Did you attend your high school senior prom?

No, I didn't want to - proms are really not my thing. Still, I think there is some part of me that feels I missed something (this despite overwhelming evidence that I really would not have liked it).

I did not attend and I did not wish to attend. I didn't see the big deal and still don't.

I went with a friend and had a great time. It was one of the few high school rituals that I did participate in.

no.. the person I asked (and who accepted) had an argument with me in Jan. or Feb. after that I didn't have much interest, and I had turned down a girl who asked me before the argument.
so I didn't go, I wanted to and didn't want to.. so I picked both of those..

Two, in fact: my date, like most of my friends, went to a different HS than I did.

I did actually turn down someone who asked me (come to think of it).

My school actually had a Junior Prom and a Senior Snowball. I went to the former, but my class was always lame on fundraising and couldn't afford a Snowball, so there wasn't one. I went with a guy who was into me, in a group of four couples. Basically I rounded up my friends and made them scrounge up dates. We actually took a formal picture of the four of us together in our gowns that is pretty cool. I had an ok time, better than the two previous proms I'd attended, not as good as later proms I attended.

jen - I think the higher rating is all part of the Kinder Gentler® Survey Central.

went w/ date of romantic interest...and ironically it was our last time together in a romantic nature, but it wasn't due to events from that night...

I went to two junior proms - my year-long junior-year BF was at Holy Cross High. My year-long senior-year BF was 2 yrs older than me so he just came with me to mine.

I think this is rated well because it has great options and is on a subject I think we all can easily relate to. I voted it 'good' easily.

I'm only a junior, but I'm not planning on going at all. That is something I just don't do. I'm not big on extracurricular activities, or school spirit. I just can't get excited about something so shallow. But it was a good survey!

Pandora: Hmmm, I'm curious. I also didn't do most school activities - rallies and games and such. But the prom was more of a "me and my 3 friends all go to dinner with our boyfriends, then we go to the prom and dance together all night". It never occurred to me that it might be shallow - it was no different than us all going to dinner and going to the local teen club to dance. It was just much "nicer" than the teen club.

It was okay. I've been to much better parties, and lots of them.

Bill: Actually, I suspect that the high rating reflects an excellent range of answers to a simple, well-stated question.

Yes, I agree. I'm sure my social programs will take many years to have some effect, perhaps even another regime...

The movie "Carrie" turned me off to the idea of proms at a very young age. The idea of a prom creeps me out a little to this day.

There's a great scene in Pretty in Pink where Andie's boss tells her that she has to go to the prom because someday when she's around thirty she'll wake up with a sense that something is missing and realize it's because she didn't go to the prom. An evening hanging out with my friends wasn't much of a sacrifice to ensure wholeness of spirit :)

I was asked two days before by someone I didn't like. I'm sure I was, like, 20th on his list of people to ask. I liked my college proms/dances much better!

I went. My friend set me up with his friend that he worked with. I met her the night before :) but it was set up 2 weeks earlier. She later told me she had a better time with me at my prom than at her own prom. It was a fun night.

I went with a date to my senior prom and mostly didn't enjoy it.
I went quasistag to my junior prom (a group of six of us of mixed sex went together) and had a great time.
Does "going stag" also apply to women, by the way? Or would that be "going doe"? Or is that what Homer Simpson does? Never mind.

dpolicar: many chuckles from this direction. Also, women don't tend to go stag, as in by themselves, they tend to go with other women. Maybe that would be going in gaggles?

Ergh. These answers just don't fit me, but I think my situation is unusual enough to keep me from rating the survey 'bad'. I went with a date, but I was fixed up. I really didn't want to be fixed up, but my friends insisted. At least the pictures look decent. I had an OK time. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't very good either. If I had to do it again, I would go stag.

"I don't like to mix with circles, cliques, and social coteries. Hand me my nose ring, and show me the mosh pit."
It's a song, playing on my radio right now, and it just seemed appropriate. Ben Folds Five. I love em. Great live show.

Was in a relationship, but chose not to go because I didn't see the point in spending all that money to spend time with people I disliked.

I was unsure how to answer this question. I didn't go to *my* senior prom but I went to two senior proms at my school, one my freshman year, because most of my friends were seniors, which was great. And one my junior year with my boyfriend, who was a senior, that sucked. By my senior year I didn't care about the whole thing.

The prom is one of your most memorable high school functions. I felt I had to go.

Actually neither prom figures at all significantly in my list of memorable high school experiences.

I asked several girls, but they were already taken. Now I realize I should have been asking the guys. Oh well, live and learn.

I went to my junior prom and a boyfriend's junior prom (when I was in 10th grade). And I figured the Senior Prom would just be more of the same crap, different year.

I went with a freshman and a group of friends. The highlight of the
evening was when my date tried to dip me (in my gone-with-the-wind
dress, complete with hoop skirt) and dropped me in the middle of the
floor. I was laughing too hard to get up for a good long while,
although I did manage to keep a hand free to hold the skirts down.

I did go to the two formal dances in the school where I spent 10th grade (the only school that I've been to that had them). I was an exchange student and not allowed to date (by the program rules) so I went with groups of friends.

i attended my one year older so's senior prom and had a lovely time. in keeping with the contemporary stereotype of the era i also managed to divest myself of my virginity on said evening. by the following year the relationship had soured and though we did attend my senior prom we had a miserable time, an occurence i am sure was facilitated by our enthusiastic consumption of a large amount of reds.

Went with homosexual friend, no worry of him making a move-definetly a plus!!!

does it count university ?

I wish the survey had prompted a graduation year. I think it may have been interesting for comparisons sake. Me, class of '72. I went with my H.S. sweetheart and we have been married 25 years. We really enjoyed it all. Dinner, dance and the day after trip. But, then we went to basketball games and the sock hops afterwards (yes, we danced in our socks!) and I was shocked that 'Hoosier Hysteria' no longer exists as I found out attending my sons games. Oh well

tyrapt: If you click on "Advanced Stats" from this page, you can see the average age of the people who chose each answer. That seems like a fairly good indicator of graduation year. (I graduated high school in 1986.)

I went to my senior prom with a guy that I was involved with, but I hated it. I loved getting ready and spending time with him, but the prom itself was not my thing. I never had a good time at prom/homecoming/etc dances.

Good but not as great as tradition says it should be. Just a fancy night out thats all!

I finally went to else's (romantic interest, ahem). Since by then I reached a high-school level of socialization, I had a pretty good time. Okay, it helped that I got to be bigger and smarter and more mature than any of the other girls' dates.

I went with my future husband (I didn't know it at the time though).

I went with a boy who I didn't really want to go with...in fact, I tried to get out of going...but he was my "steady" guy
so I was expected to go..I was in love with someone else...who wasn't in love with me....

My best friend Shannon and I got all dressed up as if we were going to prom-- on prom night..but we went to st. louis instead.:)

*kisses mandy*

Eeah....I would have gone to the prom with you!!!!!

My prom just passed a few days back. It wasn't good nor bad. But I found out my "friends" are losers and I don't need 'em! :) I went with my SO.

I was going to but i was rejected by everyone i asked then i realized i didn't want to go through all the crap involved with the prom and i'm happy i didn't go.

I checked 'No, but i wanted to' because i was someone different at the time who had no interest in such things. Though I regret it myself.

Now i remember what i was doing in '81 (nothing like the current fantasy) I left high school early to attend college, was working at a jack-in-the-box, was a punk rocker / war gamer who would lose my friends by attending such an event, and had a severely anti-social girlfriend I later married and had kids with.

I went to my Junior and Senior Prom...I didn't want to go to either one. I wouldn't say I had good time, but I didn't have a bad time either. What about It was OK? But the parties afterwards...:)

my boyfriend didnt want to go and i really wasn't really into any school functions, so we didn't go. it wasn't until the day of the prom when i saw all my friends dressed up, that i wanted to go.:(

Eeah, I remember seeing a picture of that! Wasnt it a green dress???

evilness evilness evilness! Never mention the green dress!

Halo...darling I've missed you so....

I went to a very small private school. I was the only senior.

I've missed you more.

Eeah - are you near St. Louis?...I am like 20 minutes from there

dropped out four times, was too busy doing "more important things" Graduated now, if I could change the way it all played, I wouldn't

Yes I went to my Senior Ball. I wore a long, red chiffon gown. I still have the gown. I have asked my granddaughters if they would like to wear the gown when the time comes. They said yes. My oldest granddaughter will be wearing it soon. I know, according, to todays standards, a bit fancy, but it is beautiful.

I didn't go to high school. There's no check box for that.

No, I didn't want to. I didn't expect to have a good time getting dressed up in some uncomfortable rented tux, eating crappy food, and being subjected to some crappy band. By the time I graduated, I had had enough of being told what to do by my schools. The last thing I was going to let them do was tell me how to party. However I did go to my 10 year reunion and had a great time.

I had absolutely no interest in attending. I as on the committee my junior year for the senior prom, but bagged it and my senior prom too, even though I was asked to both. To me it was (and still is) a senseless waste of time and money.

Went with my best friend; we had some good quiet time sitting on a jetty overlooking the ocean under starlight; then we got to clean up after our drunken friends

The gown sounds lovely!

Yup. After she broke up with me, she and my best friend went out. Nowdays, she's hanging out with my best friend's brother. Why are people like that?

No, cause my girlfriend didn't want to be outed.

Wow. I think this is the longest runnign survey ever!

ouch

but I didn't want to go.

I'm a Junior this year and I do plan on going. I'll probably end up going with friends though because I can never seem to find dates to these stupid things. O well.

I had a good time and a bad time... my Evil Love Triangle was there, but so was my love, and we had some wonderful catharsis... I'm not much for proms/dances/going out, in any case.

I haven't been there yet.

when you go, can I be your date!!!?

Great, see you in 3 and a half years!

I went to one school dance and found out they ABSOLUTELY SUCK. thats why

I was such a dork in h.s. that nobody asked me. I asked 1 or 2 guys and they both turned me down. I spent the night riding my bike and enjoying the beautiful, fresh air. I'll never forget that bike ride!

I went to the prom... it isn't really a big deal over here, my school just called it the 'leaver's do.' Does anyone know what 'do' is short for? It was ok. The buffet and DJ were naff. We all dressed up nice... lemme find a picture:
That's me with the short hair looking all debonair.