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I sold drugs to go to my senior prom only to be ditched by my date so he could go with his girlfriend that I didn't know he had. I thought I was his girlfriend. Prom is such a waste of money and so much effort for some bullshit. ๐คฆ๐ผโโ๏ธ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
Any idea why he went with you instead of his actual girlfriend?
Oh looking back now, I know I was definitely the side piece and just didn't know it. ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ It broke my heart but getting over it played into who I am today ๐
I feel if you substitute "pron" for "prom", it still works well.
"Pron was the only time you could be with a girl without your parents present"
I think there are a lot of assumptions but it is still a good read.
It's a good read, but as with absolutely any discussion around high school on platforms like this, it heavily shaded with the cynicism of the adult that looks back on their high school days bitterly and thinks little of the teenagers who don't hate it as much as they did/do.
The whole comment is based on the assumption there's some kind of FOMO-esc pressure to make prom incredible, where kids feel like they "must" go big or they'll miss out.
But it sidesteps the simpler explanation: maybe some teenagers just genuinely enjoy making prom a blowout. Going big has been part of the tradition for a long time, and maybe it's not pressure those teens are feeling, but simply excitement.
The basic notion of prom is that it is the night to go big. It is the last high school dance. It seems incredibly reductive to assume teenagers would not look forward to making it a special occasion if it weren't for outside pressure.