Many aspects of prom make it such a memorable experience for American teenagers everywhere. Several traditions related to the event are known to outshine the rest: prom dress shopping, prom houses and most importantly, promposals.

Every year, new trends of creative promposals are publicized. Common themes range from puns to pop culture references. After his promposal to senior Ronit Khromchenko of Manalapan, senior Logan Clarke of Howell believes promposals should be imaginative and thoughtful.

“I think it is incredibly important for promposals to be creative because it showcases how much effort and thought you put behind the gesture,” Clarke said. “That’s the whole point of gifts.”

Beyond the fact that promposals are a sweet gesture, they can also have a positive effect on relationships as a whole.

“I would say [the promposal] made her happier,” Clarke said, “and, even if your girl says they don’t want one, they want one.”

Junior Isabel Santamaria of Spring Lake Heights supports this idea, executing her promposal during the Communications High School(CHS) morning news.

“Brody Lippincott and I talked to Mr. P. about doing my promposal on air during the morning news,” Santamaria said. “Sam and James were anchors and James Doyle switched out with me at the end and I asked Sam.”

Though she accidentally promposed before the show was on air, Santamaria and Junior Sam Kovach of Avon marked another successful promposal amongst CHS students this year.

“I wouldn’t have asked him before going on air,” Santamaria said. “That was my bad for messing up but I still think of it as a good memory I’ll look back on.”

Promposals, despite any mistakes, can be a sweet gesture and a fond memory for couples to look back on as a sweet gesture, as well as something that brings people closer together.

“I asked him before we went live by accident, but it all turned out okay, he said ‘yes,’” Santamaria said. “I think we’ve gotten closer… I look forward to prom.”