Mine when I was in school was entirely forgettable. But! I married a teacher, and until the pandemic we chaperoned prom almost every year. And that was reliably awesome. We may get back to it eventually. The kids are always proud of their outfits, and it's a small, rural school, so even though there are cliques, it's still mostly an everybody-in-it-together atmosphere. We've never really been party types, but getting to dance with my wife at prom every year is something I miss.

As a socially anxious loner, I didn't go to prom. Didn't end up feeling much like I was missing out either. I had been to a few school dances in the past and they always made me very uncomfortable and I didn't find them fun. I didn't like how much of a big deal they were made out to be. The one time I had fun around a school dance was when I was hanging out with some people either beforehand or afterwards (can't remember which) and that part of it was fun. The dance itself wasn't.

I didn't go, I didn't see the point in it. People always ask if I regret not going: not even a little bit. I don't like dancing and thought the entire idea of it dumb to begin with. Also, I'd rather not go broke over one night like that. I did have a few friends go and they said they had fun, good for them. It's just not my thing.

I hate to add to the negative responses here, but this was my experience. Due to really bad gender dysphoria, I felt I could not go, because I feel like breaking down every time I wear a suit. I skipped it altogether due to the quite restrictive (cis-normative) dress code. Going as a man with a woman would make me really sad. I went to quite a few parties after with cool people, though, and those were really fun, so I guess that's what counts.

Eh, less fun than a regular dance. Too much money and time spent on pageantry.

Back in highschool there was junior prom and senior prom. They made us pay like $300 a head to attend. I used to get bullied a lot for being goth and latina. You could not pay me enough to listen to shitty music around people I disliked, so I didn't attend.

I skipped mine and stayed home playing some GTA:SA and FFX lol

Fuck prom. I lost it at prom my junior year because I was managing the logistics and social momentum for our entire group despite way too much petty high school drama, childish behavior, and real life drama (car breaking down). After basically pulling a damn miracle to make it happen we got there and the group was still bitching/snotty so I snapped, yelled loudly in front of teachers, and walked the fuck out. My date, who I had recently started semi-dating/hooking up with, went home with another dude. In hindsight I don't blame her but we were supposed to be friends first and I thought she would be there emotionally for me instead of piling it on.

The next year I went but also had a shit ton of stress because I was getting everyone else ready and then no one would help me/gave a shit. My other friend started pouting at like noon that day because a different friend hadn't finished sewing her prom dress as promised. So I literally (this was before YouTube) took her fabric and figured out to make a skirt and hand sewed it on the spot to make her happy (it looked great btw) but then I ended up looking like crap with terrible hair.

I wasn't mature enough to not let everyone put their bullshit on me.

Overall it was stressful and lackluster. Other dances (esp. Halloween dance or sadie-hawkins) were much more fun because there was way less pressure. You could just show up and vibe.

I never went to prom or anything. Me and my friends just stayed home and played counter strike if I remember correctly, I don't think I bothered to remember what day it was even happening.

Thankfully I've never lived anywhere where prom night is a thing. I can't imagine the stress of "keeping up". It was bad enough having the high school "cool kids" cults; amplifying it would be a nightmare.

I graduated high school in Belgium, prom is a thing there but probably not as big as in the US.

It was a cool night, but retrospectively we put too much importance into it, similar events during university were more meaningful

I'm about to have my first in about 2 weeks, other than that, I can tell you people like to dress in suits, mainly more colorful ones.

driveways? dresses? your into some wierd shit but I don't judge. Its great for me. could not be a better time for it. Its like a golden age for it. Wait. thats an m not an n and you have r bfore the o. oh. woops. my bad.