Is prom even worth going to?

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I went to prom and I had a blast. I didn't go with anyone else. I would go if you think you are outgoing or feel like part of the group. If not, try it and get out of your comfort zone. People are having too much fun to bully you.

I went to a ghetto school and pretty much everyone was grinding at the prom.

I'm glad you all had a good time though.

I would claw my own eyes out if I had to see teenagers "grinding." That being said, now I'm going to find a way to be present at my son's dances when he's old enough to go to make sure he doesn't do that. I'll take a referee's whistle and a fly swatter.

Bumped. I couldn't find a prom thread that was recent.

I should have not gone, but I was worried about being ridiculed by classmates on Monday morning, so I went yesterday. I enjoyed my dinner with the group, but the dance practically left a scar on me...it was bad. I only enjoyed two songs that they played and the rest was garbage rap and dirty stuff. The prom coronation song was garbage too...I thought I'd hear something older, but no! There was only one 1980s song in the whole event, which is terrible. They didn't even honor Prince! No 1999, no Let's Go Crazy, no When Doves Cry, nothin'! Besides two brief peaks of excitement, it was practically a joke.

I would say go to it, if just for the learning experience.

I didn't have a date, or friends, or pretty much anything. I went because my parents pressured me to, suggesting I was a failure for not being able to get a date. I wasn't allowed to have my picture taken because, you know, no date, and ended up sitting at a table alone the whole time.

Admittedly though, I'm glad I went. I got to see the normal kids have fun and learned that this whole event really doesn't have much behind it. It was surprisingly uninteresting and lacking in that huge spectacular "best night of your life" feeling that all the adults and movies told us would be there.

An important lesson, at least.

I didn't go to my prom because there was no point to. I was the outcast in school and no one wanted anything to do with me. Going there would have only made me a target as the administration did jack all to help when my peers would come after me.

Now if you aren't in that position it could be worthwhile to go simply to say you did and have some memories to tell people later on.

No. I didn't go and I survived.

I went to mine a few years ago, and I even had a prom date, although we just went as friends. The dancing was all right, and the whole thing wasn't bad. But the biggest shock was when my friend (whom I am pretty sure is an undiagnosed Aspie) and I went to the after-prom party, which was a huge mistake. We figured there would be beer, but we didn't think EVERYONE would be drinking it, and practically by the gallon at that. We got out of there as quickly as we could.

I never got a date to any of my high school proms, but I went with a group of friends. We at least had fun dress shopping and going out to eat before even though the dance was relatively meh. It would have been fun to be asked in a fun way though. Back then I couldn't get a date for the life of me until I went to college and finally figured out how to get dates. Tomorrow one of the clubs around where I live is hosting a "prom" for post high school students. My boyfriend and I along with a few other couples are going, so it should be fun as we are making up a stereotypical movie prom with champagne, cheesy photos and renting a hotel room. Lol. We are all 3 years out of high school, so we called it the super senior cubed prom. Ironically, my boyfriend is from my high school granted we didn't date until this year.

Prom is overrated. You'll have a lot more fun just running around at various events in college and later that are much less hyped up. Less hype=less stress=more fun.

The only way prom would be worth the hype is if Molly Ringwald herself was there.

Went to mine, had a blast!

Very fun and memorable night. Couldn't drink at the prom due to underage but did so at home afterwards.

Luckily, mine wasn't some gritty snoozefest like the other's here have decribed theirs as.

The venue was the beautiful and artistic Multi-Use centre out of town. Food and refreshments were served in intervals.

In the beginning, we alternated between dancing and speeches. Speeches, then some time to dance, then sit back down again and listen to the speeches.

After all the speeches were finished, of course, was non-stop dance and fun until 12.00am (I, likethe majority, left earlier though of course).

Music was a mix of pop, electronic, country, rock&roll and otherwise plenty of classics, unknown gems or typical top 40.

Mix of both line-dancing and liberal dancing.

The DJ allowed requests making things even more interesting.

Maybe I've just got a really amazing senior class too, but we were all on the dancefloor, all got up and had a good time. Everyone was so friendly all night but I did have one issues of accidentally bumping into the same girl twice (I said sorry the second time but it might have accidentally come across as rude. It was genuine though)>

I even managed to be the centre of attention a lot of the time as my enthusiasm and good dancing skills impressed .

I do suggest you go, you might have an amazing night, it might be cr*p, but at least see what happens I had so much energy all night and wasn't even exhausted even when I left. Aching muscles the next day or three.

Nope...no prom for me. Our graduating class had about five kids!