I’m not in high school any more (thank goodness), but I would like to examine this subject seeing as it’s that time of year again.
I have never really understood prom. (Or is it Prom? With a capital?) Hundreds of dollars are spent in preparation for the evening—and (most likely) in three years, you won’t really think about it and will donate your dress to Goodwill. In five you’ll have forgotten that Joey threw up on his date and your girlfriend smashed her stilettos into your legs and feet at least seven times. In ten years prom will be a long forgotten memory only remembered through dusty photographs that you hide in your attic (and perhaps look at once every decade).
Prom is a cultural phenomenon and seeing as it is unavoidable I would like to impose my thoughts upon the masses.
Three Steps to Ensure Happiness in Strange High School Ritual:
1. BE COMFORTABLE.
A. Go to prom with someone you are comfortable with. I understand the giddy feeling that (s)he gives you and how “picture perfect” it would be for a first date. In saying this—you want to spend the night having fun. If you are worried about spilling on your dress in front of him or what she thinks of your dance moves then the entire night is wasted. I myself rejected three candidates to prom to go with my girlfriends—and we had an incredible time.
B. Wear what is comfortable. If you can’t breathe when you try the dress on in the store…what makes you think you’ll be able to inhale better on a stuffy sweat filled dance floor? This applies to footwear as well—don’t wear five inch heels if you’ve never worn anything more than flats. And realize you will be standing for at least three or four hours.
2. BE SMART
A. So maybe this sounds really paternal but it’s true. Don’t drink and drive. Just don’t. Maybe you think the risk is okay for you and your date—but consider the other people on the road. They might not feel like being killed in a high speed crash due to an intoxicated Prom-goer.
B. Don’t get raped. Don’t rape someone. Haha….Pretty self-explanatory. If you choose to drink—keep an eye on. Don’t let anyone slip something into it (and definitely don’t slip something in someone else’s drink). If you can’t get some action without knocking someone unconscious that says a lot about your (lack of) self-esteem and morals and SKILLZ.
3. BE HONEST.
A. Okay…also very paternal. But don’t feel pressured to do anything that is beyond your comfort zone. If you don’t want to have sex then your date/interest/etc. should respect that. If you don’t want to drink then you shouldn’t feel pressured to. If you don’t want to jump in the pool naked with your best friend and her boyfriend (Yes, I received this invitation) then don’t. Because, really….getting naked with your best friend’s boy is strange. (The exceptions to this are if you are 1. interested in the boy and are secretly trying to sabotage your girlfriend’s relationship because you know your bod is better than hers(which makes you a bitch) or 2. because you got paid to have a threesome).
I apologize for the lecture. You may now resume your tantrum about how I am the worst person on the planet and how Sally Sue’s parents paid for a stretch limo and a professional photographer and why can’t I be normal and do that?
Ha, thanks for the nice tips and tricks for all of us kids out here going to prom for the first time this year....very entertaining.
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"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive."
also something to remember.....dont see prom night right before you go.... but its a really good movie.
yeah...i really rarely think about prom.
Haha, I completely ditched prom. idn't go junior year, didn't go this year. Dissapointed many friends and parents, but honestly, who needs to spend all that money to have fun with your friends?
I went to a friend's house for a Wii party and an anime marathon. Best Friday ever! And at little or no cost to anyone involved!
And that's comin' at ya' from yer local redneck hippie.