So my first prom is coming up in a few weeks... and I'm thinking of going sans date

The group I'm going with is going to consist of 3 couples, and 3 presumably single girls (including me) unless anything drastic happens in the next few weeks.

I do have two guys I could probably take to prom, but honestly I feel like I'd have more fun just going alone (The nine of us are all really close, anyway). Especially when it comes to afterparty stuff, because while these two guys would probably prefer to get wasted, my group has decided we're going midnight bowling

My question is, did any of you go to prom without a date? Was it the social sucide the movies say it is?

Unless you have someone in mind that you really want to go with, I would say...go alone.

I went to two proms. One with a date and one without (went with a huge group of girls and 4 guys).

I can say that I had more fun at the one that I went alone to.

You can always switch up AT prom if you go without responsibility

Yeah. But it was a'ight. I just went to enjoy myself. I and my cousin. Then afterwards we went out and started realizing what we were gonna miss as we were about to graduate.

Its 2012 the idea of having to "have a date" has been put to rest decades ago. GO! I had a great time at my prom surrounded by friends dancing my ass off and the going to the after hours party and then to an amusement park the next day. Granted Im from a small town in the midwest where we relished these events. But its still a fond memory of my high school days and even though I have no desire to ever met up with the people I graduated with I will remember the prom fondly.

lazycrockett said:

Its 2012 the idea of having to "have a date" has been put to rest decades ago. GO! I had a great time at my prom surrounded by friends dancing my ass off and the going to the after hours party and then to an amusement park the next day. Granted Im from a small town in the midwest where we relished these events. But its still a fond memory of my high school days and even though I have no desire to ever met up with the people I graduated with I will remember the prom fondly.

Ugh speaking of, my high school allegedly has a tenth anniversary get-together. I don't think I'm going.

^Hell I was the class president and the last thing I did before heading to college was give the addresses of the class to the already pregnant soon to be married and stuck in podunk usa class secretary and say here enjoy the reunions.

When I visit the rents to this day i pass through town with my head lowered and my foot on the gas.

lazycrockett said:

^Hell I was the class president and the last thing I did before heading to college was give the addresses of the class to the already pregnant soon to be married and stuck in podunk usa class secretary and say here enjoy the reunions.

When I visit the rents to this day i pass through town with my head lowered and my foot on the gas.

my date started dating a good friend of mine about two weeks before prom, so I agreed to let them go together. it seemed like the right thing to do.

so I didn't go, but one of my best friends and I attended the parties at the beach after.

the only thing I regret is not being able to get a refund on the horribly overpriced tickets.

AmandaWint3r said:

So my first prom is coming up in a few weeks... and I'm thinking of going sans date

The group I'm going with is going to consist of 3 couples, and 3 presumably single girls (including me) unless anything drastic happens in the next few weeks.

I do have two guys I could probably take to prom, but honestly I feel like I'd have more fun just going alone (The nine of us are all really close, anyway). Especially when it comes to afterparty stuff, because while these two guys would probably prefer to get wasted, my group has decided we're going midnight bowling

My question is, did any of you go to prom without a date? Was it the social sucide the movies say it is?

Its my prom to in 7weeks! I'm going with my bestfriend (whose a girl) just gonna be us girls unless a guy asks me, I dont think it'll be that bad as the majority of girls are going with just their groups of friends anyway the guys are stupid in my school and many are deciding not to even bother going prom

In my day, that was unthinkable but nowadays I think it's quite common for groups to go to prom or homecoming, etc. I say, "Go and have fun!"

I went to prom without a date. I went with a group of friends for both junior and senior prom. I had a blast both times.

RodeoSchro said:

In my day, that was unthinkable but nowadays I think it's quite common for groups to go to prom or homecoming, etc. I say, "Go and have fun!"

Mine, too - which means I didn't go. The prom was even on my 18th birthday - so I could have had a legal drink at dinner.

I ended up going out for a very chi-chi dinner that night with my mom and dad, in a darling Oscar de la Renta dress. After hearing some of the prom stories from my friends, I actually think I might have done better on the evening than they did. And I know my dress came out in better shape than a lot of theirs.

So, I would say...yes, by all means, go by yourself or with a group of friends. You'll probably have more fun than a lot of the people who go with dates.

No but my friend almost did until I saved her ass and called my cousin.

Oh, many times.

On the subject of Prom, but off the original subject, sorry, I was wondering if Prom has become an all day thing across the country or is it a Utah thing?

Here, if you have a Prom date, you get time out of school to go out to I guess brunch and have a pre-Prom date. It makes it more expensive and time consuming.

My daughters' HS also does a traditional Promenade. Anyone else do this?

As for the original question, go and have fun. If you know you'll have fun with a date, take a date. If you'll have more fun solo or in a group, do that.

My junior year I went with a guy I reallyyyyyy liked!! It was a blast! My senior year, I went with a guy who I liked as a good friend, but he wanted it to be more.. Not so much fun.. I went to catholic High school and we had a public high school in our town as well, I had some girlfriends over at public so I did go to their prom as well but it was just a group of girls, and that was ALOT of fun too!

SO either way, I would go!! You dont want to regret not going 20 years later...

I nearly did, but thank God that night we had to throw a surprsie party for my Mums 40th, where we hired a stripper who was chased out of the room by my Aunties. Anyway saved a bit of money and there was strict supervision so we never had an after party. We call them school balls here in the antipodes.

Thanks guys-- yeah, the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced I'd have more fun without a date. Good to know I'm not the only one who's gone alone...

My niece went with some friends who met up with their "guy friends" at the prom.

Myself, I didn't have one. I was on independent study at an alternative education school. But if I was going to a school where I could have gone, and I wanted to go by myself, I would have gone by myself. If you're comfortable with it, that's really all that matters.

I went to many a school dance but never had no desire to go to a prom because everything involved with it seemed so fake. It was unheard of back then to go dateless and I definately had no desire to go with some girl as a date. People running around trying to find some date they weren't even interested in just to be "seen at the prom" just seemed rediculous to me.

Also it seemed like not only an expensive, but also a stuffy affair. Tuxedos and gowns are not only expensive but also stuffy looking. I just can't see getting down and dirty in such stuffy looking clothes. And taking pictures? I mean, is it a party or a wedding? When I party, I'm not into snapping fingers and moving from side to side in one place. I don't do "cotillions", I like to get all the way off and do some major ass shakin'. Hell, I and a few other folks have been thrown out of a school dance before for being all nasty like we were in an orgy with me in the middle of sandwich inbetween the two. A prom just seemed like a too stuffy and "cute" affair for a wild ass whore like me.

I didn't go to the prom at all.

The night it was going on I was actually in the area though - with my mom, we went to the furniture store because she wanted to buy a new kitchen set or kitchen chairs or something.

I was sitting in a recliner in the Laz-E-Boy section while a few blocks away everybody was partying.

I was actually sad at the time but in retrospect it's probably a good thing I didn't end up going; they'd have probably tried to make me the "Carrie White" of the festivities...

The guy I had a huge crush on that year went with someone else anyway though, so.

I went with a friend, but I got lucky with her about three years later

vainandy said:

I went to many a school dance but never had no desire to go to a prom because everything involved with it seemed so fake. It was unheard of back then to go dateless and I definately had no desire to go with some girl as a date. People running around trying to find some date they weren't even interested in just to be "seen at the prom" just seemed rediculous to me.

Also it seemed like not only an expensive, but also a stuffy affair. Tuxedos and gowns are not only expensive but also stuffy looking. I just can't see getting down and dirty in such stuffy looking clothes. And taking pictures? I mean, is it a party or a wedding? When I party, I'm not into snapping fingers and moving from side to side in one place. I don't do "cotillions", I like to get all the way off and do some major ass shakin'. Hell, I and a few other folks have been thrown out of a school dance before for being all nasty like we were in an orgy with me in the middle of sandwich inbetween the two. A prom just seemed like a too stuffy and "cute" affair for a wild ass whore like me.

i feel ya. I went to MANY school dances but i was in football & it was ''required'' we go

I did end up taking my friend summer who was like one of the prettiest & nicest gals i knew. So i was cool with that, just at prom everyones dressed up trying to act cute for a night they will regret years later

We had a prom band that played everything from 8675309 to 2pac's California love to Staying alive & the list goes on i thought no offense but the fuck won't they just play the song why is there this tribute band that clearly doesn't wanna be here? If ypu wanna play living on a prayer get Bon Jovi to be here otherwise play the song & move on to another playlist

vainandy said:

I went to many a school dance but never had no desire to go to a prom because everything involved with it seemed so fake. It was unheard of back then to go dateless and I definately had no desire to go with some girl as a date. People running around trying to find some date they weren't even interested in just to be "seen at the prom" just seemed rediculous to me.

Also it seemed like not only an expensive, but also a stuffy affair. Tuxedos and gowns are not only expensive but also stuffy looking. I just can't see getting down and dirty in such stuffy looking clothes. And taking pictures? I mean, is it a party or a wedding? When I party, I'm not into snapping fingers and moving from side to side in one place. I don't do "cotillions", I like to get all the way off and do some major ass shakin'. Hell, I and a few other folks have been thrown out of a school dance before for being all nasty like we were in an orgy with me in the middle of sandwich inbetween the two. A prom just seemed like a too stuffy and "cute" affair for a wild ass whore like me.

All I missed out on was a bunch of guys in pastel tuxedos.

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vainandy said:

I went to many a school dance but never had no desire to go to a prom because everything involved with it seemed so fake. It was unheard of back then to go dateless and I definately had no desire to go with some girl as a date. People running around trying to find some date they weren't even interested in just to be "seen at the prom" just seemed rediculous to me.

Also it seemed like not only an expensive, but also a stuffy affair. Tuxedos and gowns are not only expensive but also stuffy looking. I just can't see getting down and dirty in such stuffy looking clothes. And taking pictures? I mean, is it a party or a wedding? When I party, I'm not into snapping fingers and moving from side to side in one place. I don't do "cotillions", I like to get all the way off and do some major ass shakin'. Hell, I and a few other folks have been thrown out of a school dance before for being all nasty like we were in an orgy with me in the middle of sandwich inbetween the two. A prom just seemed like a too stuffy and "cute" affair for a wild ass whore like me.

Oh, I wish I had known you in HS!!

The year I went alone I wore a more flexible dress and took other girls dates. I was being so nasty

my updo came down and my makeup pretty much melted off. My heel busted and I ended

up barefoot by the end of the dance.

I was lucky that I knew a lot of the teachers who were in charge of keeping the peace.

They just shook their heads at me and turned away

The year that I went with a date, we ended up leaving early because we got in trouble when

I was dancing with my gay friend and he jerked my dress up because I couldn't spread my

legs right when we were getting down.

In HS us "poor kids" were always getting our asses kicked out of dances. We wern't into the

side to side shuffle, more into the hard grind, sweat etc.

It's perfectly ok to go alone.

Just make sure you put out though.

I've always thought it's cheesy as hell...

and SEXLESS, it's not that you're going to bagn your date after the party or something

well, in the 00s," maybe"(probably)...fem/male teens are sluts these days...

JoeTyler said:

I've always thought it's cheesy as hell...

and SEXLESS, it's not that you're going to bagn your date after the party or something

well, in the 00s," maybe"(probably)...fem/male teens are sluts these days...

You don't think folks were sluts back in the '90s Joe?