Homecoming is great, don’t get me wrong. It’s a week full of school spirit followed by a fun night out with friends…but there are some things about it that rub me the wrong way. Here are the four worst things about homecoming. 

1. Awkward asks

• We’ve all seen it, or we’ve been a victim of it. They approach with a poster in the cafeteria and there are too many people watching; the poster is wildly cliché or so obscure that it’s concerning; whoever’s asking either did too much (flowers, candy, light-up poster) or not enough (they used a paper towel as poster board). Or worst of all, you witness someone pull up with a poster and flowers just to see them face rejection.                                                                                                                                    2. Profound PDA

• High schoolers witness PDA on a daily basis. It’s an uncomfortable sight to see, but at a certain point, you learn to look past it. But when all of a sudden a slow song comes on and the DJ is pressuring everyone to dance, there’s nowhere left to run to. There are hands where there shouldn’t be hands, and eventually, some poor teacher (who isn’t getting paid enough) has to come over and interrupt. It’s all around you, and it lingers even after the godforsaken “Thinking out Loud” dance is over.
• 3. Intense Instagram overload

• You wake up late on Sunday morning, reach for your phone, and mindlessly open Instagram, just to watch your feed become flooded with the same few pictures that everyone in a giant group of 20 decided to post. No matter how long you scroll or how many stories you watch, you won’t be able to escape the “Hoco ‘22!” posts for a good couple of days. You may be sick of it, but you’re probably just as guilty as everyone else.
• 4. Daunting drama

• Leaving teenagers to try to plan an outing for themselves is a slippery slope. Someone is a picky eater, someone doesn’t want to spend very much money, someone is already wearing a red dress so therefore you must pick a different color. It’s impossible to have a painless planning experience.