I now have a Prom date!!! What did you do for your Prom?

[Accelerando]

I sorta halfheartedly went with someone who took me as maybe a joke and we ground together for a nice long while, then we partnered off with other people and I ended up partnering up with someone very attractive. I was rather warm (oho), if very awkward, that night.

[Mr Tiddles]

Im still waiting for mine.

[UmbralRaptor]

I seem to recall being out of town at the time. Something about a trivia bowl type competition...

[steve_v]

...I'm wondering what you did for YOUR High School prom, if you're up for sharing...

IIRC, I escaped as quickly and quietly as possible... to organize *supplies* for the unsanctioned after function festivities.

Others handled the misdirection of authority

'twas a good night, after the excruciatingly boring "main" event was out of the way

Not that I'm encouraging such shenanigans, of course.

Finding a 'date' was prearranged among a group of friends to get everyone a ticket, and generally dissolved as soon as we got through the door.

Pro tip: For a truly priceless reaction, turn up with greasy coveralls over the formal wear... (and go with someone who can take a joke).

I never really took this kind of thing seriously, always felt a bit too contrived to me.

[zekes]

I won't be attending prom, as usual, for several reasons.

[Im The One]

I went with my girlfriend for my senior/ her junior prom. We didn't really ask each other cause she was just ,as she said, "going to hit me over the head with a pot and drag me to prom unconscious". We had fun and we had only been going out for a couple weeks at the time,but due to my work schedule and her soccer schedule we broke up just about two weeks ago. We are still very close friends, probably one of my closest but I still want it to be more

[Thomas988]

I have one female friend, and we talk online.

Plus she lives in Poland.

Shoot.

[Frozen_Heart]

Never bothered with prom when I was in school. Wasn't into social gatherings back then.

[Tw1]

Here in Australia, we don't have 'prom', but something sort similar would be school formals. These vary from school to school.

I don't really know how a prom functions but this was how it worked for me.

At my highschool, there were three separate formals: One at the end of year 10, and two in year 12.

The year 10 one marked the completion of the school certificate, a test which has since been abolished. Basically, the school hired out a local country club for the evening, and everyone in the year group (and some teachers) dressed up formally, had some fancy food, and did some dancing. The dancing was very informal. It was quite a good night. Highlight was probably few students arrived in a helicopter.

Of the year 12 formals, first was the valedictory dinner it was at the very fancy Rosehill Racecourse. Teachers, students and parents attended, there were speeches and stories about that cohort's time at the school, and some dancing. I attended the afterparty at a student's house after, where we had a bonfire, alcohol, a rave-style dance party in the basement.

The second one was entirely organised by the students. It was a tradition, but officially, the school has nothing to do with it. This one was quite different- people brought dates from outside the school, there was alcohol, etc. We rented out the Star Room above the Darling Harbour Imax.

Also, me and a friend definitely hired the TARDIS to arrive in. I have photo evidence to prove it.

This definitelly wasn't photoshop, and I definitely didn't just take the train in, even though if you think about it, a train is longer than the longest limo, and therefore also cool.

Any 'need' to have a date wasn't really a factor. I went on my own each time, so did many of my friends.

There was a tiny amount of pressure to dress up well, and you'd have a moment of coolness if you were organised enough to hire a limo, but pressure to have a date wasn't a thing.

[LordFerret]

Mine was 40 years ago (this year as a matter of fact) ... I don't quite remember. My prom date (high school sweetheart) is now married with kids (all grown up) of her own.