school proms/balls

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I went to prom in both 11th and 12th grade. But my 12th grade prom-date was someone I wasn't remotely interested in but I felt obliged to go with. I really regret it. I mean I do feel kinda bad about the fact that I was unintentionally leading this guy on (I kept ditching the guy during the slow dances which should've been his first clue) but I was clueless to the fact that he was romantically interested in me. A bunch of my girlfriend went as a group and I wished that I had went with them instead.

It's strange to find how many people I know DIDN'T go to their prom. The slow dances were the only parts of the dance that were awkward and uncomfortable for me. Heh

Im going to my university's summer ball on 6th June.

My school's prom is this Friday. I'm not going. Why pay for a ticket and a dress when I don't have friends, a date, dance skills, or any interest in going? I know I'd have an awful time - school dances are really not a good place for someone who hates loud noises. I think it's really sad that with all the budget cuts and everything, my school is cutting funds for music and art programs but going all-out for prom.

We just had one last month which I didn't bother going to (because they are extreamly overrated in my opininion) . So I just watched One Piece for the most of the night.

I was gonna go last year. I looked really scene and cool in my opinion - got my hair a#dyed and eerything. But then 3 months later my mother made cut it and I panicked and never went. I didn't get my deposit back but I stole a few school books from the library for compensation muhuhuhwahwahwahwahwah!! !

I'm so evil...

But I am going this year though.

I went to my prom, with no date. My female friend from another school came with me but it was because she felt after spending that much money on a dress, she should get to wear it more than once. I was horribly bored, I sat at the table almost the whole night doing nothing.

But at least I can say I went

I never went, and I wouldn't even have gone if a girl asked me. Why? For one, they are glorified popularity contests, which gives the attention to jocks, cheerleaders etc. In other words, its a support of an unfair hierarchical society, where the people at the top get more than their fair share of perks, and the people at the bottom get nothing. Now the main reason why I am against proms, are because they are designed to get people to conform. Prom is a tool that the school administration uses to pinpoint who the different, introvert-type kids are. The whole purpose of things like proms, dances etc. are to make introverts feel like crap, to try to get them to change. They are either forced to ask a girl (or guy) out, risk being humiliated with rejection, which to most people like us, is hell (I know from experience), or they make the decision not to go, which makes them "losers", "nerds", etc.

Introverts are shamed for not being like Johnny Football Player, so they choose to build an event that is centered around the likes of what they think is perfection (J.F.P), and they point their fingers at us, telling us "See all the positive attention he gets? You should be more like him!"

I went to mine last night, I loved it. I didn't really do any dancing though, I tried to do waltz dancing with my friend but I didn't know what I was doing and just randomly moved my feet around, so my friend got impatient. I was just messing about with my best friend most of the time, and when the music was on I was doing actions to the song lyrics and just basically being daft. We got there in a subaru, which is really fast. The meal was nice, both of my friends were really fussy and my best friend doesn't even like apple pie and custard! He's fussy anyway. When it ended a stupid fire drill went off so we didn't have a chance to do the group photos where everyone in the year group stands together, and me and my friend wanted a pair photo, that was the only disappointment. When we had the main course one of the things on the plate was this mini sausage with bacon wrapped round it, it looked a bit rude so I was eating it suggestively for a laugh and kept embarrassing my friend. I kept singing really loud and messing about with the napkins, and me and my best friend were pretending we were james bond and miss money penny at a casino and used the little name cards that tell you where you're sitting and pretending they were cards lol. Over all it was a laugh.

I left my old school, so I can't go to that prom. I'd really been looking forward to it

No way am I going to the prom at my new school when I'm in Year 11. I don't have many friends who are in my year, I'd just end up alone as usual.

So I guess, like with everything, I'll just have to pretend I don't care.

I went to my school's ball last night. I really enjoyed getting done up with my hair and make up. I also enjoyed hanging out with my mates, with disabilities and without. (One of my mates with disabilities got one of the awards which was really cool.) I got tons of complements on how I looked and I liked feeling like "one of the girls". Bring on next year's ball!

Haven't been going to mine, none of my friends where there. It's because we are all from different years and different 'school levels'(?), I guess we are kinda the outcast/alto's of the school.

If I would have gone to it, it would have been me sitting alone at the bar not having convo's with other people that I 'know' since I can't even hear what they are saying because of the damn loud music (I think that's an aspie thing).

I'm glad I didn't go since I had the same kinda experience this Friday when I went to a play of one of the people from my class that I 'know' with some other classmates that I 'know'.

They just frigin ignored me at the after party (for 2 hours), had a meltdown yesterday because of it <_<'

Next year I'll be doing a higher school level, I will be in the same year as my alto friends, exams in 2 years, I think I'll go to the prom then, so I can actually have a convo longer than a minute.

i went to my junior prom last year...well got dragged to it is more appropriate...i ended up having a lot of fun then.

it was decided by one of my freshman friends the day of prom last year that i was going to my senior ball whether i wanted to or not...not was my choice. this year rolls around, my friends all gang up on me on the first day of school saying "(insert my real name here) you are going to senior ball, no if's and's or but's." me - "hell no!"
-ff to march- 1 of my best guy friends asks me to be his girlfriend...i say yes. my friends - "ok now you have no choice. (insert my bf's name) is taking you to ball." me - "the hell he is!! i'm not going!!"
-april- my bf says he's not going to make me go to ball with him...on our 1 month i tell him i will go... my friends - "halleluja he got her to go!! !! !"
-june- ball...went...in a frigging dress.... except for the last song i didn't dance at all. i did exactly what i told my friends i'd do - i stood around talking cars and martial arts with my bf & guy friends. of course my bf had to fill 1 promise he made to my best friend...the jerk told her "i promise that i will get (my name...again) to dance at least once before ball is over"...so he got me to dance to the last song of the night on the back deck of the place our ball was at...

in short...didn't want to go, was forced to go & thought i wasn't gonna have fun, went...ended up having fun

i still have to kick my bf's butt for making me dance

I went to my Uni course's Ball (Med Ball) last year. I was reluctant to go coz I didn't have a group of friends in my Med Year, however I was offered a seat at the table of my Med friends in the year above.

I get nervous in social settings so when I arrived early, I started drinking champagne until I was really drunk. I drank a total of 8 glasses of champagnes in 3 hours. From photos taken, it appeared that I was talking and hugging a lot of people that night. I can't remember what I was talking about though, with the exception of Uni lectures, and I think I'm not supposed to talk about Uni outside of Uni. I went dancing as well to the Pop/Hip Hop music and people said I looked funny.

I dunno if I wanna go this year though. I've already lived the experience, and I still have no group of friends to share a table with. My friends from the year above aren't going this year. And for $AU 100, I think it's just an expensive party with alcohol and fancy dresses. I can probably have just as much fun at the End Of Exams Party for a much cheaper price. I think maybe it was fun at the time coz I wasn't feeling anxious at all when talking to people, random words spill out of my mouth and strangely nobody got offended so I was lucky considering that I am usually blunt.

It's a dilemna, the theme this year is Broadway, but I don't think they'll really play Jazz music at the Ball coz most people will be unfamiliar with those songs...