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Did anybody else not go to prom? 😅

Just curious lol. By the end of my high school years I wasn't allowed in regular schools anymore. Then I dropped out & whatnot 🙄

If you did go to prom though then tell us about it 🙌 I'm all ears at least
BlueVeins · 22-25
I didn't go. Everyone harassed me about it, but I'm glad I refused. I hate loud music, dancing, and conversation, and I was way too dysfunctional to consider accompanying a special someone (or even a regular someone).
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@BlueVeins yeah sounds like you would've had a bad time lol. Good choice 👌 are you functional now though?
BlueVeins · 22-25
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@BlueVeins shit 😂 I was hoping for a "kinda" at least lol. But hey man we're all a lil fucked up it's alright. I'm a good example of that... Or a bad one. Who knows
Neva went. DO I wish I did? No. Just wish there was an adult version of prom. 😌
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Snowvixen YES! Now that I would go to 👌
Jeephikelove · 51-55, F
I didn’t, I was in a really bad place in grade 12, took everything I had just to graduate let alone go to the prom, I regret not going though. 🙁
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Jeephikelove well I'm glad you at least graduated 🙏 you overcame. & Prom is pretty overrated imo.
I wish I would've graduated. I never took school seriously
Jeephikelove · 51-55, F
@ChiefJustWalks it’s never to late, night school works. ☺️
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Jeephikelove I'd rather just get my GED 😅 I couldn't tolerate sitting in a classroom lol. I don't think school was challenging enough for me
Jenny1234 · 51-55, F
I didn’t go to prom. I was too pregnant. I’ve always wished I could have gone
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Jenny1234 thank you.. people say I glow 😌 but I certainly don't feel like it lol
Jenny1234 · 51-55, F
@ChiefJustWalks I’ll bet not especially when that watermelon sized baby pushes so hard down you feel like your vagina is falling out
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Jenny1234 stoppit I'ma cry 😭
itsok · 31-35, F
I got ready to go to one. Then I was too anxious to actually go, and went to my sister’s house and drank instead.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@itsok that's me ASF 😂 actually I WAS out drinking & partying the night I was supposed to have prom. It was way better than prom imo
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ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@nightjourney I was supposed to be 😂 but I never tried.. or cared
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ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@nightjourney damn 😶 I'm glad my apathy has acted as a shield for me 🙏
RebelFox · 36-40, F
Nah, I wasn’t into it.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@RebelFox same.. I would rather be out at house parties at that age lol
RebelFox · 36-40, F
@ChiefJustWalks Exactly. Plus who wants to dress up?
MrPerditus1 · 61-69, M
I was banned from mine....something to do with ditching to go surfing too much and a small, teeny-tiny accident that combined my truck and the JR ROTC building, but in my defense, the steering column did snap and I couldn't stop in time.

That being said, I went to my gf's. She was at another school so we did hers and it was fantastic. Had a great dinner with friends at a fantastic restaurant, then drove to the venue for the dance. Was there for hours having a great time, it was '81 and there were so many great songs to dance to, then went to her gf's house for an after party where the parents were gone for the weekend. She slept in my arms for the first time that night and that was it. Woke up with her looking at me with a smile.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@MrPerditus1 lmao my school banned me as a whole by the time I got to senior year 😂 I can relate.. but sorry for your misfortune with the steering column. That's rough but a good story.

Awesome that you got great memories out of it though 🤙 kinda makes me miss those high school days too haha
I didn't

Actually not any of the school dances except one. . And left after like 20 minutes
@zonavar68 no reunion for me either. Couldn't drag me to one lol
@ChiefJustWalks haha we didn't have middle school dances. Or I wouldn't of gone to them either 🤣
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Bexsy middle school dances were fun for me, that's when everything was small & we all got along. Having dance battles & shit 😂 once I made it rain $40 to impress a crush... It worked 😎
QueenOfTheNerds · 41-45, F
I went to 3 proms. Gotta say, it was fun getting all dressed up, but not all that important in retrospect.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@QueenOfTheNerds nice 🤙 well you must've had fun if you had to go to more than a couple 😂 that's whassup
QueenOfTheNerds · 41-45, F
@ChiefJustWalks My mom encouraged me to go. I don’t regret going, but it wasn’t all that magical except for the dresses and stuff.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@QueenOfTheNerds yeah I'm pretty sure people only do it for the memories, so they can look back & picture high school as this magical movie experience.

I was perfectly happy partying in the hood while all my peers were at their proms 😂
Selah ·
My school tried to have a segregated prom😭 but thats not why i didnt go. I just didnt care about prom.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Selah damn I remember you from SW's early days 😂 you've been older than me this whole time & now I'm shocked 🤣
Selah ·
@ChiefJustWalks i get that a lot. Im just mentally stunted
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Selah well now that just makes it sound bad 😅 well stunted or not, I always thought you must've been a cool kid 🤙
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
Never went to a high school formal, and I've never been to any high school re-unions. I did yr 12 (last year of Australian high school) in 1986. Partly because I don't have any romantic/intimate partner and partly because I hated being social even back then. I never dated until my mid-20's so there's no way I could have gone to the yr12 formal do as I would just have engaged 'fight or flight' mode and escaped via any means possible..
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@ChiefJustWalks No offence to people who feel like doing formals, reunions, etc. but it's just not my scene. I would rather die than be surrounded by all the 'perfect couples' that re-unions are all about.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@zonavar68 makes sense 🤔 I've never done any of that so I'd be willing to check it out. Not sure I would like it but I would bring alcohol for sure 🤙
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@ChiefJustWalks Any sort of formal event is an opportunity for women to show off and ooze feminine appeal (which scares me lots - part of the reason I find sexual attraction really frightening) and the men are just 'handbags' basically. Just like at a wedding. ;-)
SW-User
I did not go .. I was even asked by a cute friend of mine and I was too shallow at the time.. prolly why I didn’t get laid until I was 20 lol
empanadas · 31-35, M
@SW-User I want to throw in a prison joke here but I'm gonna let it slide
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@SW-User bruh 🤣🤣 cockblocked by your own standards lol
SW-User
Ehh it was alright and all but not as big or special as everyone makes it out to be. I just went because my family wanted me to 😬
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@SW-User oh I remember you posting your prom photos on my thread 😌 I'm glad you went too, you looked gorgeous
SW-User
@ChiefJustWalks thank you 😊
MrsZero · 100+, F
Yep. Nothin special. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Lol @zerofuks2give went to Sr Prom together. Came home and watched tv afterwards 😂😂😂
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@MrsZero y'all two really high school sweethearts or something? 👀 Cute ASF.. that's rare these days
MrsZero · 100+, F
@ChiefJustWalks yep. :)
Dated and got engaged our senior year of high school, married after we graduated and been married 22.5 years 💕
Pinkstarburst · 51-55, F
I went alone. And sat alone. Watched everyone do their thing. Then went home.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Pinkstarburst I would've went, sat, & watched everyone with you 🥺
Pinkstarburst · 51-55, F
NotJamieM · 46-50, M
I never went. The few kids I actually liked weren't going, so I really didn't want to. Plus, I didn't have a girlfriend. So just no incentive to go whatsoever.
NotJamieM · 46-50, M
@ChiefJustWalks there were probably about eight people at that school that I liked. One was going, but with a girl I couldn't stand. I just had no desire to spend a few extra hours with the rest of them, lol.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@NotJamieM very understandable. Prom is overrated anyway
NotJamieM · 46-50, M
@ChiefJustWalks it sure is. A lot of stuff is overrated. My philosophy has always been that if something doesn't appeal to me, I'm better off just saying no. I'm not much fun when I'm somewhere I don't particularly want to be.
Rickg · 31-35, M
Me neither
Just kinda drifted apart from my friends by that point due to my social anxiety and it just felt like too much for me and pointless at the time
I do regret it tho
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Rickg don't regret it. Even if you did go you'd probably just be like eh what was the point. But I'm sorry man
Rickg · 31-35, M
Yea. That’s probably true @ChiefJustWalks
HannibalMontanimal · 26-30, M
I went with my gf at the time to prom. It was fun. She had a big ass and she was shaking that shit on the dancefloor
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@HannibalMontanimal the people I mostly hung out with were somewhere else.. so that's where I was too 😂 but I do wonder what prom would've looked like at mine lol you got some fun out of it so who knows 🤷
HannibalMontanimal · 26-30, M
@ChiefJustWalks Before I went like I thought it was gonna be slow dancing and like nothing really crazy but when I got there the dj was there playing loud ass rap music and all the girls acting crazy shaking they asses and shit like completely the opposite of what I expected. I was like 15 years old lol so yeah it's a good memory
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@HannibalMontanimal man it was like that at all of high school anyway 😂 I remember going to my first house party when I was a freshman. All the girls I had crushes on growing up were giving me lap dances & shit I was so shocked 🤣 like wait.. this stuff happens fr? Out here singing "A Whole New World" from Little Mermaid
I didn’t go, and told all of my friends I wasn’t going, much to their chagrin.
A friend asked me to go with her and I said no.
Maybe that was a mistake.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Ghostinthemachine should've went with her 🤷 I mean I'm not a prom person but if someone asks for my company I'm always down 🤙
I went to one dance. My junior year homecoming. Worst night of my life up to that point. No proms.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@JustGoneNow fuck prom anyway 🤷 you didn't miss anything
@ChiefJustWalks I didn’t have a lot of time for fucking around. I had school, modeling, and ranch work… and any little bit of guitar playing I could squeeze in. I never really went to dances, sports stuff, parties… or even had time to just hang out. My Dad was a cattle rancher and there was a shit load of work to do. While all the other kids were just hanging out, I was working like a man.

xzLucaszx · 18-21, M
I probably wont go my senior year it seems annoying
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@xzLucaszx me either 😂 I ditched often. I also got suspended & expelled every year. The only HS year I finished was freshman. So I basically only had a few years of high school 😅
xzLucaszx · 18-21, M
@ChiefJustWalks well im not allowed to drop out so ig i have to deal with school
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@xzLucaszx sadly I didn't even drop out til my senior year 😬 I was 18 by then so I didn't need my parents to sign anything when I left. I don't recommend dropping out that late though. I only did it because regular schools wouldn't accept me anymore & the ones that did wouldn't accept half of my credits. I was in all honors my first few years so they were trying to make me retake all those classes which was basically my whole first two years of math, English, & science. I just gave up
Classified · M
We don't have prom here.
I did go to what should have passed as a graduation party, but didn't like it.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Classified graduation parties are chill.. I only went to one but it was an event my friends & I put together. So just people we knew
Classified · M
@ChiefJustWalks That sounds like a better poster than I had 😄
JohnOinger · 41-45, M
I went to the Junior one but not the senior one i didnt have a date so i would end up looking like a,loser with no date to the prom 🤣
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@JohnOinger a lot of people go without dates but I understand the feeling 👌
Starchild1983 · 41-45, F
I didn’t go to my prom, but I went to someone else’s prom as like a third choice lmao
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Starchild1983 3rd choice? 😯 Aw you would've been my first 🙏
Starchild1983 · 41-45, F
@ChiefJustWalks yeah lol… thanks 🤗
theoldschoola · 46-50, M
I didn't go. I couldn't find a date and I wasn't going to waste money on a ticket to go by myself.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@theoldschoola I feel that. A lot of people go by themselves these days but I probably still wouldn't either
lispoiledbrat · 26-30, F
I went to prom cause i was running for prom queen (and won) so sorta had to go.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@lispoiledbrat aw.. well I'm sorry you were forced into that 🙁
SW-User
I went, but I went stag. I was too chicken to go with another guy. 😕
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@SW-User damn bruh.. that's all good though. It's just a party. Plenty more to come in life 🤙
Nanori · F
I didn't go

Well we don't have prom in my country c:
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Nanori very valid reason for not going 😅
We don't have prom at my country.
Iwillwait · M
I had not attended.
Jeremi · 41-45, M
junior and senior year. took my cousin to her junior one after her date backed out last minute.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Jeremi aw well you don't gotta get into it. Your brother has a great name
Jeremi · 41-45, M
@ChiefJustWalks
I don't mind. it's in one of my posts. his name was Jeremiah. he and our sister died after birth. I'm a surviving triplet. I do have an older sister still from a different father.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@Jeremi damn man well I'm glad you made it at least 🙏 that would be one of those things where I question why I made it but all you can do is make it worth it
I went to my junior prom. But by senior year I was going out with an Italian boy and the dean of students asked us not to attend prom together (“it would make the parents uncomfortable”). Ironic, because neither of our parents had a problem with it. So we didn’t go, but several friends also boycotted the prom and threw a house party that we attended instead.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@bijouxbroussard aw.. that's pretty messed up how normal that kind of treatment was back then. But I'm glad you had people standing behind you guys & you still got a good night out of it 🙏 Prom is meh anyway.. the real fun comes outside of campus if you ask me

Edit:I don't know how my autocorrect snuck "t shirt" in there 😂
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@InHeaven we be like 😎
InHeaven · F
@ChiefJustWalks yup 🙂
No such thing as "Prom" when I left school...

Would I have gone if there was??? Nah... too much pain and misery associated with that place for me...
SW-User
I wasn’t allowed to all because my outfit wasn’t an prom dress. Everyone got invited expect for me
Applepiedom · 56-60, M
On year went,one year not. Not year was way more fun😈😈. Straight to hotel versus boring party then hotel.
Dino11 · M
Both years, Jr. and Sr. Proms
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@Dino11 When I went to high school there was just one 'formal' - at the end of yr 12. I didn't go. Too scared/frightened/embarassed and back then I didn't have any interest or understanding of dating/sex/women/romance etc and wouldn't have known how to ask a woman out for a date, or how to kiss one, or flirt, etc.
SkeetSkeet · 100+, F
I never went
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@SkeetSkeet hell yeah.. we the cool kids
MonaReeves86 · 36-40, F
I went to Mine, but I had no, date , but it was ok , not to bad
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@MonaReeves86 if I went it would've been with no date too 🤷 maybe it's better that way for some of us
MonaReeves86 · 36-40, F
I’m in Australia we call proms a ball @ChiefJustWalks
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@MonaReeves86 I like that better tbh
Nope. I hated everyone's guts so I wasn't going to waste time and plenty of $ on crap like that
empanadas · 31-35, M
Naw that shit is so American
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@empanadas It's not - the same bullshit happens here in Australia. in the UK it's even more formalised.
empanadas · 31-35, M
@zonavar68 then it's a English people thing.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
@empanadas damn mericans

 
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