Reminisce About Your Prom
 

All these prom threads and journal entries have got me thinking about my own proms. It seems that most people (myself included) tend to build prom up to be this wonderful, magical experience, when in reality it usually ends up being a colossal waste of time and money, since they rarely turn out to be as fun as we expected them to be.

In this thread we will share our prom stories!

(Please refrain from posting things like, "I didn't go to prom because proms are teh suck." The purpose of this thread is to talk about proms we DID go to, not to explain why we DIDN'T go.)

Waste of money. I had to wear a suit, which I hate, and they played shitty music the whole night. My friends and I just made fun of the thing the whole time. Then we went to a comedy club, then the boardwalk for the weekend and I really wished I had saved the 80 bucks I spent on the prom so that my friends and I could play House of the Dead II for a few more hours.

First of fucking all, how could you spend 80 bucks on a prom. I mean, what the hell, did Michael Jackson give a concert there or what

Then, I don't understand how people, especially men, hate wearing suits. This is the only possibility for some people to look normal and not totally fucked up.

The prom is fucking expensive, dude. How much did you pay?

Agree 100%.

By the time my prom rolled around, I was a little more interested in getting trashed and high with my friends up on the WPI campus. The prom seemed a little too tame, and we didn't have ANY interest whatsoever in paying s hitload of money to get a new dress and shoes to go and hang out with a bunch of fucking retards at the prom, listening to CRAP techno shit.

Instead, on prom night, we hung out with the college students doing shots orf tequila all night long. In our jeans and t-shirts.

And I don't regret it for a second. ^_^

ANd Mushy baby. American Prom is like, really expensive. Because, you know, MEMORIES and IMPORTANT EVENT and all that trash.

Well I paid 15 DM which was about uhh 8 bux back then. Including music, food and heroine.

That right there is German Efficiency.

Yea, see, no "dance" in the New England history do I know of that cost so little during the time I was in high school.

Even regular "dances" cost AT LEAST $10 to get into. It was usually a way to "raise money for student council" or some shit.

Well maybe it is because you don't organize the prom yourselves over there (?)

My kids just paid $40 PER TICKET to go to the prom this year. I can't remember how much we paid (probably because I didn't have to pay it - tee hee), but I do know it was expensive as hell. Then you have to buy the dress or rent the tux, then the snotty bitch expects you to take her out to a fancy restaurant on top of that. Prom could EASILY run a guy $300.

When I was in school, I THINK the student council was given a set of rules and parameters to plan under, and they orchestrated it mostly on their own with some limited input from the guiding teacher.

Thats also why our prom sucked so much. ONE group of really POPULAR kids decided to make it their own little playground.

The only people who showed up for prom were their friends. ^_^

But then again, my school was the biggest party school in the city of Worcester.

I remember going to prom my Junior year. It was so boring and retarded that I just skipped it entirely my senior year. Might have helped if the girl I asked didn't have to go out of town that week.

Bittersweet memories.

I skipped the prom and went to see The Phantom Menace again.

Then we came to the post-prom and did donuts on the school lawn in front of everyone while blasting obscenity-screaming german techno.

I miss high school sometimes.

SUMMARY:

11th Grade Prom:
I somehow managed to get a date with the most popular guy in school, despite the fact that I was neither popular nor rich (actually he had graduated a year earlier and no longer went to our school, but that didn't diminish his popularity). I halfway convinced myself that it was a joke date for him, and I stressed out from the time he asked me (weeks in advance) until he actually pulled up in my driveway on prom night, wondering if he was really going to show up. I was ALL NERVES, and it didn't help that he was so popular that everyone was vying for his time and attention all through the pre-prom fancy dinner, and he hardly talked to me at all.

The real trouble started when we got to the prom. See, there was this young, beautiful teacher - fresh out of college, she must have been 22 or so - who all the guys had the hots for. Well, that bitch walked up to him maybe 20 minutes after we got there and asked him to dance. He ended up dancing with her pretty much the whole time, while I sat at a table with some of my friends. He managed to break away from her once and came over and asked me to dance. By that time I was so pissed off that during the dance I asked him to take me home.

12th Grade Prom:
OK, brace yourselves for THE redneck prom story. The guy I was dating (and about to marry) got kicked out of school permanently a couple of weeks before the prom for bringing a gun to school. FYI - It was unloaded and in his car, not in the school, but someone found out about it and ratted him out. Aaaanyway, I went to prom with a couple of my friends who either didn't have dates or their boyfriends went to another school and weren't allowed to come or something.

Oh, I almost forgot. I was PREGNANT at the time, although no one knew it yet, so I couldn't drink or smoke and I had to come up with some lame excuse as to why I wasn't drinking that night.

I never went to prom, specifically because I was a fag.

Now some say you're supposed to either take the fat girl to prom or just take a lesbian to prom. Fuck that, I was not ruining my reputation of a quiet straight man by taking a fat girl. And a lesbian? Come on, everyone would have known she was a lesbian, then wondered why I took a girl to the prom who couldn't put out, and then figured out I was gay.

Or you could just go with a female friend. That's what I did. I didn't get laid on prom night.

Nor did I. Bastard didn't stand a chance after pulling that little stunt.

Holland doesn't really do proms... But I might go to some prom in London somewhere, if I do it's going to be sweet.

All I wanted to do was not get beat the fuck up, actually.

But okay.

Double Post:
Also, that image disturbs me.

My prom costed me $130. Suit was borrowed from my Dad. I carried around my eyeglass case to safekeep my glasses so I could pretend I didn't need them. Music was utterly crappy. Dances seemingly controlled by peer influence. "Everyone is slow dancing, so why don't we?" Seriously, if you're afraid to break it lose with freestyle moves due to the fact of being fearful of embarassment, then what the hell made you come to prom?

So, in conclusion:
Prom, $130.00
Tux, A little bit of my soul since I dared to wear my Dad's styled tux.
Ladies corsage, $89.95(approx.)
Mens corsage, $74.95(approx.)
Getting your date to fall asleep in your arms on the last slow dance, priceless.

The closest thing we had to a "prom" was a grad. Which was wretched. It was a big get-together at a hotel function room for students, parents, and teachers alike. Basically, paying $45 a head for the pleasure of dressing up and sitting in a room all night with your parents and a bunch of fellow students you can't stand during normal school hours and certainly have no interest in seeing on your own time. I'd decided not to waste my time going, but my mother, for reasons I don't understand, had her heart set on it and basically said "WE'RE GOING AND THAT'S THAT." Fine. Then she could buy the over-priced tickets herself. Let HER waste her money on it if it's that important to her.

Grad night, I spent more of the night trying to stay away from everyone and hanging out with two friends instead, one of whom was from out of town and had been invited along. My best memory of the night is the three of us sneaking over to a piano that had been left in the hallway outside the function room and making a scene singing "Happy Phantom" at the top of our lungs. Otherwise? Blech. Lousy dinner, dragged-out ceremonies, soppy photo slideshows trying to convince us of how great the school was and how we should all be absolutely torn up about graduating, crappy music, etc. PRECIOUS MEMORIES indeed. :P Maybe my mom got her money's worth. Me, I would have had a better time staying home and watching a movie or something.

At least my dad seemed to be on my side. During the father-daughter dance, we spent the whole thing joking under our breath about how bad the music was.

The prom I went to I didn't have to pay a dime. Mostly because my ex-girlfriend's family was rich and doting. Limousine, tuxedo, the works. I even went to a fancy golf club for dinner. That was probably the best part.

The rest of the night consisted of shitty music and migraine headache. I guess I got what I deserved.

Woot I am paying whatever it takes to go to Prom...for it is soo much fun and it only happens twice in your life you know <_<. (I had the same perspective with homecoming)

My 11th grade homecoming was fun, we went to some formal place in San Francisco (some civic building or something).

12th is...THIS YEAR YAY!
I have been working out a plan to ask her T-T, was thinking of making something and presenting it to her. Btw don't mind if I ask a random question...do any of you girls would think it to be creepy if you found some sort of note (pertaining to asking "you" to prom) in a book in your house randomly? (Hahah I am good friends with her parents)

I don't really remember how much prom ended up costing me, but I'm glad I went. I went with my best friend (he's a guy), and I think that he ended up spending more than I did because of the tux rental.

Since I have to dress up quite often, I have quite a few formal outfits and I just wore a dress that I hadn't worn before. We went out for Japanese food (because both of us are japanophiles, but my friend doesn't eat the food very often unless he's with my family), and really we didn't plan on actually staying at the prom location; we had already bought tickets to see X-men II, but then decided we were having fun so we forfeited our movie.

My friends forced us to dance... but really, Prom framed my high school experience: I only went to one dance when I was a freshman --the first dance of the year, the "Icebreaker" -- with the same guy. And then I went to the last dance of the year as a senior, with him again. So yeah, I'm glad I went. We probably spent about $200 each on it, all told.

My prom experience can be summed up as fun, but a waste of money. First trouble came when someone waited ONE HOUR for her date to come from some college, and we all waited at this girl's house for the longest time. Then we stayed too long at some ridiculously expensive and terrible restaurant. It was stupid waiting on other people to finish their after dinner coffee (I had no clue why they wanted to order that after our terrible meals) and we ended up going to prom late. Prom itself was more fun than the darn restaurant, and if there was one thing I could change it would be to split from the group and go with my date and another couple alone. Would've saved a lot of time and trouble. Waiting on other people and their dates is inconsiderate on their part. Not really an experience I want to relive.

I have absolutely no idea how much it cost me. I just can't remember. Me and my four best friends got a limo (as did everyone else) and drove down the main party street asking other motorists if they had Grey Poupon. Wore a black on black tux. Took a girl that turned out to be a real bitch. I dont think I talked to her once after grad. Got drunk, screamed Bohemian Rhaspody in the middle of the dance floor in some sort of bizarre drunken huddle with my friends as everyone was clearing out. Went to the after party, got even more drunk, and finally got home at around 7 am.

Good times.

Our "prom" was the graduating banquet so there wasn't much to it (my school was pretty small with a graduating class of 250 or so). The good thing was that you didn't have to go search for a girl to invite, but the bad thing was that your parents were there. I remember a group of us took the train to the venue and spend 3 hours taking photos in front of the legislative and the river - we almost missed the beginning. Because the place where we went to also catered to businesses, the bar was awesome!!! After the dinner was over, we all got on buses and headed for the national park where (in the school's own words) "anything goes". Though not as pricey ($30.00 subsidized), the tux was super expensive and have not found a use for it since - I guess I should have rented.

Probably the tamest story of them all.

For my Year 12 formal, I asked this girl out who I had a MAJOR crush on.
And it was a pity date, more than anything.
She was pretty popular at her school, and I was a major geek loser type back then (maybe still am?)
My mum drove us to pick her up, and then took us to my friend's house, where he and his date were waiting.
He had hired a chauffered car, and so we made our way to the place where our formal was held.
When we pulled up, people were all seeing who would step out, and they just went 'oh...' and turned away when we appeared.
lol....

I had no idea how to act in these sorta situations, nor had I the balls to.
So when other people were makin moves on their dates and dancing slow and stuff like that, we all just stood there talkin out on the main balcony.
I wasn't 18 yet, so I couldn't drink. Same with my date.

I wasn't allowed to go to the afterparty, and neither was she.
There was an afterparty cruise that someone had organised, while others had their own with a smaller group of friends.
I heard all the stories the next week....sex, blowjobs, threesomes, drunks, drugs, strippers......

We got back to my friends house, then just went home.
I severly wanted to do something with my date afterward.
But nothing happened.
I didnt even walk her to the door at the end of the night.

Orignally, I wasn't planning on going to prom. But a friend of mine wanted a friend to tag along with him. So he arranged a blind date for me. Yes, you heard me. Going to prom with a blind date. My date was pretty hot, but that was about it. I took her out to dinner before prom to get to know her. Maybe if we had more time. Either way, I wasn't much of a dancer either so my prom experience was pretty bad. Also, I didn't get to have sex with her (I think I read that more than half the couples lose their virginity on prom night). So ya, prom was horrible, and after that I never saw her again. No matter.

My prom was expensive and lame. I had to pay 50 bucks for my ticket. Good thing the girl that I went with sold magazines or whatever to get a free ticket because it was getting a bit ridiculous of all the stuff I had to pay for. Tux, Flowers, and shit even the gas to drive over to the place.

During the prom I had an alright time in the beginning but then it was getting very old very fast. Thank god for the psuedo-casino that was downstairs I must have speant 2 hours down there (you can bet this fake money that we got and get raffle tickets later to win prizes). The food was pure shit I had to take some rolaids I brought along with me to keep me from throwing it up. There were two times we could leave either at 2 or 5 in the morning. I had enough I wanted to leave at 2 but my bitch of a prom date insisted that we should stay. I got so pissed at that because I was so fucking tired. I think I remember picking up a glass and throwing it against the brick wall. So yeah overall it was pretty fucking lame and a waste of time.

I rather enjoyed my junior prom. A friend of mine that moved away came down for the weekend on my invitation, so it was just great having her company. I thankfully didn't have to pay the rent on my tuxedo as my parents graciously covered that cost and Tasha and I both covered for our parts in everything. So it wasn't too bad.

As for after-prom, I got a little moody for some of it because the other member of our posse made me out to be a third wheel, but I managed to get over it. There may have been around 200 people stuffed into the bowling alley in Riverton, but that place can take quite the crowd.

I didn't go to my senior prom. No one to go with and people weren't too thrilled with my idea of going in costumes. That and other plans couldn't be met. Instead I got to spend it babysitting a bunch of stoners. Meh.