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Prom is next Saturday. Money is no object.

AND I CAN'T FIND A DATE !!!

Oh, and let's add a poll to this. Go single, or say forget it and fix my beater instead?
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FIXED. I don't think they liked me. Heh.

Hmm, guess it's an opportunity to do that overdue oil change and fuel filter.

Or should I just go single?
 
Fix the beater. Looking back on my own prom nights, it will most likely be a more successful night than going to some gala dance.
However, if you were unlike myself in high school, and actually TALKED to people, you might have a ball. On second thought, go enjoy yourself. You only get to do this one or two times. The beater can be fixed afterward, preferably while still in your rented tux. That way you don't dirty any of the clothes you own.
 
Being in student government doesn't help either...

Maybe I'll find someone between now and then, heh.
 
Do you really need an army of 12,000 (or whatever the number now is) BITOG members to help you make that decision?
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I'd go with you but can't find a dress I like that fits.

Never went to proms in HS.

Bought beer, procurred doobies, and cruised McHenry in Modesto instead.

Never regretted decision but it takes a Young Coot to create an Old Coot.

Likely best to attend to ensure no future regret.

Or, do not attend to ensure no future regret.

Whatever ye do, wear thine seatbelt.
 
I skipped prom, went to a Pink Floyd concert.

Worlds away, future-wife skipped prom and went bowling.

Do what makes you happy. Proms are sort of the ultimate invented Hallmark holiday.
 
I skipped my prom (even had a date lined up if I wanted to go) and focused on the after party. Got totally plowed on Bacardi to the point where I never want to taste it again. I went from a person that most barely knew to the guy who knew how to drink and party hard. At least I got invited to more parties that summer than ever before.

Maybe proms are important in small towns or with those more socially connected. But if you live in bland suburbia, it prolly doesn't matter.

If your entire crew is going, you might want to think about rollin' stag. But it sounds like you're the school policy wonk. There's gotta be a school policy wonkette somewhere so finding her would take priority over flying solo at the prom.
 
I was one of the biggest non-events of my life.

I cannot say that my life is any better for having gone to the prom some 24 years ago.

Do what you want to do, not what you think others want you to do.
 
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I was one of the biggest non-events of my life.

I cannot say that my life is any better for having gone to the prom some 24 years ago.

Do what you want to do, not what you think others want you to do.

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Honestly, I only think it is special if you really have someone special to take. I skipped my Prom, but went to my girlfriends prom. I don't regret skipping my prom but glad I went to her prom. If that makes sense.

I do regret sharing a limo with another couple. They did EVERYTHING in front of us. Being 19 I thought it was kinda cool (the girl was hot), but even I got tired of it after 20 minutes. And it was an 80 minute limo ride...

My prom wouldn't let you go single. Then guys started bringing other guys as dates to get around it and cried homophobia when they weren't allowed to do that either (well and they did dress up as women). Still not sure why it was couples only. But High School kids will figure out a way to mock any rule...
 
I think I got really lucky with my HS prom, being the foreign kid and all. A girl actually asked me to go with her, and she was cute, too. The prom itself wasn't anything great, but we had a blast afterwards by going to the beach with a bunch of friends. All in all, I'm glad I went, but if I had to go alone, I don't think I would have.
 
We had a "grad dance", not a prom, and I don't remember feeling any pressure to go with anyone. It wasn't really an important event ... partying with everyone after WAS.
 
I went to my senior prom with a girl that I had broken up with and sort of got 'back together' with for the event (by her request no less). To make matters worse, sitting across from me at the table was the one that I was really in love with at the time, attending with some 20 year old who was an OK guy but could have used a throat-punch.

My date pretty much vanished...and then the waitress dropped a tray of ice cream desserts on my head. Not my best night.
 
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