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High school prom is coming. Get a date quick!
How many of you kids are about to go to prom? And for those of us who are older than the rest, how was your HS prom? If you didn't go, what do you think of it? Is it stupid, something you ought to go, something you should go to, or what?
I didn't go to my prom. From the pictures I saw in the yearbook, I'm sure I didn't miss much. In high school I was more of a loner despite having several cliques of friends (HS band, some misc friends, my elementary school guy friends, um....that girl I had a crush on (gah) ). So the idea of hanging out with a bunch of graduates didn't appeal to me. Okay it sort of did. I wanted to ask out a friend of mine when I heard her BF left her. That's a complicated tale which ended with me finding out from a friend that they got back together. I think she thinks/thought I have a crush on her. I probably did too.
So I didn't go to prom nor did I go to graduation (somebody was supposed to drive me there, but that never happened, and I never went in the morning to sign in and get a robe anyway. My parents were out of town). So I seriously didn't put much weight in the idea of high school. A year later, in my karate class, a friend of mine asked me to consider escorting her to her HS prom. I took a week to decide and agreed. We exchanged numbers and I was told to pick up her corsage and whatever flower I'm supposed to have in my jacket pocket (can somebody tell me what the term is? You'll see why it's important later). So the day of the prom I got dressed up in that silly black suit that my parents bought me for hypothetically my prom/graduation (haha) and got a ride to the florist, and then to my friend's house. I think I was fifteen minutes early. I went in, met the folks, got some silly pictures taken, met some parents of her friends (and her friends), and talked a bit in the back yard, where more pictures were taken (I still have it somewhere...framed).
We got a ride to just around the corner of the prom place. We scurried inside and people started socialising. Something I learned there is that if you don't socialise nobody knows you. We took couples pictures (I still have mine). It's a silly little pose where my left arm is around her waist, her right arm is around my back, we hold hands in the front, and smile like geeks. It LOOKS very nice, but it was very awkward for me to hold the pose. Then it was off to the dining hall. We were early so there were not many people around. I got seated and observed the environment until food was served. Chicken and something. I think that was the only time there was lull in the conversation. After dinner they started to play music, but we had to rest. In fact, since this was before I loved to dance, I think I didn't dance for a while. I did slow dance for EVERY slow song they played though. I love high school slow dances. Guy grabs on to girl's waist, girl grabs on to guy's shoulders, and the couple turns around in circles awkwardly for five minutes. It sounds corny but I think at the time the mentality accepted it as 'romantic'. I sure thought so, though not romantic as the couple we are.
After the prom was over (I think it ended at 2; I don't have my ticket any more; it's been years and I decided to rid myself of the stuff finally), we left and walked to a hotel that one of the parents rented (a room). A single couple checked in, so as to not draw suspicion (there were six of us, and two more were coming *gasp*). We piled into the elevator and went to our room. There was booze brought along (was it brought when we went to the prom? I have no idea). I got really drunk for the first time in my life and passed out when they were playing truth or dare. They just thought I was bored/tired. Afterwards, we all piled into bed. There were eight of us, so two of the girls took a chair/floor, while the two males (myself and another date) shared a bed with two females. It became a sort of esoteric joke later when my date referenced the night she slept with a guy and a girl xD.
So that's the story of the only prom I've been to. Incidentally, earlier tonight Tokki ( 
) asked me to go to her prom with her. I said no at first, but I changed my mind later. Hope she says yes! xD I'm such a flake!
Okay now share your prom stories/opinions!
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Myself because I'm an antisociable loner who shouldn't go to proms but we call them balls here, balls probably spelt different like bawls or borls or sacks or something but who gives a damn.
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Take me to your boss!
My prom was thoroughly uneventful. Nothing terribly memorable.
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My prom was awful. I mean, yes, it was in this amazing restaurant on the Biltmore Estate (big house near me) and it was pretty, but nobody did ANYthing. No dancing, no cutting up, no anything. I ended up going home around 2. I was sad.
Signature by rubah. I think.
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Everybody (who was over 18) got really wasted, one of the P.E. teachers was dancing like Elaine Bennis, and the D.J. played Jump Around by House Of Pain twice. Best night ever.
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I love those songs! I wanna go to HS prom again! I wanna be a HS student again!
xDDD
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I didn't go to my senior prom since the only girl I asked laughed at me... 
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I might be going, but I dont wanna go by myself. I be like the loner sitting down with a group of buds who all came by themselves, maybe some chicks are going by themselves to. But yeah, I know who Ill ask, I might get rejected or might not. That's life for you.
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I went to Prom my Junior Year. It sucked so much I wanted to cry. I went to winter formal this past January hoping it would be better and it sucked worse that Prom. Plenty of my friends are trying to get me to go to my Senior Prom but there's no way in hell I'm wasting another night at a High School dance.
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It's only as fun as you make it. Maybe you need some fun friends.
"noname", if you go by yourself you can ask the single girls there to dance. That way it'll be cool. My friend Dan went to his prom dateless, but he had a magnificent white tuxedo. He asked girls to dance and they all danced with him. I want that sort of experience 
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Butterfly Kisses
Yay I am going in a black velvet spaghetti strap dress that is extremely long with some black high heels...I look so sexay in it. Heh. My friend is going to do my hair...
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I just realised that a simple suit/shirt/tie combo isn't going to be that extravagent. I'm also trying to decide whether to wear boots or not, because my dress shoes aren't all that and a bag of potato chips. (but my boots are)
Ooh, I don't remember what this is like AT ALL. I think I'm going to ask my roommates for help later XD!!!!
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