Who did/didn't go to their high school proms?

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Went to a few dances in middle school alone, hoping to at least dance with a girl... ended up playing ping pong. Asked a girl to prom my senior year and she wasn't interested.... Hung out with friends and drove around, ended up drunk. Look back at those missed "oppurtunities" and they don't bother me one bit. Used to being alone so I really don't know anything different.

I didn't want to go so I stayed at home. It's just not my thing, I feel uncomfortable enough around people without having to dress nicely and socialise.

I considered going to prom however my friend had me write out the pros and cons of going to prom and I had 6 cons to 3 pros so I didnt go and I never regretted it. I was glad I didn't go.

I'm Irish so we go to 'debs' at the end of our graduating year. Usually with the debs you can bring anyone you like inside or outside of school. Many ppl go as friends. With our year in school, it was pretty unusual because our year was so big compared to other years. (I don't know if 180 people in the one year is many in other countries, but for our school it was pretty big.) Because of that we were only allowed to go with someone within the year. Not even within the school. This was a bit of a problem for the girls because there were a lot more girls than boys. Some girls went together and some didn't bother to go at all. I was going to go, I bought the ticket. I didn't particularly want to go but my sister (whom I was graduating with the same year) was going and my parents were going. We also would get our graduation cert and graduation ring presented. So I was all for it until a friend of mine trying to set me up with another guy commented that no one else would go with me so I didn't have a choice. That completely threw me off. The fact I would have felt out of place there anyway cos I hate social events. But also the fact that I now felt I had to be there with someone, so the thought of going with no one scared me, especially when it came to pictures. I kind of knew I was always viewed as an outcast but to hear a friend say that to me hurt. Also the thought of walking up to receive the cert and ring. There would be more of a fuss by me being there because I wouldn't have wanted to take part in anything. I would have had people trying to coax me into dancing or talking, trying to pull me up. I would have had teachers and others staring. I would have been very uncomfortable. I would have been all the time trying to figure out how I could handle the situation or trying to escape it.
Needless to say, I didn't go and I'm glad.

I may or may not have sold ecstasy to people who went to prom in my high school.

Prom really wasn't my thing, though.

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I didn't go to junior prom. I didn't have a date and I didn't have any friends so why bother? I went to my senior prom and that was a mistake because my friend who was my date barely spent any time with me so I was alone the whole time. Prom sucks.

I never went to any school social functions at all. I spent a lot of time alone, and I liked it that way.

I also graduated early and was told that, since I was not a student, I would be ejected from my senior prom if I showed up. I was invited to a friend's prom as her date (I am also a woman, and we were just friends) but she got a boy to go with her so she retracted her invitation. I was relieved, actually. I really didn't want to go.

I dislike big parties and dresses. And having my picture taken. And I didn't like the music that was popular when I was in high school either. What's to go for? *shrug*

I went to both. My first prom was great, and my date was an absolute gentleman. The second time was awful... my date abandoned me.

I just went alone. Wasn't that awkward since I left right after the ceremony to drive up to my after prom (huge party).