Proms for me were bad experiences. Junior prom was no fun – stilted, awkward, everyone uncomfortable. Many years after senior prom, my mother admitted that she had set up my date – at some level I think I knew because he certainly didn’t act as if he were having a good time.

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Oh my the infamouse prom. In my case I opted out of the junior prom because I just didn’t see the point and put all my beans on the senior prom. Like most guys I too was thinking hey this might be the night, although, during our pre prom assembly (all girls school) we were instructed that “sex is not a prom favor.” Side note, a lot of the girls I went to school with clearly weren’t listening during this assembly because a lot of them had babies that next year…prom gems!

Anywho, low and behold I break up what felt like seconds before the prom but was probably a few weeks with my boyfriend. At the time it felt like death and how was I supposed to drum up a date so close to prom. I quickly took the stance that prom was going to be about my friends. Some of them had similar things happen with boys and well now there would be no pressure to lose the V card. My mom had another thought all together.

My mom refused to allow me go alone and set me up with her friend’s son. As proms go it was ok. I stuck to the sex not being a prom favor thing and I ended up having pancakes at Ihop after hours with my friends.

It’s funny how prom is the center of all things high school but as I go back over the major events that have happened in my life it never makes the list.

All in all it was a blast…a very good memory.
So sorry to hear about your turnouts…then again everything does happen for a reason.

WE are who we are today because of those past awkward near misses

I didn’t get to go to prom! Asshole I was dating ‘Didn’t want to go.’ Dumbfuck.

It blows that you didn’t get laid at either prom GUY. The ‘friend’ totally should have given it up, I mean you took her TWICE!

I almost bought a prom dress like a week ago, at my last mall trip (where I last killed the battery in the car) YES, as a matter of fact I did try on prom dresses, because I’m fucking amazing and I can, okay? I looked AWESOME, but I decided it wasn’t worth $200.00, just to wear while sitting in front of the computer reading ‘The GUYS Perspective’!

@Ethelmae………thanks. You’re too sweet!

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Anyway, I finally had gotten the nerve up (Yeah, I was shy in high school) to ask out this girl in my class. Her and I got along well and talked time to time. Moving on…. She says yes and I’m elated because I think I’m going to finally going to be able to spread a lil’ Kelly Seed before the prom night is through. And not by hand, either.

And yes, I was a virgin when I was 17.

Moving on, we’re dancing and stuff, having a pretty good time, listening to some “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne and all seems to be going well. And then we slow dance. And then I get the biggest boner in the world. I’m pitchin’ a real bonerfide tent here, folks. And “Michelle” is feeling it through her prom dress. I’m not sure, but I think I “almost” popped her cherry through sheer penis determination.

So…

After a few minutes of feeling my wang rubbing up against her prom dress, “Michelle” backs away from me during the second slow song and seems sincerely frightened of me and my magic wand. Damn, I think to myself. All throughout the rest of the night, she more or less avoids me. I hung out the rest of the night with my friends and found relief when I finally got home, semi-drunk and full of seed.

The End

@Fatima……you’re welcome. Thanks for your support too. I think I’m going to be a strict parent too, based on all my childhood experiences. If my parents only knew!

@Meleah Rebeccah…….no dating? Wow! Yes, as far as my experiences go, you didn’t miss much on the Prom end.

Second, about this “honoring a commitment” – that’s how I was raised, too. You don’t back out of a date just because someone you like better asks you out later. It’s rude. Sorry, but your girlfriend did have a lot of maturity to do that, and it’s a shame today’s teens can’t seem to understand just how rude it is to keep one friend hanging while they clearly leave an option open for a “better offer.”

Third, had I NOT been brought up that way, I’d have broken a “date” (not really a date – just an invitation to go to a wedding) with a friend I later did end up dating – who just happened to introduce me to his roommate. That roommate became my husband several years later. And the first guy? We stayed friends. He came to the wedding. I like to think it’s because I never treated anyone like dirt – never made them feel like I’d ditch ‘em at the first sight of something “better.”

Fourth, PROM. I never went to prom. For that, my Karmic punishment was to live through my daughter’s going to Prom. Seriously, I skipped 8th, 11th, and 12th grades. My high school principal’s main concern, before signing off on the okay for me to do that? “Don’t you feel you will have missed out on a huge part of your life, never having a Senior Prom?” I kid you not. She said that. I just looked at her and said, “No. There will be other dances.” And there have been. I didn’t miss out on a thing, as far as I can tell.

Lovely story Guys when I was reading through I could hear meself go “O Dear.”…she is committed… but then the story became interesting and here’s the part I love… your “anticipation grew and grew” and you eventually had fun. Unfortunately I can’t remember much of my Proms days… all I can remember was that my parents were a little bit strict ..

@Barbara……..Better a late bloomer than an early bloomer like most people. Hope this post wasn’t too traumatic for you. Your Sadie Hawkins experience sounds like it was pretty devastating. Growing up is tough!!

@BK………….it might not have been impressive, but it sounds equally as fun. You’re welcome for the props. Glad to be connected to you.

It was a Sadie Hawkins dance and so I got up the courage to ask this guy that I had a crush on to the dance. We barely talked because I was so shy and quiet in high school. But this time I screwed up my courage and after class I walked up to him and asked him. But there is no happy ending here. He turned me down saying no he didn’t want to go with me. I was devastated and wound up going into therapy almost right after that.

@bluzdude…….Well at least you got a nice friendship out of the night. That’s a lot longer lasting than a teen boy’s exploration into…….

@tina…….love the big hair! At least I have fond memories of it, whatever that means.

@jenny……well, that’s a bummer. Glad to be connected.

@kelly……….that sounds brutal! The joys of high school. We’ve enjoyed your posts and your friendship.

@dategirl…….actually I was a junior, but it still made me the man, like I said. But it didn’t last long. Hey, that seems to be a theme back then. Ouch!

Love this post, it reminds me how young we learn the dating game lol You handled it with dignity and Im glad you got to go and have fun!

Its good how we can look back and say “Boy, Im glad I dont have to go through THAT again!”

We went to an afterprom party and my date got completely “faced”. But I delivered her and her girlfriend home in time for their curfew, none the worse for wear.

I don’t really remember either prom, so I guess I didn’t have a great time or a terrible time. I remember that I had great dresses, and it was the 80′s, so I know I had big hair. Maybe all that hairspray kept the memories from properly sinking into my brain.