Never went, never went to school either until university. However, now that I am here, I enjoy the occasional chance to dress up. If I had gone to school (wasn't really homeschooled either, just kind of left to my own devices) I would have gone ... unless it cost money, because my family was dirt poor. But, if I had gone to school and had money I'd have gone to the prom ... if only for the chance to dress up.

I didn't go to the prom because I went to a continuation school..

The kids at the continuation school in my district were allowed to go to all of our formal dances..

Pardon my ignorance, but whats a continuation school and why'd you miss out on your prom because of it?

I didn't go to mine, I didnt have the money and I just plain didn't want to be there, its just a bunch of people acting like royalty and winding up so wasted they cant see. I did wind up at an ex's prom and it was ok, would have had a far better night for far less elsewhere though!

Considering I dropped out three years beforehand, I never even realized the day came and went. Ah well, not really sure if it would´ve even generated a worthwhile memory.

Many reason.. For one..:

-No GF, could have gone with a grp of friends.
-Costs Money(with paying the damned senior dues and all plus the tux..omg I dont even want to go into that..)
-No car
-Every year they say its gonna be good, but look at it, the next day it was the worst prom ever

Tch, I for all really had no motivation to go what so ever.

I was gonna go dressed like a ninja. But they had a strict dress code at the door. So I Tenchu: Stealth Assassined my way in and killed everyone (And by that I mean I stayed home and ate Crispy Cream).

We don't have proms in the U.K, but I couldn't go to the equivilent due to the fact I was in hospital at the time. If I could have walked I would have gone, but I had dislocated my hip and broken my ankle.

Well like more than a few people here have said, my excuses were the lack of a girlfriend, not wanting to shell out $90 for a ticket (and however much for a tux), and just the genuine hatred of school social events.

As for why I didn't go with a group of friends, I was one of the lucky guys who moved to a different school their senior year, and we had our Prom fairly early (early March I think). I'm not great at meeting new people as it is, and the classes I had my first semester I genuinely had no interest in anybody. Plus the good friends I made the second half of the year I got close to *after* the prom was over (apparently they had dates as it was, so it wouldn't have worked out anyway).

I can definitely see myself adding not going to the prom in my long list of highschool regrets, but I don't see much I could've done to remedy the situation anyway. Plus, judging from the majority responce here, it doesn't seem like I would've missed that much anyway.

I did not have many good friends within my high school. Going to prom to stand around in a corner by myself and brood did not sound appealing. Also: dresses = not happy for me. Heheh.

I don't regret not going.

As someone else already said, the 'popular' people who go to the prom are treated like Royalty and so it must be heaven for them. However under certain circumstances that people have highlighted, there is no point in going and no shame either.

prom....
like 8 years ago...
actually i went to the prom even thought i didnt graduate at the time, i had to take some test because i failed in first instance.
i thought in not going, but i said, what do i care if im not graduate?? i want to be with my friends and parents and have a good time.
I have to mention that in my country the prom party is an elegant party(according to the economical status of the school) in which parents and sons go together
before you bash me i must tell that AFTER the prom we went to another party at the house of some guy i didnt remember the name and had a killer time till 4 pm i think

I never went to any school dances or gatherings for the most part. Reasons?

1) Can't dance and I hate what I'd have to dance to.
2) I'm a social recluse for the most part.
3) Don't have formal clothes, and I wasn't going to pay several million dollars to go to the prom and essentially sit around doing nothing in some random venue eating a catered meal that would have cost me way more than a dinner elsewhere would have had I not gone.

It's really just not my bag, nor my friend's. So what would be the point really?

I didn't go. I was going through a really rough time emotionally and didn't really have the money to spend on a tux and such. Could have went as there was a really cute girl (which ended up becoming a friend) that wanted to go, but she didn't ask until a day before prom...cutting the timing a little too close. Glad I didn't go in the end. I have a feeling that I would not have been fully appreciative of the experience and just made my friend feel like crap with my whining. It's a big thing for highschoolers and people who never go past highschool. Being in university, I can hardly recall anything from highschool, let alone not going to prom.

Nah. Didn't go.... first reason, no money, second reason, no date, third reason, didn't really want to go....

Meh... Whatever. I will, however go to my grad part this coming Sprin for my degree.

the prom just isnt as hype as it used to be. mine wasnt.