bob970 - your girlfriend has a weird way of showing her affection for you... I can understand that maybe if she's been hurt in the past that she would not want to be hurt again.. but she is definitely making the situation a lot more difficult than it has to be...
So now you have to be creative, eh? Send her a gift, nothing special... just something small and fun... that would start w/ each letter of her name (hope her name is 'Joy' make it easy

) anyways.. yeah, send her a gift that would start w/ the first letter of her first name first.. then send her another w/ the second letter, etc, etc and finally send one final give in a gift box, and have it ask, "_______ will you be my homecoming date?"
Sounds corny but it should do the trick
Good Luck
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