Did you go to your prom?

mjn6172 · Post by **mjn6172** » 2006-04-06 02:08pm

I didn't go to mine. I wasn't dating anyone at the time and it was being held in the school cafeteria so I said fuck it and went to work that night. I did end up going to an after party when I got off work though, and had a blast at that.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2006-04-06 05:28pm

Fire Fly wrote:For the people who went, what was your theme and where did it take place?

My formal didn't have a theme, and it took place in some big 19th century looking hall. Beautiful place from the outside, not good for 10 teenagers within. Damn 5x5 dance floor.

TheBlackCat · Post by **TheBlackCat** » 2006-04-06 05:30pm

Fire Fly wrote:For the people who went, what was your theme and where did it take place?

We didn't really have any theme to speak of (there probably was one but it wasn't anything serious). We rented this huge semi-victorian party place. It had a garden, fountains, greek-ish statues, a huge glass atrium, a dance floor with a huge chandellier and a balcony with tables overlooking it. It was very nice.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2006-04-06 05:40pm

We had a theme song, but that was it. "In My Life" by The Beetles, if memory serves.

Sofia · Post by **Sofia** » 2006-04-07 12:50pm

My long-distance boyfriend at the time traveled from Albany, NY to midcoast Maine to be my prom date. There was a reggae band, which was awesome, much better than saccharine love songs over a sound system. My boyfriend and I broke up soon after. Prom was the last really great time we had, actually.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2006-04-07 01:33pm

We didn't have a prom at my school. We had a leaver's lunch but I skipped that in favour of going home early and playing some more UFO: Enemy Unknown on my PC. Hmm, might have been Apocalypse by then actually. Can't quite remember. Anyway, I think I made the better choice there. The people in my year were such utter morons that I just couldn't face it.

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2006-05-19 10:57am

lol...singapore govt or educational system or traditional value tends to discourage releationship in secondary school...almost all the way till University where adults no longer have a say...Likely in singapore, a Prom will never happen...kinda funny to see you guys talking about Prom...the parents and school staff will go crazy if a Prom is held, at least something that encourage teenage releationship...

However, I would not want to a prom to happen in my school though...there are pretty much a lot of dumbass except for the top few class...the Prom willl turn into a total diaster if it ever happen, so we only got a formal graduation night here...in the school hall of all places...

By the way, I must ask...is it a must to be formal on a prom? I mean must you really need to wear a tuxedo of all clothes?

Mr. T · Post by **Mr. T** » 2006-05-19 11:50am

ray245 wrote:
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By the way, I must ask...is it a must to be formal on a prom? I mean must you really need to wear a tuxedo of all clothes?

In my experience yes. Everyone was dressed formally at my prom. Some tuxedo's but I think generally guys wear suits to the prom now (reasoning being that if they buy a suit they can use it again later). I'm not sure how strictly the dress code is enforced and if at some schools you would get turned away for showing up in jeans or whatnot. At my school at least I doubt you would be but everyone dressed formally anyway. I did notice some sneakers instead of dress shoes though

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btw...this thread seems kindof necroed.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2006-05-19 12:59pm

I was sorta on the fence about going, and then the girl who would have been my date got suspended and barred from going (long story), so I just said "fuck it". If I recall correctly, the two of us hung out that night.

And Destructonator, that is seriously the lamest thing I have ever heard.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2006-05-19 01:11pm

Mr. T wrote:
ray245 wrote:
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By the way, I must ask...is it a must to be formal on a prom? I mean must you really need to wear a tuxedo of all clothes?
In my experience yes. Everyone was dressed formally at my prom. Some tuxedo's but I think generally guys wear suits to the prom now (reasoning being that if they buy a suit they can use it again later). I'm not sure how strictly the dress code is enforced and if at some schools you would get turned away for showing up in jeans or whatnot. At my school at least I doubt you would be but everyone dressed formally anyway. I did notice some sneakers instead of dress shoes though .

btw...this thread seems kindof necroed.

I've noticed something: middle class kids tend to dress more casually for prom; suits rather than tuxes, dresses rather than gowns. But poor kids go all out, and generally bend over backwards to look as sharp as possible. They also splurge on accessories. A middle class kid might just get a ride from his parents; a poor one will rent at least a limo.

True story: one time in my classroom, when the kids had some free time at the end of the period, I overheard a few talking about prom. One girl was describing her arrangements, and mentioned, among other things, she was spending nine hundred dollars on a rented Bentley. She was spending close to two grand on this prom. That absolutely boggled me, because I knew this girl didn't have a whole lot of money (none of my students did, really), and she was blowing a hell of a lot of money over what to me had been a sock hop with delusions of grandeur.

Then I talked to another teacher about it, and he told me what was going on. For a lot of these kids, prom is the last big party. They're not going to college, if they get married it's going to be quick and on the cheap and that's a big if anyway, and a substantial number of the boys are going to be in jail or dead by the time the five year reunion comes around. For them, prom really is the biggest and best thing that ever happens to them, or at least they ever expect to happen to them. That's why they go all out with how they dress and the car they rent--and by the way, before they show up at the prom, they'll spend hours cruising the neighborhood, showing off their clothes and cars. It's a taste of a life they'll never have.

Sofia · Post by **Sofia** » 2006-05-19 01:28pm

RedImperator wrote:Then I talked to another teacher about it, and he told me what was going on. For a lot of these kids, prom is the last big party. They're not going to college, if they get married it's going to be quick and on the cheap and that's a big if anyway, and a substantial number of the boys are going to be in jail or dead by the time the five year reunion comes around. For them, prom really is the biggest and best thing that ever happens to them, or at least they ever expect to happen to them. That's why they go all out with how they dress and the car they rent--and by the way, before they show up at the prom, they'll spend hours cruising the neighborhood, showing off their clothes and cars. It's a taste of a life they'll never have.

God, that's sad.

Puts rich kids being all "ironic" about prom and dismissing those who take it seriously into perspective.

Post by **Simplicius** » 2006-05-19 02:45pm

I went to prom junior year because I helped work on it and so got a free ticket (senior year was actually my first year at university), stayed long enough to draw some, and then headed home because it was crowded and I was bored. I had much more fun helping to put the works together in the weeks beforehand, anyway.

The theme was ancient Egypt. Though I much preferred a fellow committee-member's suggestion: VietProm.

Fleet Admiral JD · Post by **Fleet Admiral JD** » 2006-05-19 02:48pm

Well, prom is tomorrow. I'll let you know then

And the next year.

And the year after that...

Zero · Post by **Zero** » 2006-05-19 05:13pm

I'm not going tomorrow, but I will next year, in all likeliness. I don't see the appeal of it tomorrow. It'd be expensive as fuck, and I'm not particularly interested in going. Might hit some of the other parties that night, but school dances do strike me as a bit lame.

Dark Lord of the Bith · Post by **Dark Lord of the Bith** » 2006-05-19 06:17pm

I've never been to a school dance before, but I'll be going to my prom tomorrow night, and I intend to enjoy it. My friend's girlfriend's mother is psycho about prom, and paid for my tux rental, which was quite nice of her. In total, I intend to pay less than $50 on the event, including ticket, corsage, and dinner.

A few of my friends and I went to the flower shop today to buy corsages. The lady there gave us one of those looks for ordering them the day before.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2006-05-19 07:27pm

Mine was last Friday. I figured that since I didn't have a date, plans, or expenditures, and my friends probably didn't want me there, I might as well not go. So I didn't.

Mr. T · Post by **Mr. T** » 2006-05-19 07:59pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Mine was last Friday. I figured that since I didn't have a date, plans, or expenditures, and my friends probably didn't want me there, I might as well not go. So I didn't.

I don't mean to pry but, why wouldn't they want you there? What kindof friends would say that?

thejester · Post by **thejester** » 2006-05-19 08:03pm

I went to my Yr 10 formal, did the deb in Yr 11 and then the Yr 12 formal. So I guess the answer is yes. Had good fun in all of them, deb wasn't as good as most of my mates seem to remember - as usual, had a better time sitting at the table taking the piss of the guys my deb partner had invited.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2006-05-19 08:44pm

I bought a ticket at the last minute, but ended up not going anyway.

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2006-05-20 02:39am

Hell no. My formal's in two weeks, but I'm staying away from it. Not only is the ticket price $95 + $40 for the after-prom boat party (

), but I don't have a date - I don't even know that many girls at my school - and I've made no plans or arrangements. There's also the fact that many people in my school have strong feelings of dislike toward me and I doubt there are many, if any, people who would want me there, including any so-called "friends".

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-05-20 02:42am

Man, missing an event full of (or soon followed by) drunk girls charged with nostalgia seems madness. If you can't score at the first afterparty, move on to the next one!

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2006-05-20 03:22am

wait...is it really to have such a thing call prom king or queen...damn weird if you ask me...and it seem that most popular students alwalys get it...Is this really true?

If yes, who here has been a prom queen or king before...After hearing so much things about it...I have to say How on earth did such thing as prom started anyway?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-05-20 03:24am

Americans Are Wierd. That's my understanding.

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