Prom Experience

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I think I was the only girl in my school who wasn't asked to prom. My [very few] friends were guys (the Dungeons & Dragons type), and none of them asked me either. I was a straight-A student who everyone thought was extremely odd. The only person who really liked me was my English teacher. While everyone else was at prom, I watched t.v. with my dad. I hated school. I never owned a dress and didn't wear make-up or even brush my hair, so prom would not have been fun for me at all, but it would have been nice if one person would have considered the possibility of interacting with me in a way that didn't involve copying my homework.

I went to 3 proms. I was asked to Senior prom as a junior by my boyfriend at the time, and I asked him to my junior prom. I wasn't seeing anyone in my senior year, but I actually ended up with two dates to my senior prom, one male & one female. My high school was a high-performing magnet school, so we were all nerds. I really think I had a much easier go of things socially thanks to that.

I vaguely remember a little bit of it. It seemed that the girls were really into their dress and the boys were really interested in getting the girls out of their dresses.



I just wanted to add that when I was 17 or 18, I acted like a hormonal-driven 17 or 18 year old

I've been in both proms, and both are boring. Those were the times my mom tried to coax me to be social when I had been absolutely uninterested at the idea.
I refuse to go with anyone else even if I had invitations to go out with, whether they were serious or not. Neither were any a bit memorable.

And since attendance was mandatory, what I only remember then was that I went into a corner and sleep on the table. No one dared bother me.
I never stayed to any kinds of occasion for more than an hour back then. So after an hour, I just eat a bite or three, then ditch the place.

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I was homeschooled, so no prom for me.

I was home-schooled so I never got the opportunity. Even if I had the opportunity, I still wouldn't go. I remember when my brothers were having their proms and the whole idea seemed boring and I vowed I would never go to the prom. I never did...and don't regret it either.

I too live in the UK and had a prom eight years ago. I didn't have a date and I often found myself going outside because I was so overwhelmed by the music. I also had to wear a dress which I wasn't particularly thrilled by. I did enjoy it though, probably due to all the drink in my system

Yes, I went to prom here in the UK. Way back in the 90's!

Those days when Oasis were all the rage, and Dominic Diamond was a cultural icon.


RE prom: didn't go well for me. But not due to some autistic reason. The depute head of the school cracked on to my then-girlfriend (the incident wasn't just imagined on my part, she was quite upset by it all and her other friends were talking about it), so I punched him in the face.

No criminal charges, but I did have to attend another school to finish my year after the incident.

Still: can't go around cracking on to someone else's girlfriend, especially when they are over 30 years younger, and a student. Wrong on a number of levels.


No remorse RE the incident. If history repeated itself, I'd probably also pick up a chair this time around.

RE the prom itself - typically loud, s**t DJ in the corner with a few lights and a smoke machine, strong smell of Lynx deodorant and a bunch of kids playing 'adult' for the night.

Funny stuff!

Yet another US import, though. I don't see what's wrong with events that pay tribute to our individual heritage (and that's not an insult to American culture).

There was no prom for me. Our graduating class consisted of five kids. I wore a leisure suit to my graduation (this was in 1979).

I think it's a British term for horning in on somebody's else's girlfriend.