Yep. It's a thing. Its always been a thing. I've never seen them as huge as in the article but I do remember making really big ones when I was in middle school. Meh. It's Texas.
I grew up in Texas and I wish mums were a thing elsewhere. We had so much fun with them. Mums were worn to school on Friday and to the football game. The dance was on Saturday and very formal. We had real corsages for the dance. Many mums had cowbells on them and a few even had lights! The largest ones had to go around your neck and some had things that went down your back to balance out the weight. They are so ridiculous, but I thought they were awesome at the time.
I'll admit that I like some of our weird traditions like the homecoming mum. They were so fun to make and see who was wearing what on homecoming day.
By the time I got to high school, though, most of the crowd I hung out with thought they were too cool and above the mum. I don't remember doing them, but we had huge grade level spirit rally contests. Each grade had a location in the school they could decorate with a theme. We would all dress in costume around that theme and perform a skit at the pep rally. The grade with the best decorations and skit won some kind of top title and bragging rights.
Now that I think about it, how ridiculous! But when I was in high school I thought it was the most fun.
Yup,wore them to school and the game, not the dance. I think they're fun. Ours were always kind of personal...you'd attach charms that described your school activities and your date's (like a megaphone, football, soccer ball, instrument, etc.), names, year, etc.
School. The Friday of the game/day before the dance.
ETA: Also the Friday night homecoming football game, if you were a normal spectator. I was always in the band so we wore our uniforms sans mums.
Our band director let us wear our mums on our uniforms (although they had to be taken off for halftime).
It wasn't a big deal to have one not from your boyfriend at my school – lots of people made their own *and* had a second one from their boyfriend. Or from friends, or clubs you were a part of (groups of friends would make small matching ones). By my senior year, I had one of the ones that was three flowers in a heart shape as my "main" mum and then a smaller one that I had to wear closer to my waist. God forbid it was windy for Homecoming.
School. The Friday of the game/day before the dance.
ETA: Also the Friday night homecoming football game, if you were a normal spectator. I was always in the band so we wore our uniforms sans mums.
Our band director let us wear our mums on our uniforms (although they had to be taken off for halftime).
It wasn't a big deal to have one not from your boyfriend at my school – lots of people made their own *and* had a second one from their boyfriend. Or from friends, or clubs you were a part of (groups of friends would make small matching ones). By my senior year, I had one of the ones that was three flowers in a heart shape as my "main" mum and then a smaller one that I had to wear closer to my waist. God forbid it was windy for Homecoming.
ETA: This was in Austin, in the mid-90s.
I went to high school in Austin and graduated in '96.
Post by soontobeka on Sept 9, 2013 11:06:06 GMT -5
Nothing says "football in Texas" like all things homecoming. We live in a country part of a very large county and now we see mum stuff in the stores before school even starts. It is a HUGE deal. When I was in high school about 25 miles from where we live now, it was a big deal then but the biggest I can remember was a quadruple mum.
I'm in Northern Ca. and I've never heard of these things or seen them on HS girls. IMO they're butt ugly and look like a bunch of trash pinned to someone's outfit.
It's a fun tradition. What is the big deal? Sororities have all sorts of traditions I don't get, but I'm sure they're fun/meaningful/etc. for those involved. These mums aren't harming anyone. I had years where I wore one, years where I didn't, NBD. Some people get them from dates, some from friends, some from parents. In my HS (of 1200), I never saw anyone picked on for having one, or not having one, etc. etc.
Post by mrsjuleshs on Sept 9, 2013 14:48:36 GMT -5
They are a fun tradition. I am getting all the stuff this weekend to start putting together DD's mum and the garter for her homecoming. It will definitely not be HUGE.