Is it normal that i didn't attend my prom in high school?

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I didn't care for renting a tux and being trapped at my school until 11:00 with nothing to do that I would enjoy. However, it is considered a part of the "High School Experience". A lot of shows and movies make it seem like prom some kind of milestone in your life. Is it normal that I decided not to go?

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  • paramore93
    5 years ago | pl

    Yeah I skipped prom, by the sounds of it I didn't miss anything and saved a bunch of money.

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  • MangoTango
    5 years ago | pl

    Some people even skip graduation ceremonies. They have better things to do.

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago | pl

    I didn't go to any proms (which were yearly) or to the graduation ceremony. I saved a ton of cash and time. I know I would have hated the experience of wasting money to be with a bunch of false people and to pretend I'm having fun while I'm not. I also don't spend time with my flatmates at all, while they're all partying and all that and they probably consider me a weirdo. Everytime I see a group of people having small talk I become incredibly bored and listening to them drains me of energy massively in a matter of seconds. I feel the need to go away and recover by doing something I enjoy. I don't regret my choices one bit.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    5 years ago | pl

    I didn't go to mine either. I didn't feel like pissing away money to go to a place with bad music and activities I didn't care for. A lot of people who went said it was lame, so I didn't miss out.

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  • McBean
    5 years ago | pl

    Proms suck.

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  • sh1tter
    5 years ago | pl

    this is equivalent to homosex

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  • lordofopinions
    5 years ago | pl

    I went to one yearly prom. It was oh hum okay. I didn't bother with the final year prom. Besides that I didn't have a gf in the final year leading up to the prom.

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  • 813318
    5 years ago | pl

    these "milestones" are what you make of them. if its someone else's big deal, it may not be yours. thats fine

    p.s. you sound edgy as shit chill

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  • Talkingaboutyou
    5 years ago | pl

    I never went. It's stupid and girly. Only people that like the Notebook care about prom.

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  • amg1028
    5 years ago | pl

    Didnt go to prom either lol too expensive at the time and also i didnt want to see couples having such a romantic time and my forever alone self just awkwardly smiling and stuffing my face in the corner. i can do that in the comfort of my own home lmao

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  • jethro
    5 years ago | pl

    Is it possible that you didn't go to your prom because you couldn't get a date?

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  • curious-bunny
    5 years ago | pl

    It's normal, at least you had the chance to go to prom, just be happy for that you know

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  • COSMICPSYCHO
    5 years ago | pl

    What type of tux?

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  • Pumpurrnickel
    5 years ago | pl

    I've read that 53% of Americans didn't attend prom. So plenty of people didn't, and most didn't regret it.

    https://today.yougov.com/news/2014/04/28/proms/

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    • Alichael
      5 years ago | pl

      I've heard lots of people say that if they don't sew their wild oats when they're young (such as partying, clubbing, sleeping around in their 20s), that they'll regret it.

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      • Alichael
        5 years ago | pl

        I'm sure not everyone agrees with that and will give me a minus point for saying it, I'm just repeating what some people have said. I'm not even saying I necessarily agree.

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    • Alichael
      5 years ago | pl

      There are a higher percentage of people who feel that they would regret not partying in college than whether they go to their high school prom or not.

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