Love is dead. Romance is a fool’s errand. Such are the tenets of your bitter, irreparably broken heart.
But then you see this video of a teen asking his boyfriend to homecoming, and you realize how stubborn, how afraid you’ve been to open your heart.
High schooler Dustin Holmes posted the vid to his Facebook page to immortalize his highly ornate stunt.
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He invited scores of friends to line both sides of a walkway, and at the end, he’s holding up a poster that asks his boyfriend to the homecoming dance.
Because that’s not nearly enough, he also sings a version of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours,” rejiggering the lyrics to make them more personalized.
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At one point, he’s heard singing:
“So I guess what I’m saying is there ain’t no better chance /
than for you to come with me so you can teach me how to dance /
That’s what I aim to do so the choice is up to you.”
You can watch the whole thing play out below:
When your boyfriend asks you out to home coming… ????
Posted by Dustin Holmes on Tuesday, April 25, 2017
sfbeast
Very sweet. Though couldn’t really understand what they were saying. Going to school back when was nothing like that.
Juanjo
That was actually very sweet and made me smile and even a little verklempt. And as sfbeast points out, back in the day, high school was nothing like this if you were gay.
tham
School wasn’t like that even if you were straight…the new normal is…”you do everything on camera, you do it over the top, then you post it”
It’s cute…but…hate to be either of those guys next boyfriend…it’s like a sex video…nobody wants to see a vid of a new boyfriend having sex with an old flame…same goes for being romantic.
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Terrycloth
Why must they film vertically..it’s annoying
As hell…and although it’s a nice video anyone else notice both sides of the lines were all girls ? Hope they have fun
ShowMeGuy
Look again.
batesmotel
There were some boys in there. The camera angle was really only showing one side.
Eddie Jr
A few years ago I attended a Pride celebration in London Canada. A man asked his boyfriend to marry him using the same song. It was sweet then and is just as sweet with this young couple. Bravo kids.
Chris
Stuff like this shows how much things have changed. It makes the struggle worthwhile.
Jack Meoff
The kid actually has a half decent voice good for him.
DavidIntl
This kind of thing is both really sweet – and on another level rather depressing. What a pity to have grown up in a time when this was simply not possible.
Mundo
Exactly, times and norms have not changed fast enough and now we may well be going back words.
Resist!
batesmotel
Relax Mundo. No ones going backwards.
Captain Obvious
When I was in high school two lesbians wanted to go together so the closeted History teacher decided to make it so no one could have a same gender date. Not even as friends. He made a huge deal about it despite his absurd and obvious attraction to teenage boys around the school. He also enforced a dress code so female students couldn’t wear a suit. I believe a bunch of kids formed their own off campus prom which he tried to shutdown too and I think even got some of the organizers suspended.
Nice to see things changing and less than 20 years later. I think the fact that every phone has a camera on it keeps bigoted teachers from pulling the crap they used to get away with.
donnico
Indeed there were a couple of guys there but it’s always the women who are out front in these little dramas…I guess they don’t fear the shame the guys who are trying to be macho affect. A pity! I was in high school seventy years ago and we had little idea of such things being a bit OK. In too many places it was even criminal. Thanks to those few drag queens at the Stonewall Inn who got the ball rolling; now the youngsters have some hope of living happy lives being exactly who they are! Happy for these two kids.
surreal33
Wow, there is hope for this world!!!