is, that was not what a 17 year old girl wanted to hear at her prom!
The prom was as awkward and horrible as it ever could be. But later that night, after the prom, things got better. All of us gals went bowling in our prom dresses, being able to let go and have fun our own way. We all went back to my place, drank a little too much and had a wonderful night randomly walking through the streets and the park near my house, singing and laughing. The next morning we went McDonald’s for breakfast and then to a local tattoo shop and all got piercings! I still have my navel pierced as a remembrance of the wonderful time friends can bring.

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