<p>I cannot believe I'm making this thread, but I am.</p>
<p>First off, I hate Valentine's Day. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ---- Valentine's day 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap. How wise and true that is.</p>
<p>Prom is in less than 2 months, and I do not have a date. I've been asked by three people so far; they're all relatively short and not in my grade, which means I'd probably have to pay for their ticket. In this economy, I think I want to save my money. I want to take a senior to prom. I made a tiny list of people I'd consider going with. I asked one guy, and he told me he wasn't going at all. The second guy on my list just got asked a few hours ago, so I can't ask / go with him either. The third guy on my list just got a girlfriend...</p>
<p>No senior guy has asked me, and every senior that I have considered going with is now unavailable. I don't think guys will even bother asking me. Should I just try to seduce someone and pray that they'll take me to prom? Or should I just not go to prom because I can't find a suitable date and I think it's overrated?</p>
<p>I mean, is it really all that fun and as great as people say? Four senior guys asked me to prom last year, and I turned all of them down and didn't feel sad about not going. Would I feel the same about my own senior prom? Or is it really something that I NEEEEEEED to experience?</p>
<p>(I'm asking this on CC because all my friends would call me crazy for not going)</p>
<p>i hate valentines day more then anything its a pointless holiday it doesnt even get us a day off of school haha. but for prom personally i went my sophmore year it was only fun because there was like older people there i didint go my junior year and i was told it was horrible and like a sauna inside i went to homecoming whcih for my shcool is exaclty like prom but everyone can go and it was horrible our whole group just sat and waited so im going to expect prom to be like that and im not interested in anyone at my school. but if you have never gone to prom before you should go even if you dont have a date just go with a huge group but for my shcool at least i thinnk people make it sound more fun then it is</p>
<p>Three people already asked you out. Four asked you out last year. If you rejected all of them, I don't know what exactly you're feeling so bummed out about. -_-</p>
<p>I took a junior during my senior prom, but we all hanged out with a larger junior/senior group of friends, so it's not like I didn't have any contact with other seniors. Also, one of my friends didn't go to his senior prom. He didn't seem too bummed about it, but who knows, maybe he was crying himself to sleep while I was dancing the night away. =0</p>
<p>I didn't go to my junior prom last year. Instead, I went to visit my camp friend, and we got to meet one of our favorite bands (Simple Plan). You have NO IDEA how glad I am that I didn't go to prom! I didn't have a date, for one thing. And I didn't really want to spend hundreds on a dress, shoes, getting make-up, hair, and nails done. Not to mention, I hate school dances. So the week before prom, when my camp friend called and asked if I wanted to come up and visit, and go meet Simple Plan, of course I said yes. I didn't get prom pictures, but I did get autographs from and pictures with one of my favorite bands. I definitely don't regret not going to prom.</p>
<p>Because the three historical St. Valentine's were totally made up by greeting card companies... Anyway, St. Valentine's Day was taken off the Catholic calendar in 1969, so whatevs.
You don't have to have a date for prom. I know a lot of people who just go with their friends. But if you don't want to go, don't go.</p>
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<li>can't you just go with friends? omg getting a date isn't that big of a deal and most people i knew just went with a group of friends</li>
<li>i actually sort of wish I hadn't gone to mine, though for other reasons not bc of 'date' stuff</li>
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<p>i'm not going, but that's because i don't have enough money and my parents would not pay for it. i don't really think i'm missing out though..it's just a pride thing to say you went to the prom. </p>
<p>as for a date, just go with some friends..seriously, a lot of people do that.</p>
<p>You wouldn't have to pay for an underclassman's ticket, I'm sure he would give you money for it. I think that it is a good experience... You only have one chance. You're lucky to have been already asked by three guys, just pick the one you like best and go with him.</p>
<p>It's not a big deal if you don't have a date. I'm sure that at least a couple of your friends won't have dates either. Just go with them. That's what I did last year and I had fun. I can't say that prom is amazing but its one of those traditions that you should do once if you can. </p>
<p>You don't have to spend a ton either. I bought my dress for under 100, did my nails for like 30, and bought my shoes for maybe 50. I know a ton of people that have spent even less than that for prom too.</p>
<p>hahah just save the money for a trip......instead of dealing with the whole "prom drama" i am just going to use that money for my trip to china or for one of those Penn camps before school starts</p>