How to Break Up on Prom Night

No one breaks up on prom night unless there's a good reason. Calling it off beforehand takes the magic out of prom and waiting only makes it harder if you can't stand the person you are with. If you are interested in calling it quits on the big night, here is a step-by-step approach to getting what you want and saving face while doing it.

Instructions

1. Plan how you are going to do it in advance to avoid any snags in your perfect prom breakup. Make sure you know when and where the breakup will take place so you can steer your date in the right direction when the time comes.

2. Scope out your next potential rebound dates before the breakup. Aim higher in the social ladder. Find someone who would normally be unattainable, using this public breakup to propel you forward in your high school social scene.

3. Avoid embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions or mishaps. Dress to impress and make this opportunity work for you by looking better than you ever have. Looking flawless will help you to look more credible when you are explaining why you're breaking up. Even if what you're saying doesn't make sense, witnesses won't remember it anyway if they can't stop gawking at your amazing outfit.

4. Cause a scene. You want to make this prom night memorable so go big. Gesture wildly and draw a crowd to maximize your potential for a rebound date.

5. Make it the other person's fault. The key to a prom night breakup is to make it totally justified, even if it isn't. The goal isn't to make you look bad, so invent reasons that somehow implicate that it's the other person's fault and you have no choice but to break it off in the middle of prom.