Never Went To Senior Prom

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SurpriseJunior5920@reddit

I never went either, I guess babies don’t make good prom dates

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I was part of the group people made fun of because of what we wore, the music we listened to, and what we believed.

I turned out ok having not gone 😎

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Alarming_Hippo_6035@reddit

I went to five in my senior year. I was NOT a popular person. I have no idea why or how I went to so many. I don't even like them.

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ElectronicBusiness74@reddit

I didn't go to any formal dances in HS. I went to a really small private catholic school, so the girls I was interested in were already dating upperclassmen. I would've liked to have gone to at least one dance just for the experience.

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NefariousnessOther28@reddit

I never went to my 1991 prom. No date, I'm an introvert (which I just realized and now embrace) so I was not interested in going.

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Jumpy_Cobbler7783@reddit

My teenage years were spent taking care of and supervising my two youngers - the youngest was 8 years my junior.

After I started middle school aged 12 our mom worked full time from before I got home (so I was a "latchkey child") until well after bedtime - had to make sure both of them got home okay from grade school, my instructions were have them immediately strip off their their school clothes and (in theory) into play clothes - half the time they refused and just stayed naked 🫣 - then fed the dinner mom had prepared, bathed, teeth brushed, the youngest into a cloth diaper and plastic pants and tried to get them to put pajamas on (usually in vain).

That's really nice. Much nicer than any silly prom.

Me neither. I was too scared to ask anyone. And then really just didn’t want to bother with the whole scene. I was a pizza delivery guy and made a lot of tip money that night.

I got pregnant two months into my junior year and dropped out of school by Thanksgiving. Pregnancy zapped every single bit of energy I had and I slept for about 14-18 hours a day. (It was the same with the next two pregnancies as well.) Combined with my father kicking me out of the house and a general lack of support otherwise, prom was the last thing on my mind.

Otherwise-Job-1572@reddit

I went to a very small high school in a small town. There were 46 in my graduating class. While I was an introvert, I had plenty of friends.

I was invited to the prom by a junior when I was a freshman. I declined.

I was invited to the prom by a senior when I was a junior. I declined.

I had zero interest in going my junior and senior years. I stayed in class and worked on schoolwork when everyone else went to decorate the gym during 7th hour my junior year. (Why would I want to work on something I wasn't going to be participating in?)

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Spifire50@reddit

Didn't go to prom. I think I was playing baseball. Didn't go to 10 year reunion. Was in town (attending a baseball tourney) but didn't go. Later found out that I would have been sitting at the same table as a Shania Twain who was in attendance!

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brendini511@reddit

I didn't go. I couldn't have afforded a dress and tickets, and certainly no one asked me.

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wordstogetherrandom@reddit

Same for me.

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uruiamme@reddit

I took a hot, blonde non-girlfriend friend. She wore all pink and I wore a pink matching tie and cummerbund plus tuxedo. She shocked everyone because I was a bachelor at the time and this girl attended a different school.

I successfully failed!

Didn’t go. Kinda wanted to, kinda didn’t. It was a weird time.

I remember that all of my female friends were dating my buddies, and the one girl I was crushing on was just so far out of my league that it put me off of even considering other girls. (Even writing this, I don’t understand what I was thinking).

My buddies were pressing me on it at lunch , and one guys turns to an underclassman girl who was at my table and said , “hey, would you want to go to prom with him?” And she said sure.

She was super cute. And sort of one of the guys in a hippy girl kind of way. And she was fun. We would have had a good time.

Instead I told her no thank you. I wasn’t interested in going at all.

And she said she kind of understood.

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Turbulent-Ad5121@reddit

Graduated in 1992 and went to my senior prom with a couple of friends (one guy and one gal) for exactly 20 minutes because we were forced to.

Almost everyone in my senior class -hated- the group of Juniors (a bunch of self-proclaimed “A-list” girls who probably thought the movie “Heathers” was aspirational…) who were on the prom committee. I don’t know if this was just a thing at our school or if it’s universal, but the tradition was that the Junior class hosted the prom for the Senior class. Ok. Whatever. But since everyone hated these posers, we decided we were all going to skip. But word got out that we were planning to peace-out so the principal and teachers threatened us with the typical “permanent record” bullshit they always pulled.

Alrighty then.

So we all rented tuxes and dresses and all that shit- and showed up long enough to get photos taken and then we bailed.

Ended up having a great time at a bonfire in formal wear in the middle of the woods on the edge of town.

We were punished with pop quizzes and extra homework and all the lame shit they could think of until we graduated, but it was worth it. (And I can’t remember a single kid getting in trouble with their parents over our shenanigans.)

I remember a few teachers telling us that we were the worst class they’d ever taught. We just shrugged our shoulders like, “Ok. Whatever.” It’s funny though. We were shit heads, sure. But overall, we probably had the biggest matriculation rate and college acceptance of any class in 10 years in that small rural Alabama town. So get f*cked.

And nothing ever appeared on our “permanent record.”

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MedicalWeb1587@reddit

Nope. None of my proms or dances. Went to one in 8th grade…that was it.

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pootenshammer@reddit

Exactly the same. One in 8th grade and never again. No regrets either.

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reignoferror00@reddit

Didn't go to my Grade 13 grad dance. Went by myself to my Grade 12 one, and ended up going to an after party at someone's camp/cabin/cottage not far away. Drank while there and slept it off in the back of the car.

rgthunder1@reddit

Nothing to add to this conversation other than if you spell prom backwards it spells Morp which is mildly entertaining to me.

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Competitive-Metal773@reddit

I didn't go, not that I didn't want to. I was never asked to any dances or even any dates the entire 4 years. (On brand for the plain, fat girl.)

Today I am totally embarrassed at how badly I wanted to go to Senior Prom, but at the time it was a huge deal at my school so agsty, lonely 17-year old was heartbroken and naturally tthe world was ending. Even just listening to the other girls jabbering about their dresses was torture. 🙄

Even my Sophomore brother attended. He accompanied one of my friends platonically (underclassmen were allowed to attend if their date was an Upper.) They went with another couple, so that meant they came by to pick him up. I willl always remember watching through the window as my mom snapped the obligatory pictures outside before they left.

Honestly. Adult Me doesnt have much sympathy for Teen Me and is rolling her eyes at how pathetic she was.

TLDR: Didn't go but wanted to, no one asked, was as devastated as one would expect of a 17-year old drama queen convinced that the world had ended. 🙄

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Dependent-Garden8623@reddit

And I was probably the shy kid who was in your class and thought you were nice though. And you probably were that is why you have a nice life now good job.👍🏼🫡

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Competitive-Metal773@reddit

Thank you, your kindness made my day! I wish I could do more than just upvote, Reddit needs a "love" option to click! 😆

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jmthomas87@reddit

Didn't go to my Senior prom. Spent the money on the tux for my girlfriend's prom.

Plus, didn't want to show up to prom in my Mom's station wagon. My folks sold my Caddy Eldorado I had the previous year's prom to help get them out of farming the previous spring.

Mine was in 1990. My band played, and we got kicked out when they caught us with beer.

graduated in 91.

i was prom king...

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MassCasualty@reddit

Hail hail!!

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badhoopty@reddit

the jr class did all the work for prom and elections and whatnot... i was a new student that year to this VERY small school and i think they all voted me king just to f with me.

the sr class had 11 people in it. it was way out in some small nw kansas town, and here i am some long haired stoner/skater kid from a big, rich colorado town and school.

Everyone asked what I was doing at graduation practice. I said I was graduating. They said “but you dropped out” and I said “yep… and you didn’t.” I’m still proud of that.

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SKatieRo@reddit

Damn, write that counselor a thank you note.

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sotiredwontquit@reddit

Oh I did. Pretty sure he must have died by now though.

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CountHonorius@reddit

Never set foot in my high school either, despite entreaties to attend class reunions. Why would I want to waste airfare and lodging to see people who put me through four years of hell?

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Icky-Tree-Branch@reddit

I didn’t go to my senior prom. I did go to prom at my bestie’s school instead, though. Class of ‘96. My senior year sucked. My friends either graduated the previous year or went to another school. (I worked at a junction point of three different high schools, so it was a mix of us from each school.)

I didn't go to mine either, although our school was Junior and Senior prom so I skipped twice. I hate dances and generally being in crowds of people and I knew I'd hate most of the music. Plus none of my friends went. Junior year was just a normal night. Senior year we hung out as a group of friends and played D&D and then drove the hour and a half to the beach after midnight.

Honestly nothing that could have happened at prom was better than what we actually did. Instead of being miserable in a suit, I got to hang out with all of my high school friends for one of the last times before we all left for our separate ways.

I actually got stuck going to homecoming once. Had a friend who wanted to ask a girl out and I told him I'd ask someone if he did and she said yes. He did. She did. So I asked a random girl I'd never spoken to because I thought she'd say no and for some reason she said yes too.

Then the girl my friend asked said Jesus told her not to go out with my friend and I got stuck going to homecoming with none of my friends and this girl I'd never spoken to before asking her out.

We ended up being friends after that, but that was an awkward night. At least I didn't stand that poor girl up.

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Quack68@reddit

I didn’t either, too afraid to ask anyone.

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martafoz@reddit

No prom.

No reunions.

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stevemm70@reddit

I went, but I wish I hadn't. My date was a nightmare.

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diamondgreene@reddit

Had a date but wasn’t worth the humiliation.

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Boring_Blood4603@reddit

I didn't go to mine. I don't go to reunions either. I had a few friends I liked and most of them were a year older or younger.

I went to a friend's prom because he didn't have a date and wanted an excuse to rent a limo with his friend.

I had plans to but the week before got busted with pot in my locker and was suspended

my date was so pissed, had her dress and everything

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Bulocoo@reddit

Didn't go to my prom - left school early and went to college.

A year later I worked with a gal and was interested in her. She was dating a loser biker dude in his early 20s who refused to take her to hers so I did.

My buddy was also same class year so we doubled. Did the whole limo thing and all.

I never would have gone to anything like that if not for her. We went to the beach after and I got a great goodnight kiss dropping her off at 4am but the next day she was back with biker boy.

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Longjumping-Air1489@reddit

Yup. Never went, had no one to ask. Half-heartedly asked one girl and hit declined (no surprise).

GenXist@reddit

Married my senior prom date. I was 20, she was 19, and our son arrived a little over three months later. I'll forever be grateful for the kiddos she gave me, but... She was crazy creative about making my every waking moment from 1996 to 2003 (when she died) a fresh kind of hell.

BulldMc@reddit

I went my junior year because a good friend who was a senior had a friend who wanted to go and I offered to be her date. I can see the appeal of it as a special sort of thing you might do if you're dating someone, but nothing about it motivated me to go my senior year. I think that was the only "school dance" I went to.

Didn't go to either of my proms. Didn't really like most of the kids I went to school with and figured that most of them would just be laughing at me for a) not having a date, and b) looking ridiculous in a tux.

I went even though I had been dumped a week before. It really sucked. In my opinion, you missed nothing.

notevenapro@reddit

I went to my senior prom. 1985.

My friend Chris let me borrow his 1969 SS chevelle to take my date to the prom. I lived with my cousin and uncle. My cousin took a date to my high school prom, friend of my date. Went and danced. BUt our dates had a curfew so we got them home. Then my cousin went home and I went to cruise.

Took that car and cruised in downtown DC, mainly M street in Georgetown. Went home and my cousin had a full blown house party going on. Uncle was rich. We had an indoor pool and people were getting tossed in the pool. All good fun. We cleaned up until dawn. My uncle was out. Single dad with teens, rich, weekend. Wild times.

We lived next door to Joe Theismann. That is all I got.

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skins-rangers@reddit

My favorite football player.

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notevenapro@reddit

When I was in highschool my uncle took me to a charity event in DC. I played the bideo game Pole position against Art Monk.

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LazyOldCat@reddit

I didn’t even go to my senior year. Graduated early, gtfo. HS was ßS.

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siciliana___@reddit

I didn’t go, either. Zero desire to.

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97Whaler@reddit

86 same feeling

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tdawg-1551@reddit

I never went to any of my own. Didn't see the point as I didn't have a girlfriend at the time.

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In short, that's my first memorable "no good deed goes unpunished" experience.

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Komaisnotsalty@reddit

Class of '89. My parents were strict Evangelicals and even though I graduated from a Catholic high school, I wasn't allowed to attend prom.

I actually didn't want to go anyway: I had a large backpack packed, and that night, climbed out the window and took off.

I hated that school and family. They didn't want me to go to college except Bible college so I could find a husband and have babies and be a good wife.

I wanted an education. I was the youngest of 6 and not a single member of my family graduated high school. I refused to fall into the same thing, so I made plans to get my diploma and then bail.

And I did. Prom wasn't a priority.

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AJ_in_SF_Bay@reddit

I have a feeling you don't drink anymore, but if you still did, it would be good whiskey, neat. I wish I could buy you one. Good for you seriously. I applaud you 👏.

I made my own run of a few thousand miles, but later than you, and for different reasons, of course.

What you did takes real grit.

Thanks for sharing.

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Komaisnotsalty@reddit

That is freakishly spot on.

You are correct: I am a whiskey neat lady, but haven't touched a drop in 6 years. My fave (and still is) was Gibson's Finest- one of the best (imo) Canadian whiskeys out there.

I had no money to go to prom in 1983. I was working but my home life was chaos. Did not go to HS graduation either.

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Cowboywizzard@reddit

I really would have loved to go but I was socially awkward, not popular, and one of the poorest kids in my huge high school. My best friend was able to get a date and went and he had a good time. He passed away from COVID during the pandemic.

Huge-Cut7460@reddit

I skipped my senior prom. Showed up for clean-up tho. Got the goodies without having to dress up. A couple of years later some Central American students stole the shirt at my college. Jerks even wore it in front of me.

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Dangerous-Deer-6290@reddit

I’m a boomer and never was asked to prom.

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someDutch_bloke@reddit

Didn't want to go to school when i had to go.

Yeah I kind of felt emotional vulnerable about asking so I just skipped the whole thing. I had no regrets though.

I was sort of unique at high school in that I could move among all the various cliques, jocks, bands, chess club, farmers (it was a college town with farmers outside). I was generally accepted anywhere.

Ironically, I had no close friends.. I am not sure I arguably can say I have that even now. I mean ok with that. I just have ADHD and it is too difficult to maintain relationships.

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DangerousLettuce1423@reddit

Never wanted to go to mine (mid 80s senior ball) but was talked into it by my then best friend. Had a miserable time.

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Bestblackcoffeemom@reddit

Didn’t go to mine 1987. Big regret. I just wasn’t interested in school like I should have been.

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SherryGabs@reddit

I didn’t go to mine in 1983, and yes, I was asked. I just didn’t care about things like that. Never regretted it either.

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elladoherty@reddit

I went to the Senior prom in 1992. Buckle in, lords and ladies. Here be Dragons.

The group of girls my bestie and I hung out with insisted that we all go together, and that they plan everything prom-related, from soup to nuts. This turned out to be an absolute shitshow.

My dad was a limo/hearse driver, and his boss offered me a pretty good deal for three limousines. There were a lot of us. We paid four times what my dad's company was ready to charge us thanks to the rotten deal the other girls had found.

I don't remember where the actual prom was held, but after prom we all jumped into our fleet of limos and hung out in NY for the majority of the night. We started the night at South Street Seaport in search of some food and fought off cockroaches the size of puppies.

The ringleader mean girls promised they would 'get tickets' to Dangerfield's for all of us and had collected money from everyone. Since I had never been to the comedy club until then, I had no idea you needed to buy those tickets at the door and it also required a 2-drink minimum. We were in prom gear. The bouncer laughed his ass off at us and told us to fuck off. The money for said tickets, collected weeks before, was of course gonzo.

I lost my absolute shit at that point. Me, my date, my best friend, and her date abandoned the others and went down the block to Chippendale's. The four of us had an absolute blast. When we had finally lost our patience with Prom Night - Post-Prom Morning at this point - we hopped into our limo minus two-thirds of our original gang and went home.

Later that morning, the Mean Girl Brigade blew my house phone up and threatened to kick my ass. I shrugged it off as I was sure I'd never see them again, which I did not.

I was a very involved and social in hs (9-12). I had two girlfriends in that time. I even had a gf in 8th grade and our class at the parochial school held a social at another classmate"s home that included slow dancing. This was due to many of us in the class were dating another classmate.

Most of us went on to the same small hs.

Anyways. Life is good, as I roll into 50….

Ya we were. And our parents weren’t as oblivious as we thought we thought they were. At meant mine weren’t. My mom has told me about so many times that she knew I was high, but didn’t make a big deal of it because it was just weed. But the acid was the one where they had to step in…I mean, they were children of the 60s. Of course they knew weed and acid.

Not only did I not go to prom, I didn’t go to a single dance during high school. I would have skipped the graduation ceremony if my grandparents hadn’t came from out of state.

In nearly 40 years I only went to one reunion and only stayed for about 10 minutes. Won’t attend another one.

I did attend football games in high school but only because I was in the band.

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capthazelwoodsflask@reddit

The only non-post game dance I went to was Homecoming my Freshman year.

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MessoGesso@reddit

I also did not attend

It was the first school activity I had permission to attend, but it didn't work out, probabky because I had no idea what prom is, and it wasn't simplified by an invitation or an acceptance.

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sweet_ned_kromosome@reddit

I went to seven proms.

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Milliemott@reddit

I went to three jr proms & three senior balls. Back when we would borrow gowns from each other.

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filtersweep@reddit

I pity anyone whose best night in their life was prom. I went…. alone. I felt my parents were pushing me. They were high school sweethearts.

I did not go to my senior prom in 88. No problem for me to get dates in high school. I was a bit of a lothario.

I had a friend from another school who was taking me to my prom. Bought dress, shoes, purse, and then I called it off. This was 1986. Ended up wearing the dress to the Fall formal my freshman year of college. Married my date 2 months later.

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8amteetime@reddit

I didn’t go to my high school’s senior prom, but I did go to my girlfriend’s high school senior prom as a junior. She went to the Catholic girls school.

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Witty-Guava8475@reddit

I had just given birth and was planning my wedding so senior prom wasn't a major event to me. It would have been weird to go anyways since i was on bed rest the majority of my pregnancy and the school wouldn't work with me so I just dropped out (got my GED afterwards). I am still married to the person I was with then and we have made a beautiful life/family together. During covid we did a "prom" for our youngest child and their partner at the time.

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BetMyLastKrispyKreme@reddit

I didn’t go because the money I would’ve used to pay for my dress went to paying for my best friend’s abortion in the next state over.

(In Canada so it wasn’t called a Senior Prom.) Contributing $75 to the ‘Grad Fund’ was mandatory even though my family was dead broke. I wasn’t allowed to not go because that’d be a waste of the money.

Sea_Cress_8859@reddit

Graduated in 94. Never went either. But I went to a school sponsored after party “lock in” at the local mall. Won a pair of tickets for Pink Floyd, which I promptly sold for $200 bucks.

Hey...fellow Senior in '93 that didn't go to my prom either. I don't regret not going but now that I'm all grown up (I mean fuck that shit, lol), I probably should've gone just for the experience. Meh...I lived in the sticks anyway so that would've been a complete hassle and I (nor my parents) had the cash to lay out for a tux or anything like that.

Me and a couple of friends did go on a Senior vacation of sorts right after graduation though. One friend had a boat, the other had a truck, and I had....well....I had them. We went to Big Lake here in AZ (we're from NM so it was a trip) and camped, fished, swam, and toured all around eastern AZ for like a week. We had a fucking blast!

Then we got home and my friend with the boat said the Forest Service needed workers to work at a big Hot Shot camp up by Socorro, NM and so we did that for a couple of weeks. No lie, I got home from camping, took a shower and like 2 hours later he calls me and tells me they need people. I said sure so we went into Silver City, NM and filled out all the paperwork, got our gear, and hit the road that night. Such a great experience. That's...another story though.

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coconut6374@reddit

I had a date and my parents could afford it, but my mom did not want to buy the dress.

SavingsDrag3348@reddit

I went to homecoming but not prom (junior or senior). Got asked my junior year, and declined. Graduated early the next year.

I was pretty much over high school at that point. I haven’t been to a reunion either.

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SauerMetal@reddit

Chill my Iona❤️‍🩹

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Dusty_Sequins@reddit

I did not go to mine because I dropped out in 10th and got my GED. I went as someone’s date to theirs when I was in 9th

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Hoffafiles@reddit

I graduated in 98, and the only prom I went to was the 8th grade one.

Oh boy! 1994. No date, but it didn’t matter because the Friday before, we took a senior trip to Six Flags. 5 hours there. Park 11PM-5AM. 5 hours back. Did not stay overnight. Did not sleep on the bus. Got home in time to take a shower and go to a work thing for a bit. Then my teenage cousin was getting married (other story). So I stayed at that until I almost passed out. Managed to get home and crawl in bed. About 10 PM I’m awoken from a deep sleep. My best friend has pulled up in a limo to take me to an after party. I open the door half-naked and shoo her way. Then slept another 10 hours.

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CasualBi24@reddit

I never went to any proms or homecomings or any of that type thing with one exception.

I only went to one dance in high school, and only because a girl asked me to go with her.

She was nice, but I didn't really enjoy myself. I said yes and went to be polite.

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NahNah-P@reddit

Nope, didn't have any interest in prom. I still don't think I missed much, except wasting tons of money.

I went to my band formal concerts and had the wardrobe but I didn't want to have to be around a bunch of people I didn't like, pretending like I did, in the most vulnerable situation to be in; so I avoided it altogether by foregoing it.

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heeheewhybother@reddit

Went bowling with Family. Kinda wished I had. Missed a lot of the High School "experiences". But hey turned out okay-ish!?!? Hahaha

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Former_Strategy3342@reddit

Class of 95. My date was a friend. I seriously don’t remember anything from the actual prom itself. The after party was lots of fun!

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addictedtotext@reddit

I was on Prom committee and wound up Chair junior year.

I had a horrible time finding a date and a guy in my history class offered to go with me. My mom sewed my dress it was the day before my 17th birthday and I wound up getting stood up.

A friend from school asked to stay with me that weekend so we double dated. That turned into me tagging along.

That being said, I didn't go to senior prom and people didn't go in groups like they do now. That would have been so much more fun.

Oddfool@reddit

Never went to any of the dances.

I did, however, obtain a pyrotechnics license, and back in 2021, as everything started opening up after the pandemic, my high school held their prom outdoors on campus. I was selected to operate the show.

So, 33 years after graduation I finally attended prom, and "blew up" my high school.

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RitualHalatiik@reddit

I had not planned to go to my prom at all; I didn’t date in HS and wasn’t into school dances and such. BUT… I was friends with a number of exchange students who were excited to go. One friend from Germany was set to go with her American boyfriend. All good, right? She calls me the morning of, all verklempt because the guy had gone to the doctor the day before and been diagnosed with freaking chickenpox! He wanted her to go, so she asked if I’d go with.

So on the day of prom I bought a random dress, got gussied up, we swung by his to pick up the tickets (and boy was covered in pox!), and off we went!

I never went.

My mother promised to make my dress.

I waited and waited.

The weekend before, she had my evil half sister drive us past a Joanne’s fabric and a slew of other stores, just to go to one that she knew was closed on Sundays.

She very smugly told me “Well, I guess you aren’t going to prom”.

B**** was right.

My senior prom was the worst. My then boyfriend and I had split before prom. He was a mentally abusive asshole to me. But I let our friend group guilt me into still going with him because he already rented his tux and put in his share of the limo. So I was made to feel like the asshole if I didn’t go with him.

Went to junior prom with the girl that broke up with me a week before. Went to senior prom with a friend who felt awkward and acted weird the whole time.

Should have stayed home.

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Purple-Display-5233@reddit

Didn't go. Still glad I didn't go. No regrets.

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Bodyicing@reddit

I went to my Jr Prom but didn’t go to my Senior in 93’. Was tired of spending ALOT of money on dresses I was only gonna wear once….I Don’t regret it. Picture is Jr Prom 1992!

Yes, we used it, but I would have been '88 (in the Northeast). I was in a very rural area (didn't have cable TV for MTV until the 90s) so we also labelled ourselves as punk, even though the vibe/aesthetic is obvs. different. But where I was we were a little more blended.

Slight-Bowl4240@reddit

I didn’t go. No one asked me from my school or the other schools in town.

mrgonzo247@reddit

I didn't go either. I just couldn't fathom the idea of spending money and dressing up to go hang out with a bunch of people I don't like and who don't like me.

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Seriousmoonlight67@reddit

Did not attend because no date. Had high hopes of being asked, never happened. Plan B was a night out in the city with a good friend. We had an awesome time! Did attend 3 other Proms as someone’s date, just not at my high school. All of them boring.

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dadasinger@reddit

I only went to school when I had to, no extracurricular activities, got my diploma in the mail, left town and didn't stay in touch with anybody.

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Reader47b@reddit

My senior prom was also 1993! I also did not go. 100% because no one asked me to. I dated someone in 8th grade. I went on one - ONE - "group date" in 10th grade. Other than that, I never dated in high school.

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Fectiver_Undercroft@reddit

I always made other plans so I had an excuse not to go in case anyone suggested i do it for “no regrets.” I always figured it wouldn’t be fair to any girl who just wanted to go, to go with someone who didn’t want to be there. There might have been a girl I might have changed plans for, but then like now I can’t think of who might have had that pull beyond the hypothetical.

Went to 10-year reunion. It was work going to one, once. Saw some friends I hadn’t seen since HS and was glad to catch up with them once, saw a few folks I used to share mutual disregard with be friendly, and that was enough.

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Busy_Daikon_6942@reddit

I was picked on in high school. I met my wife the summer before my senior year (she had already graduated). She didn't go to my school and she had been picked on at her school, too. We didn't want to have anything to do with school so we didn't go to my senior prom.

We've been married 28 years and now we both wish we would have gone. Because neither of us have any good memories of our other prom dates and it would have been nice to look back and remember going to prom together before we were married.

My dad always had the living room tv maxed and my bedroom was at the back of the house…I swear he was partially deaf even then…and I didn’t hear a thing. Neither did my mom (who was in the front-ish section of the house - tv was always that loud, it was one of dad’s ways of silently punishing everyone because no one wanted to spend time with the perpetual angry man).

So, if the guy from a Houston suburb high school sees this - sorry, I didn’t know. I would have said yes, if I could have, I am sure you looked handsome in your suit. Neighbor commented you looked dapper.

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WagonHitchiker@reddit

I had no interest in prom, also in 1993.

1991 Grad. I never did. Had a girlfriend that didn't go to my school and a couple years older than me. It just felt awkward.

Yep. There was a girl named Summer. We had been talking and flirting for a month. Went out a few times and I really started to like her - asked her to my sr prom. She got distant 2 week before the date. Then about 1 wk before she let me know that she was going with her ex bf from another school. I was pretty crushed - not because of her, FUCK HER! Because I had 3 different friends who were girls who didn't have dates and I had already set them up with my other friends. So everyone I knew had dates and there wasn't anyone for me to go with. Late night that night a couple of my friends went and rolled her house. Really got her too eggs, shaving creame and all.

I'm OK with it. She tried to reach out to me a few times in our 20s. One time I was at my desk probably 25 yrs old and she called me out of nowhere. That conversation was pretty satisfying. It ended with her asking me to get coffee and I told her I would love to, but I was already going with my ex. Most satisfying hang up of my life.

I never went either. My BFF was a boy (I’m female) and I thought we’d go and he hit me with, “I’m going with someone else,”. I babysat and made a crap ton of money that night so…

Apawling_Behavior@reddit

Skipped it. Didn’t have a date. Had zero desire to endure an evening of wallflower boredom.

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TheHrethgir@reddit

I went to junior prom, my girlfriend was a senior. But I was single my senior year, so I didn't go either.

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foilrat@reddit

Went for about 20 minutes.

There were four of us.

We ended up going to a pool hall and shooting pool.

We walked in all dressed up, the cashier just looked at us "Ah, I see you came dressed for pool!"

Was not allowed to go. All of my friends went (many with other friends from our greater friend group).

My junior year I was asked by a senior whose locker was next mine to prom. It was the only time he’d talked to me aside from the occasional hi when we were both at our lockers. I declined. How much pressure is that for a first date with someone? I went with a group of friends, had a blast. Didn’t go during my senior year. Just wasn’t interested went to a bonfire at the beach instead.

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flabackyardgarage@reddit

Class of 83 and nope, didn't go. No regrets!

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Bear_Salary6976@reddit

I didn't go to my prom. Certainly not something that I wanted to do. I did go to another high school's prom. I was asked by a female friend that I hadn't seen all year. I felt sorry for her so I went.

It was a group of 5 couples and all of the guys were friends of mine from my high school. The girls really weren't friends with each other, although they got along.

It was a fun time just hanging out with my friends for one if the last time. I thought most of the people they're looked ridiculous trying to act fancy.

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Ill_Quantity_5634@reddit

I skipped mine, too. Just didn't see the point in paying to hang out with people I couldn't stand.

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tacosandtheology@reddit

Skipped mine to read poetry in the cemetery with my older goth girlfriend.

I was never really into it, went to some junior high dances and a few high school because whoever I was dating at the time wanted to, was fun but not a huge deal. Senior year I lost my mom to suicide and was told that I wouldn't be graduating in 4 months either so I wasn't keen on it.

Only had a senior prom, went 2x: as a senior and the following year with a senior girl. Had fun at both, but nothing that stands out today.

Normal-Air-2197@reddit

My son was very smart but socially awkward. His senior year he wanted to go to homecoming. Too nervous to ask a girl, he went stag. Hated it. Senior prom comes around, he plans a party where the guys play whirlyball while driving small carts. Back to my house where I had multiple televisions set up for different video games, basketball out front, ALOT of food, then bonfire with gourmet s’mores (Nutella instead of Hershey bars) . When word got back to the school the next Monday, the guys who went to prom were jealous. Guys still talk about it almost 20 yrs later.

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jdjbr85@reddit

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And this one girl (nice girl, always was), but bless her heart, she just kept saying "but it was cloudy I don't get it?"

and finally one guy turns to her and says "Consider for a minute that they aren't talking about the actual moon?"

FirefighterKindly480@reddit

Didn’t go to my senior prom since I didn’t have a date at the time and I was a minority at a predominantly white private catholic school in the 90’s. Didn’t feel I would have had that much fun at the time.

Once in college, I did meet my future wife and went to her senior prom. That was a great time and the student body was diverse which made it extra special.

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Available_Maybe_6510@reddit

I was kicked out of school right before senior prom for attendance issues. I wasn't planning on going anyways. Back then, floofy dresses, pop music or hip hop and dancing wasn't my thing. Im all over it now though. Give me a frigging ball gown and tiarra, some trashy pop music and some room to shake it. I do need to go to one of those adult proms at a club.

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Big_Bang_Amy@reddit

I never went to prom or one single dance. I was an 'outcast' and budding lesbian. It was all so foreign for me. At almost 60, I don't care AT ALL that I missed that crap

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Away_Web8643@reddit

Never went, either. Never had a date.

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mhiaa173@reddit

I wasn't dating anyone at the time, so it wasn't a big deal. I did ask one guy (he said no because he was going with someone else) and after that, I gave up.

I didn't go to my Prom in 89. I went to the after party though.

My boyfriend was 21 or 22 so too old and he had no interest and I had no interest so, no. I did try to

kalalukamahina@reddit

C/O ‘84 here, and ditto.

I went to my senior prom but it wasn't much fun. The best part was buying a pretty dress but the prom itself was a disappointment.

My son is going to prom this weekend and my daughter went to all of hers. It's so different! They went in a big group. No one is waiting to be asked. By us it's at a zoo, aquarium or museum. Dancing is no longer important. Friends go and have a great time.

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MB2katz@reddit

I didn't go (1987) - my school had banquets, no proms/no dancing. I was pretty shy back then anyways, and had no interest in any big social events.

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Efficient-Ad7767@reddit

I went alone both my junior and senior prom. I also had a miserable time .

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Shipcaster@reddit

I didn’t. I went so far as to rent a tux and fake going to get my mom off my back. To this day, she doesn’t know I never went.

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ComprehensiveCup7104@reddit

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flungcow@reddit

I went to 4 proms and none of them were my own and I didn't go to one my senior year, kinda regret that but oh well.

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Odd_Policy_3009@reddit

Never went to Junior or Senior Prom.

I went to mine. It was forgettable. I enjoyed my date but it doesn’t hold some magical place in my memories.

Media made it such a big deal at that age. Soulmates and big images of love and such. I would regret not going if I hadn’t but lemme just say you didn’t miss much.

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IdaDuck@reddit

I went to several proms and formals. I can’t dance and didn’t enjoy that aspect of them but they were fine. I would agree they hold no importance when I look back. Honestly nothing in HS really meant much at the time or looking back. I have no trauma either it just felt like a holding pattern while I was waiting for the next thing. College was way more fun and meaningful.

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Aware-Owl4346@reddit

I was super nerdy, antisocial and awkward. Never thought about even talking to girls in HS. But a girl asked me, so I went and it was ok. You didn’t miss out on much.

Affectionate-Map2583@reddit

I didn't go, and I didn't care enough to go as a group of friends without dates.

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Bassmasta76@reddit

Didn't go, dont regret it. FOMO is not in my vocabulary. 🫡

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TartFine1577@reddit

I didn't go either. Wasn't too upset about it either.

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RogerClyneIsAGod2@reddit

Didn't wanna go. I knew zero people that enjoyed their prom & all these years later the ones that did go don't remember who they went with (unless they actually stayed with that person & married them) or what the theme happened to be.

I didn’t. I was fairly popular with all different groups so it wasn’t like I didn’t have anyone to go with. I actually did ask a guy from another school and he said yes. I just didn’t buy the tickets or get a dress or really care once I had the date. So we went out on our own and had a great night. No regrets at all.

AlmiranteCrujido@reddit

I mean, there's only one of them. So you either went or didn't.

I skipped out, snuck a flask of rum into a bad movie, and probably had a better time than the friends who were equally dorky but got nagged into going by parents who said "you'll regret it if you don't."

DEFINITELY had a much better time than the friend who got not just guilted into going, but got forced to go by his parents who even found a date for him with another mutual friend who was forced by her parents into going.

SaintsSmileShyly@reddit

I went to my school's winter dance but not the prom...a pity trade off (kid went with me to this dance, I went to his winter dance).

I was and am bookish, shy, and a lover of music but hater of crowds. No regrets about prom.

WolfLady74@reddit

I didn’t go. I didn’t care and I don’t regret it.

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x650r@reddit

No prom. My friends all went. I don’t really feel like I missed out. They picked me up afterwards and we all went to the beach.

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AtikGuide@reddit

Me! ** waves hand!! **

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Haunting-Ad-8029@reddit

I'd guess about 75% of my class didn't go to the prom either year (at my high school it was juniors and seniors).

There wasn't enough space for much more than that to fit where they had it.

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I didn't go to my senior prom of 1993 either. Funny thing is I went to prom with a girl I knew from crusing. Her boyfriend broke up with her and she wanted to go and asked me if I would go with her.

A few years later I went with another which was odd being I was 20 lol.

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No_Bluejay9901@reddit

87, had no interest. My mother was soooo upset. She swore one day I'd regret it. She was wring

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IndyColtsFan2020@reddit

My mom begged, pleaded, tried to bribe me, and did everything she could to get me to go and I refused both times. Like yours, she told me I’d regret it forever. I have no regrets at all and in fact, think it is even less of a big deal now than I did then.

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docintangible@reddit

Didn't go to my junior prom (1995). Instead, my gf and I went to my friend's house, who did go to prom, to hang out there to wait for him to get back. His grandmother (old Czech woman) gave us beer and we watched Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien.

This Jurassic Park TV bit literally lives in the space that my memories of junior prom would be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7HJts_7UMc

LinuxLinus@reddit

I've never enjoyed events like that, though I'm not sure I'd completely sorted that out by that time. I'd just broken up with my first-ever girlfriend and was absolutely convinced I would never feel normal again. Had no interest in listening to "Landslide" for the 7 millionth time.

Went to senior prom and the after party which did not end until 10:00 a.m. the next day.

powerhikeit@reddit

No prom, no homecoming, no dances whatsoever. No regrets.

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IndyColtsFan2020@reddit

I didn’t go to either prom. I had a girl who really wanted me to take her as well but it just wasn’t my thing. I don’t regret it.

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Ill_Establishment406@reddit

98 and skipped. It was on a boat, no thanks

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More_Bluejay9938@reddit

This is the exact opposite of my comment, also 1998.

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Jolly-Guard3741@reddit

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Consistent_Cook9957@reddit

Absolutely not interested in going. That was in ‘84 and to this day, I have no regrets!

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maxny23@reddit

I went to the Junior prom and hated it, so turned down the invites to the senior one.

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Helmett-13@reddit

I worked at my part time jobs for my junior and senior proms.

Immigrant family.

shrugs

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Diela1968@reddit

I ended up going to college my senior year on that program that paid the public school money to the community college as long as you took an equal curriculum of history, English, etc. and you got free college credits.

I saw Pretty in Pink and decided that I didn't want to end up like Annie Potts. So the next week I asked a friend in my English class. She said she would if we would double with her best friend. I was cool with that, so we had a good time.

Lance_Goodthrust_@reddit

I didn't. It never appealed to me.

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mnsundevil@reddit

Nope. Didn't see the point.

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nobody_smart@reddit

I never went to a single school dance. Not Prom, not Homecoming, courtwarming, fall or spring social, nothing.

I did go to junior but skipped senior. I had no interest in my own school, but I was dating my future husband for maybe 4-6 weeks at the time. His prom was going to be on a riverboat cruise, with dinner and music and way less people. (I was class of 350, his was 19.) I offered to pay, I had a good job and cool parents, no big responsibilities. He declined the offer and we didn’t go. I wish we would have went.

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