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Dr. M is the author of five advice books for tweens and teens. Her latest is Where Should I Sit at Lunch? The Ultimate 24/7 Guide to Surviving the High School Years. She enjoys dancing, reading, working out and talking with young people about the issues that concern them. She holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology.
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Liz, a first-year college student, is the co-author of three books: Ask Dr. M and Liz; Getting to Know the Real You: 50 Fun Quizzes Just for Girls, and Girls: What's So Bad About Being Good? She loves to dance, paint, make collages, hang out with friends and, of course, give advice.
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Dear Dr. M & Liz,
My senior prom is coming up and the boy who asked me to the last school dance has sort of been distancing himself from me. I don't think he'll ask me to the prom unless he gives into the peer pressure of his friends. I have a really great guy friend from another high school who once told me he'd love to go with me to a dance if I ever didn't have a date. Should I just ask my friend from the other school or keep waiting to be asked?
—Anna, 17, Colorado
Dear Anna,
First of all, you don't have to wait to be asked to the senior prom—you can do the asking. Second, do you really want to go to the senior prom with someone who felt pressured by his friends to ask you? My advice—ask your guy friend from the other high school to the prom. I think you'll both have a great time.
—Dr. M
Dear Anna,
It seems like you would probably have a better time with the guy from another school, since he seems more interested in you. Ask him instead of waiting to see whether the other guy will ask you first. On the other hand, if you really do like the guy you went to the last dance with, you should just ask him to the prom instead of waiting for him to ask you. Maybe he'll say "yes."
—Liz
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