11 Hilarious Promposal Fails You'll Be So Glad Didn't Happen to You

These will scar you for life. 😂

worst promposal fails

When everyone is trying to outdo each other with their promposals, there are bound to be a few that backfire.

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Chicken Nuggets... Everywhere

This food-themed proposition actually worked (she said yes), but man is this human chicken nugget costume creepy...

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"It's Lit" (on Fire) Promposal

What starts out as a funny pun ("it's lit" — with flames, get it?) quickly turned into a dangerous stunt. Your promposal should never put you in danger!

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Drive-By Promposal

This guy spelled out his promposal using signs on the side of the road. Unfortunately, his girlfriend didn't know they were for her. "That's a sh*tty" way to ask someone to prom," she said as they drove by, before realizing what was going on — and bursting into tears.

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Misspelled Promposal

Most of the time, you only have one chance to get a promposal right, so make sure you get the most important element correct: the spelling. These poor girls ended up spelling "?Morp" instead of "Prom?" and confused everyone leaving school that day.

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Fake Arrest Promposal


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Ping Pong Promposal

It's sweet to take the time to write "Prom?" on hundreds of ping pong balls, but having hundreds of "prom" ping pong balls spill out of your locker in front of the entire school? Not so sweet (and kind of embarrassing)! Scrambling to clean up a major mess in the 3 minutes between classes or risk detention kind of takes away from the romance of it all.

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Sunburn Promposal

Not only is this not a great look, it's also super dangerous. Too much sun isn't good for anyone, even in the name of prom.

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Orange Peel Promposal

This promposal isn't particularly offensive, traumatizing, or annoying — it just doesn't exactly seem like a lot of thought was put into it. In fact, it reads more like you suddenly realized you were the only one at your lunch table without a prom date, grabbed the nearest thing you could find to write on, and convinced yourself it was way more creative than sending a text. Is it even safe to eat an orange after you've written on the peel with permanent marker? Come on, we know you're better than this!

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Tattoo Promposal

If you're even thinking about getting "Prom?" tattooed on your skin, you've taken promposal-ing WAY. TOO. FAR. Let us remind you that prom is maybe five hours out of one night out of your entire life, and you have no clue how the night is going to go. That tat, however, is forever.

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Blindfolded Promposal

Blindfolds aren't an all-around bad idea when it comes to promposals (who doesn't like a fun surprise?). But if yours involves rock climbing and piggyback rides, you might want to think again. OUCH!

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Big Mac Promposal

Lovin' it? Maybe. Your potential date has to REALLY REALLY love McDonalds for you to prompose on the inside of a burger box. Somehow, even if you put a ton of thought into how you'd ask, it still seems like you just put the idea together in line at the drive-thru.

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