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I went junior year when I had a girlfriend. Dinner and the postdance snack we got were nice. Prom itself was pretty anxiety-inducing. I didn't dance or talk much.

I went to one dance in middle school, and ended up just standing in the corner playing Tetris to escape the loud obnoxious music. I never went to any dance after that. When Prom came around, I thought "meh" and didn't bother. I did end up going to prom with a girl I was interested in at another school, but all that prom did was convince both of us that a relationship would not be possible.

So, in short, sort of yes, but not my own prom.

I didn't go to prom mainly because I had no one to go with. I'm the wallflower type at dances (I was one at the two dances I did go to) and knew I needed to go with someone to have fun (guaranteed dance partner). None of the guys at my school really liked me or were going with other people. The one friend I considered asking didn't want to go and had already turned down someone else. Plus the most popular dance move at my school was grinding, and that always freaked me out. And then there was the whole you are expected to kiss your prom date at the end of the night thing, which my dad kept insisting was a requirement (I'd never kissed anyone and I wanted my first kiss to be with a boyfriend-someone who liked me and whom I liked in return). So all of those factors led to me not going to prom, and I sometimes regret it, though I think it was highly unlikely that I could've avoided those problems.

I didn't go to either of my high school proms because of academic stress and travel.

I went to a private Baptist school, so we didn't have a prom. We had a banquet because while dancing was a sin, gluttony wasn't. I did date a guy who went to a public school in Leeds and I went to his prom with him. This was 1981 and I wore an antebellum style floor length mint green chiffon dress. It was off the shoulder with ruffles everywhere and a train and bustle. He wore a mint green tux. It was ok, but nothing at all like I thought it would be. That might be because I didn't go to his school and didn't know anybody else at all there. I think dancing in the gym to "Slow Dancing" or "Endless Love" would be much better if it's not done in a room full of strangers. I felt sort of awkward because I didn't know anybody or know what to do or say and he was quiet and sort of awkward too so we mainly just stood around, drank punch and watched.

My daughter went to her prom last year and it was ruined for her. She went out to eat with her fiance beforehand and when they got there the prom was over. They shut it down about an hour early. It had been raining and the place where they had it was about 45 minutes away in good weather so it took them longer to get there from the restaurant in the bad weather. Lots of people didn't come, or left early because of the rain and the distance. She came home in tears. It was her and her fiance's five year anniversary too. I got them to give her a refund for the ticket.

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I didn't go to prom my junior year because of my allergies.

However, I went to prom my senior year. It happened to be on the same day as State Solo and Ensamble, so I was up super early to get to school, and we had to take a 45 minute bus ride to UW-Oshkosh, where we performed at 8 am. I got back at around 9:30 am and I took a bit of a nap.

I did my own hair and makeup, and the dress I bought was a short black, red, and white one from Deb for $40. Even though I didn't have a date, I had a lot of fun tearing up the dance floor. Since it was held in my high school's gym, tickets were only $10. I didn't spend too much for prom. I re wore my prom dress for my spring band concert, graduation/19th birthday tea and my graduation party.

Although maybe it might be nice at school then because less crowded and sensory issues. You could always just read a textbook if nothing was going on in class. Class gets better when classrooms aren't overcrowded. Or you could go and ask for review of stuff or just study for tests work on projects and stuff so you have to do less at home in a less noisy than normal school enviornment. A mostly empty classroom with three people in it you think I don't like that and want to go to that. Also because my feelings are different I should not get mad over something I think is a waste?

I went to two proms. I sort of fell into one and the other one I went too.

Both where fun.

I went to prom both my junior and senior year, but never had a date. I would always just go with a group of friends. Part of me would have liked to have a date, but it's too late now. My senior prom was a bit depressing because I saw a group of people who I was once friends with having a great time. It was also awkward feeling like one of the few seniors without a date. Two weeks after my senior prom, I went to a dance party with a one girl and a few guys friends from the college I'm dually enrolled in. It was much more relaxed than prom and we got a big group of people to dance with us. Besides a few annoyinh drunk guys, the night was a blast. IT sure beat an over-hyped high school dance.

I'm a freshman in high school, and I don't want to go to prom when I'm a senior. It's really expensive, and I'm not really into dancing or socializing, and I think both of those are at prom. I also highly doubt that anyone would ask me, and I would be too shy to ask anyone.

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