Do you think it's ok not to go to the prom?

Question

Do you think it's ok not to go to the highschool prom?

Answer 1

I NEVER went !!! I wasn't a very socialable person. Very shy. No one really talked to me. It woulda been awkward for me to show up @ prom... If I went, I woulda had to go by myself. I didn't even wanna go. Besides, proms cost $. You can go to a dance & still have a great time. No need to dress up. If you don't wanna go then don't go. No need to feel pressured to go to prom.

Answer 2

I was homeschooled and didn't have a prom :)

In 9th grade, I did tag along with friends to their school banquet - and I will forever have horrible memories about that evening!

If you're asking if it's okay not to go - then yes, it's perfectly fine... for various reasons there are always people who don't really want to go, or can't go.

Whether someone should go or not, is something they really have to think about on a personal level. If a person learns to analyze any decision where there's "no going back" even something as seemingly minor as a prom, then they tend to be less regretting, more able to stick by their decisions, and happier in the long run.

That decision-making technique applies to everything. Disconnect from the present, and look at all the possible consequences (good and bad) of that decision. Use that as a basis for what you do.

Good luck!

Answer 3

There are two very different schools of thought on this one:

1) You should go because if you don't go then you'll regret it.

2) Yes, it's ok not to go to the prom because society makes a much bigger deal about then it really is. After the prom you are going to have much more memorable and more important experiences.

I went to an all boy high school so we didn't have a prom. After I graduated I went to 3 different proms with 2 different girlfriends (at different times, not dating at the same time) and the 3rd one I went to I was already 21 but went with a friend because she didn't have a date (she paid for everything - she insisted, but I drove and opened the doors for her and danced the night away with her).

Yes, it's totally OK not to go to the prom in my opinion because you should go because you WANT to go, not because your parents want you to go, your friends want you to go, etc. I don't personally buy into the whole "you'll regret it" if you don't go. I've talked to and coached to hundreds of people who never want to their prom and they don't regret it one bit. I think the people that regret it are the types that generally live life with regret anyway.

Life is too short and too wonderful to look back at the past, unless you look at it as a learning experience.

So go if you want to and you think you'll have fun, otherwise use that money for something else and create your own memories doing something else. It's really up to you and don't let anyone pressure you into doing anything you don't want to do.

My 2 cents,

Rod Cortez

Answer 4

Sure it would be OK, but why wouldn't you want to go?

If you don't have a date, then there is no shame in going with some friends or alone. You could still have plenty of fun dancing with other people. There is no rule that every dance has to be with a date.

You may regret not going in the future. The typical high school experience just isn't complete without one formal. You may find 10 years from now that you wished you had gone, dateless or not.

Answer 5

I didn’t go to my prom, nor did I walk across the stage at graduation. It’s no big deal, there are much more important things in life, at least as far as I am concerned. Some may feel differently.

It is up to you, it’s your life you make the decisions. Don’t go just because some one else is forcing you.

Answer 6

Of course it is ok NOT to go...I didn't go to either of mine (grade 12 or 13) and I didn't regret it at all...and look at the money I saved! I think PROM is overrated anyway.

Answer 7

A LOT of people never go to their high school prom. Some of them simply because they can't afford it, some because they don't want to throw their money at something so superficial, some because they simply have other things that they would prefer to do with their time, energy and money.

A few go because they don't have dates - but some go without dates, too.

Answer 8

19 years ago I didn't go. I wish I did, but at the time I thought it would be gay to go alone.

Now I make $96,000 a year and found out that they don't ask you if you went to your prom in a job interview.

Answer 9

It is ok if you dont want to go, but i know many people who didnt go who regreted it later. Especially if you have little sisters. When you see them get ready to go to prom, you will wish you went to urs

Answer 10

No way!!! I went, even though my date ditched me. I had a blast, and I had gotten in trouble for borrowing someone's man for the night. It was the best prom night I ever had. My first and my last. And I had never regretted.

I figure I would go, even if I made a fool of myself, at least I went. Remember there is 365 day in a year. If one night screw you up, fine, at least you can say, "I went."