<p>Who else is not going to their senior prom? I never imagined I would be "that high school student" who doesnt go to their senior prom....but i am, and part of me feels a little sad about it, but the bigger part of me really doesnt give a damn. i'm not going mainly because my parents r strict and there like "it's such a waste of time and money/blah/blah" and it basically is, plus, i wont have a date which to me, just defeats the purpose. i dont really have any 'girlfriends" or "bff's" i can hang out with. however, that doesnt mean i'm one of those loner types at school who would never be seen at a party or a dance. i talk to and hang w/ a lot of different people on an individual/small group basis, but once it comes to huge groups, i'm very shy. thus, in my case, not going w/ a date would just defeat the purpose and i may end up feeling lonely and depressed....which would be bad b/c prom is supposed to be "fun." anyone else in a similar dilemma?</p>
<p>I think you might regret it later. If you don’t go, you should probably find other friends who aren’t going that night and hang out with them so if you do look back on it then maybe you won’t regret it as much (or at all). Just make sure you’re doing something fun besides sitting at home and watching TV.</p>
<p>I’m not going either, but mainly because I find no virtue in social functions of this sort – I usually end up dreadfully bored at them, and I find that there are far better ways to spend my time. Unlike you, however, I envision very little future regret over not going (the only thing that I’d want to see is the spectacle that will be a few of my friends in full prom regalia with their dates, but I suppose pictures will have to suffice for that).</p>
<p>Ever wonder why nobody petitions for school-organized dances in college? The enthusiasm which people have for proms is artificial – I imagine that it’s brought on by an overdose of school spirit and peer pressure.</p>
<p>i dont think ur going 2 regret. is not the end of the world. at my school prom is for juniors. and i didnt go last year but my bf did. i didnt feel bad at all. The only reason im goin this year is because all my friends r going and i be n a dress lol.</p>
<p>I’m not going and I’m not regretting it. 
Don’t feel bad about it just because you’re expected to go. If you naturally like to be alone(like me) and see not point in it (like me), then don’t regret it.</p>
<p>dont go and dont regret it. any regret will be manufactured in your mind because you’ll feel like you should have gone. but honestly its not that fun and it costs alot and if you dont have a date its just that much worse. Have fun doing something else that night instead. </p>
<p>I really wanted to go to junior prom but couldnt find a date and ended up not going. i was really sad about it but i found out that most of my friends who went didnt enjoy it and i could careless now. I havent even thought about going to senior prom. screw it. ur not alone!!</p>
<p>Just go and have fun. I don’t like prom, but I can enjoy myself there. I’ve been to three proms, two of which with dates I liked, and my freshmen one stag, and none of them were fun in themselves. The entertainment of dancing and music wasn’t fun. What was fun, however, was that I decided to enjoy myself and pretended to be on fire, and then as a result my date enjoyed it. When I went stag, I sat miserably while my friends all cuddled up, but then I **<strong><em>slapped myself and found a junior to dance with me and it was a lot of fun. The skillset of learning how to *</em></strong><em>slap yourself into having fun at all costs in a *</em>**ty overhyped environment is one you should develop. </p>
<p>Because life is an overpriced, overhyped environment, and you should practice extracting enjoyment from it and through that, making it more interesting for the people around you.</p>
<p>or she could not go and have real fun doing something else that isnt forced.</p>
<p>you have to look at it from various perspectives</p>
<p>first off Prom is a great experience, something that happens once in a lifetime</p>
<p>however, it’s very expensive, especially when you have to pay for it</p>
<p>in the bigger picture if you look back on your life and you have to look all the way back to HS for memories then you can probably consider yourself a big loser. seriously, college will be an infinite amount times better than HS (in my opinion HS was the worst 4 years of my life) and you will experience things far greater than prom</p>
<p>the only reason you should go to prom is to have fun, if you’re going because you feel like you have to then you shouldn’t go</p>
<p>I’m in the same position as you (considering if I should go to Prom), what I’m probably going to do is go to a fancy dinner with a group of friends(under $30), then I’ma try to go to Prom towards the end (I’m not buying a ticket), and then hit some party after Prom, I’m not renting any fancy tux or suit, no date to care for and I’ll only be paying for dinner</p>
<p>besides beach week is gonna be a helluva lot better than Prom (Myrtle Beach, can’t wait)</p>
<p>I didn’t go to my junior prom. I hate school dances, and that weekend, I ended up visiting a good friend of mine in another state, and meeting one of my favorite bands of all time.</p>
<p>I probably won’t go to my senior prom, either, and I don’t think I’ll regret it. I won’t have a date (and no one really goes single). I hate school dances, and I’ve never had a good time at one. Why spend hundreds of dollars of dollars on a dress that I’ll wear only once, on an occasion that means nothing to me?</p>
<p>I don’t think you need to go to Prom if you don’t want to. The reason people go to Prom is because it’s “fun”, but maybe it’s not your idea of fun. You should do something that you find fun instead.</p>
<p>I’d rather spend my time on CC.</p>
<p>I’d rather spend my time on CC.</p>
<p>go to prom…you’ll regret it whem your older and have kids. lol</p>
<p>once in a lifetime experience, you just gotta do it. you will definetely regret it if you dont go. maybe not in the short term, but later in life</p>
<p>You’ll probably regret it later, but it wont be a regret that haunts you for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>you should go just so you could say that you went when you get older.</p>
<p>I think you should go because it only happens once in your life. I was thinking like you did about not having a date and whatnot except it was to Junior Prom and I regretted not going when I saw what a blast my friends had on their Facebook pics.</p>
<p>I know people who didn’t go</p>
<p>all regret it
cause even if you don’t want a date it’s hella fun to go with friends!</p>
<p>yeesh just go. it’s a high school experience, one of those things that adults always wax nostalgic about later. there’s not really a reason not to go unless you have some sort of personal vendetta against school functions. which you don’t.</p>