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Going to prom is supposed to be one of the most memorable nights of high school. After months of planning, many students have extremely high anticipations, hoping to feel like movie stars for just one evening. But even when they get all they wished for — extravagant gowns, over-the-top rides, sweat-filled dances, and wild after-parties — some things are bound to go wrong.
In honor of prom season, Jimmy Fallon asked his audience to participate in yet another challenge. "It's Hashtags time! Tweet out a funny or weird story about your prom and tag it with #PromFail," he wrote and triggered an avalanche of painfully relatable tales from people’s teenage years.
From hilarious wardrobe mishaps to hair catching on fire, we at Bored Panda have selected some of the best tweets from this thread. So buckle up, scroll down, and share how ridiculous your prom experience was in the comment section below! And after you’re done reading this post, be sure to check out some funny responses to Fallon’s recent challenges on #NanaQuotes, #MyHighSchoolWasWeird, and #WorstGiftEver.
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Tim Bouchee 3 years ago
Now they just needed to double-up with a couple with the girl wearing a green, sequin dress and the guy wearing a slightly off-white suit.
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HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
That happened to me at my sister's wedding. My dress was the exact color of the carpet and draperies behind the pulpit. Floating head and bouquet.
Melinda Gray 3 years ago
I once wore a new shirt to renew my license and they had changed the background. I wore that exact color. I was a floating head for years.
For most, the iconic high school dance is one of the most unforgettable moments of the entire school year. Prom-goers shiver from anticipation and hope to leave with some of the best memories from teenage life. But if you look back to that crazy night and cringe with nostalgic discomfort or think back on your wardrobe choices with a bit of a shudder, you're definitely not alone.
So this recent challenge on The Tonight Show was all about the funniest and weirdest #PromFail moments. Jimmy Fallon kicked off the thread himself by tweeting: "My friend ripped his tuxedo and spent the night crying because he thought Men’s Wearhouse was going to sue him." But it seems that people on the Twittersphere have had it way worse. I mean, we’re talking about being named the "condiment couple" or being crowned as the Prom Queen yet having to slow dance with the King who turns out to be your twin brother. Pretty odd, right?
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Gabrielle Russell 3 years ago
This is why you always keep at least 2-3 non-romantic songs available, even if you’re doing a stereotypically romantic event. You just never know when you’re going to need an out.
Winter 3 years ago
That's weird. Why couldn't they both just dance with their respective dates?
in.love.with.taylor.swift 3 years ago
you vote for prom king and queen separately. it’s kind of a popularity contest. during prom the king and queen dance with each other. the people who won just happened to be related
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Ines Olabarria-Smith 3 years ago
My date was best friend’s with my sisters so we double dated because she wanted to go with this guy. Later she married my date. Not a fail. Just funny.
Tuna Fish 3 years ago
I dropped out of college at 20 to manage a bar and get some "life experience" . One of the first things I did was hire two new bouncers. They were the worst bouncers I've ever seen. I told one just yesterday that he was lucky I fell in love with him or I would have fired him on the first night. We've been married for 30+ years now. Oh, and the other guy, well he married my sister, I kid you not.
Seadog 3 years ago
Fail for the other guy - Girl my son went to school with found out 2 days before prom what her date really had in mind (sex) and she wasn't having any part of it. She was just friends with my son, basically knew him through another mutual friend. He told her not to worry, he'd be happy to accompany her. (he had no plans of going before this) So the day before prom he and his mother go to town to try to find suitable attire. When the store heard what he was doing and why he was crazy enough to think he'd find clothes the day before prom, they had a tux and shoes overnighted in, no charge. They stayed friends (never dated) and she actually went with us to pick him up from basic training.
After all, prom is notorious for being the perfect ground for things to go terribly wrong. We all remember how hard our own teenage years were, so just imagine having a school full of overly excited youth — there’s bound to be no shortage of mortifying moments. Moreover, they sometimes expect too much from this celebration and often label it as the most important night of their young lives, something that’s hard to live up to.
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Robertas Lisickis 3 years ago (edited)
Is it just me, or is the lad on the left oddly reminiscent of the son in Modern Family?
Fat Harry 3 years ago
The guy on the left is, but I don't think you look anything like him.
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Stephanie Wittenberg 3 years ago
Well, at least their prom outfits are really lovely and nicely coordinated.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
I have a great one from my best friend's wedding during the bridal party pictures. We were outside and a large flock of geese flew directly over our heads. It's a huge group photo and every single person is cringing, ducking, or holding their hands up to protect themselves from falling poop. It's my friend's favorite picture from her entire wedding. :) Thankfully no one got pooped on but we did have to watch where we walked.
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Jo Firth 3 years ago
Ummmm, if it was the back view she was wearing the thong all wrong...
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Micah Chips 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I don't understand why some people think not shaving is like a mortal sin. It's not your place to judge their decision. Whether or not they want to shave it bare, or have a bush, or trim it into the shape of a f*****g dolphin. Really, why do you care what they did with their naturally occurring pubescent hair? (In my case, I'm mostly just lazy, and honestly dgaf if people see hair "down there". Also I genuinely can't be trusted with razors or other sharp things, so...)
juice 3 years ago
yeah that's fine, do with your body what you will! i’m just concerned that she wasn't wearing underwear...
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NotMe 3 years ago
How does one win queen and king at proms? I've always wondered (we don't have anything similar in my country. prom dates aren't even a thing)
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
From what I've seen on tv it's a popularity vote. Couples nominated beforehand and then they vote when they get to prom. We don't have proms where I've from- sometimes a formal for multiple year levels but often just one at the end of year 12 (which is sometimes called a valedictory). I think some schools still do a debutant ball too, but they don't get large numbers anymore. The deb is the only one where you specifically have to have a date, the others most people go as groups.
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According to columnist Claire Suddath, the word prom is short for promenade — the formal, introductory parading of guests at a party. The prom can be dated back to the simple banquets that happened in the 19th-century American universities to celebrate each year's graduating class.
"A growing teenage culture pushed proms younger and younger, and by the 1940s, the adolescent dance we know today had almost entirely taken hold," Suddath added. With time, every generation continues to improve and change our society, and that in turn leads to proms becoming more eccentric each year. As customs change, we see an increasing amount of extravagant limousines, creative themes, colorful wardrobes, and teens trying to make this celebration represent what they believe in.
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Aisling Raye 3 years ago
How does having a limo for the night = catching feelings? Maybe it's just where I grew up, but having a limousine for any school dance was very normal. The part that cuts deep is that they considered him their best friend but he didn't care enough to even call. Friends don't ghost friends. (And dad is an a-hole but that goes without saying)
AnkleByter 3 years ago
Wait, why is Dad an a-hole here? While sending the guy the bill may not be something everyone would do, I would hardly call it an a-hole move in this circumstance. This was a dad who thought his girl was hurt by someone she thought was a good friend. I'd be ticked off if I were that dad too! If more kids had dads (read: parents) that gave a fudge, got excited about things, and stood up for them by holding people accountable for their actions when needed...the world would be a happier place
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Man in the ceiling 3 years ago
“Dad sounds like a jerk” prom date proceeds to ghost friend before prom because of a stupid reason.
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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 3 years ago
The corsage goes on the wrist and I don’t think it should have a pin in it, if I’m not mistaken
Sareaesque 3 years ago
pin-on corsages are worn on the chest similar to a buttonhole
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Wandaluzt 3 years ago
You can see this is a copied Twitter post right? I mean it's pretty obvious. So why are you trying to reply?
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Hilary Mol 3 years ago
Aqua Net... there was one bathroom in my high school that always looked like it had fog because that was the fix-your-hair bathroom, and it was 91/92, so EVERYBODY used Aqua Net. Also great for getting out ballpoint pen ink stains, but definitely a fire hazard. A friend of mine set her bangs on fire once because her curling iron was on the lava setting & she kept spraying more and more hairspray to set it. Mall bangs were dangerous, man...
Makoto Fletcher 3 years ago
I saw something similar in the mid-70s. This was a wedding. Serving line for the wedding cake, young lady -- with a ton of hair spray -- leaned over, right into a candle. Poof went half her hair. Ugh, her hysteria and the smell. But, I have laugh about it now.
Mary Elliott 3 years ago
So, how exactly do you know what burnt baby's breath smells like? That sounds like it might be an interesting story too.
As you’re scrolling through this list, you’ll notice that no one is immune to occasional slip-ups on this big night. Some teens feel extremely worried about this iconic dance and may fear creating situations that would be the perfect material for the next #PromFail challenge. To avoid that, parents can also help out their children with handling the many stresses and challenges.
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Sa Ruuu 3 years ago
The only explanation I can think of is maybe the parents were divorced and he got ready at his dad's house. Cause otherwise, how can a mom miss seeing her son getting his tux and getting ready?
Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
She had to work but would come straight to the prom after getting off work? Maybe their house isn't convenient to get to from her workplace.
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I don't believe this for a second. Surely they would have talked about it, about getting a tux, a dress, etc.
magpookie1133 3 years ago (edited)
Ummm, did the mom miss her original prom cause she got that date wrong too?
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
How would you not notice your kid getting read for the prom??? This is weird.
Lily 3 years ago (edited)
I was afraid I wouldn't get asked, so month's before the prom, my mom asked my uncle's wife's younger brother if he would go as my date. I ended up being asked by a really nice classmate, and I tried to back out of my mom's setup but she wouldn't do it. So I had to go with dumass high as a kite because he didn't want to be there. I might as well have been on my own, he didn't do anything but sit and stare. I still had a good time, completely ignored him with friends.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I'm curious, because we don't have prom where I live, is there really that much pressure to bring a date? It seems it would have been better to just go with your friends.
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I'm trying to figure out how that could happen. Didn't they talk? Mark the date on a calendar?
Jonathan West 3 years ago
I like to think his mom realized her going to prom with her son was a terrible idea...
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Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Wow, was he an amateur? Even so, anyone with any pride in what they were doing would have turned the notifications off after the first ding.
BetterBitterButter 3 years ago
I have witnessed this in other event (s). And it's always hilarious. Sometimes it even mixes nicely with the music playing.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
That's the worst part- songs shouldn't be allowed to have ringtones or message sounds, or sirens because it makes you paranoid!
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Huddo's sister 3 years ago
At our school equivalent (well not quite) of prom, we all had free alcohol on the tables anyway (though it was VB and not great wine)
toxxic 3 years ago
my high school made us all take a breathalyzer before we could go in
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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago
For a sec I was expecting to read that your prom date then went on to date your dad and she is now your stepmom ... I have obviously read waaaay too many weird family stories here on BP 😅
Susan Bosse 3 years ago
My dad was a coach/teacher at my high school. Our house was the hangout house. If we woke him up being loud late at night, he would come in in his tightly whities and tell us to be quiet or it was time for everyone to go home. This happened all through school (80s). He had or had had all of my friends in class or in sports and never gave an ounce of thought to it except we needed to shut up so he could sleep. He refused to put on shorts before coming in whatever room we were in. I ceased being mortified after about a dozen times. Can you imagine the backlash if a coach, or even just a parent, did that today? Hahahahaha
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Anyone else glance up at the OP's name to see if it was a male or female?
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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
Why is it mean? You think his mother should have accepted? She saved him years of ridicule!!
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Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
This is another thing that makes American proms look awful, *having* to turn up with a date. No one would have wanted to be my date at that age, so then what?
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Also, what if a guy just doesn't fancy any of the girls there, we're teaching him to just ask out anyone with a vagina to not be a loser??
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WTF? Your mom????????? Better to just go without a date than take your mother to the prom.
Jonathan West 3 years ago
Ok, young guys. Don't take your mom or your aunt to prom. That's a terrible idea.
Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago
I really doubt you were turned down by ever girl in the school, you just to asked the wrong ones.
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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
Fun? Tradition? I mean... there's no "purpose" other than getting together, dressing up, dancing, celebrating the end of the school year. It's usually for the older two classes, so for some it's a final goodbye to their high school years. It's expensive. Some kids get left out. It isn't all flowers and sparkly lights, but there's really no "purpose" other than fun.
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Miguel justino C 3 years ago
My buddy and I convinced half of the prom court (popular girls) to go too an Aerosmith concert. Ten times more fun than a HS prom.
Cory Tollman 3 years ago
A girl at my prom had her top hat blow off and go flying into the Mississippi river. Our prom was on a paddle wheeler river boat fyi.
That includes considering several elements your child might be slightly obsessing about. For example, you could set a realistic budget for the apparel and the extravagant "promposals". Or discuss your teen's feelings about their potential date or the celebration in general. You could also sit down and have a chat about unhealthy diets or extreme workouts your teen may do to lose some weight. "These short-term gains can lay the groundwork for long-term unhealthy eating habits and poor body image," Olson said.
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Diemond Star 3 years ago
I don't see this as a prom failure. Although he broke up with you he still took you to the prom, ended up getting married and had a baby together . I think Display Name got it right because it sounds like a Disney or maybe a lifetime movie.
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Panda-riffic 3 years ago
Insert the word "his" in front of two sisters and it gets even more awkward. ;-)
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WoodenLion 3 years ago
i attended my 20 year reunion a long time ago. took my girl cousin and her friend - nobody knew and i cruised in with a "hot" chick on each arm.
"Role model for your teen the importance of being present in the moment and encourage them to stay mindful as they take in all the details of the evening," she added.
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ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ 3 years ago
and his tux stayed together? Can't even take a big step in some jeans before rrrriiipppp! Lol
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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 3 years ago
It’s not exactly cheap but it’s not bad compared to some dresses out there
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Hphizzle 3 years ago
Mine was $45 dollars and had pockets!!!! (Going out of business sale) And I fit in it better now than I did then(20 years ago)!!
Tiger Pearl 3 years ago
Lol wow, mine was maybe $40, still very pretty. Other dances like home coming were also very cheap dresses and skirt/shirt combo. It doesn’t have to be expensive to look nice!
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago
dunno, I would have been said kid, and I would of had one of my friends lend me a dress they already had. I hope this happens there for the ones who want to go.
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Gretchen Esquilin 3 years ago
My prom dress was $93 from DEB & I wore it as my wedding dress yrs later. I still have it & it's all in tact almost 25 yrs later! LOL
Penny Fawver 3 years ago
I paid $15 for my daughter's prom dress 4 years ago. It was brand new, not from wish. It was the first dress she found. I didn't have to alter it in anyway. It is still in perfect condition. Price means nothing. Not sure what she plans on doing with with a black and lavender tulle skirt dress in the future. But She bragged to everyone about her super cheap dress.
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Viktor 3 years ago
That’s fun to clean. I remember a friend vomiting in another friend’s car and it still smelled a year later when it was warm.
Susan Bosse 3 years ago
My brother took my Mustang to prom. I only agreed to it because I knew it would keep him sober for the night. Lol
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Kusotare 3 years ago
She married you anyway. That's a win. Dance like nobody's watching, Scott!
OhForSmegSake 3 years ago
Bahahahaa!! 😆😆 That's the best mental image. And it's wonderful that she married him, bad dancing and all
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Who cares, as long as you're having fun and making sure others can have fun?
Miguel justino C 3 years ago
How awesome would it be if your dancing looked like dirty south Krunk dancing.
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Nicole Trombly 3 years ago
You can bring a date from another school but no, random people cannot go to other schools prom. I’m confused about the yearbook thing though….why would the schools yearbook feature a couple that doesn’t attend that school. Makes absolutely no sense at all so I call BS on this one
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Stephanie Wittenberg 3 years ago
Tux, top hat, and cane? You were cheated, it definitely shoulda been the two of you!
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Scott Crowell 3 years ago
Stranger Danger! Now a day people order Strangers to give them rides.
Josh Stevenson 3 years ago
That's when you ask if they're that way cuz they've been denied entry by every woman in their life?
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Susan Bosse 3 years ago
Ex-lovers?? Cringe. That's a weird way to describe a relationship for teens in high school.
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Jonathan West 3 years ago
Ugh, bro. You still paid for the room? Why the fck would you do that?
Judi Sherosky 3 years ago
My friend told me a Prom story. Her dress was way too big (Borrowed from a friend) too poor to afford one .Her sis said she could fix that and sew it. She did. At Prom all the stiches came out and the dress began to fall to the ground. She ran to the bathroom and pinned it all together, but the pins picked her all through the night! Her date thought she was epilptic! True story!!
Josh Stevenson 3 years ago
You my friend deserve what happened if you let them use the hotel room you paid for. I'd be in there crying into the mini bar before giving the magic fingers a whirl...see if they make drunken masturbation any better.
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Miguel justino C 3 years ago
Hell yeah, doesn’t matter what you’re wearing as long as you’re confident and awesome!
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Terry Tobias 3 years ago
My senior prom had a band which was the norm back then. This band was so terrible that no one danced. It was extremely disappointing! Fast forward 20 years to our reunion. I'm single and didn't take a date and most of the people there came without spouses or dates. I had the best time dancing and reminiscing with everyone. MUCH better than my prom!
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Laura Jackson 3 years ago
My first prom my date tried to kiss me as he was driving a Cadillac at 60 mph down a very dark, very empty middle of nowhere road in a narrow valley at 2:30 in the morning. Ended up going off a steep embankment Luke Duke style. He climbs up without me, I'm hurt but don't know how bad yet because adrenaline, y'know. Get halfway up in a floor length sequined gown and bare feet ( had to remove 4" stilettos) in briars waist high. Of course I fall and roll back down. Finally get to the top. It's another hour+ until a car comes by. Home is closer than hospital, so we go there. Call his mom, she comes to get him. I'm getting out of my dress and pain shoots down my entire spine. Go to ER and get to spend the next 6 months in a neck brace and I still have migraines from my injury today. This was in 1993 so, good times, yep!🙄
gay insomniac assassin panda 3 years ago
ouch! I hope the migraines go away soon.
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John Crandall 3 years ago
People living in places where drinking age is 18. Everyday is Saturday
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ImALilMintyCandy 3 years ago
waitwaitwaitwait he DIED like dead and nobody's talking about this
Lisa Hewes 3 years ago
That tux rental place should have never charged! What a bunch of heartless a$$holes!
Display Name 3 years ago
Prob didnt HAVE ta help but prib felt bad and wanted to
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Lorrie Rothstein 3 years ago
I have so many questions. How did he die? Why did thry pay for the tux? Why bury him in the tux?
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Yeah, you're not generally buried in what you wore when you died- too many bodily functions that can happen when you die!
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Misterionz 3 years ago
From google: The meniscus is a C-shaped piece of tough, rubbery cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between your shinbone and thighbone. It can be torn if you suddenly twist your knee while bearing weight on it. A torn meniscus is one of the most common knee injuries.
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Scotira 3 years ago
Probably something like rose, mint, peach, baby blue, light yellow... 😁
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Terry Tobias 3 years ago
So...it was embarrassing to ask staff for help but not embarrassing to stick your arm in the gravy?! 🙄
Cactus 1549 3 years ago (edited)
You were on the river, you could have dipped your arm in the water.
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Kiss Army 3 years ago (edited)
I can understand punishing your kids if they do something wrong, but unless it was an absolute COLOSSAL f*ck up, I would never ground my kid from a once(or twice)-in-a-lifetime event like prom that you just can't get back. Also when their date and/or friends have put out money for an event it isn't fair to punish them too. Come up with another punishment!
Mobey Drunk 3 years ago
I honestly wouldn't have went. I never went to prom, but if I did, it would be for the person I'm going with. If they're not going to be there, I don't see the point.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Tonight I gotta cut loose, footloose Kick off your Sunday shoes Please, Louise Pull me up off my knees Jack, get back C'mon, before we crack Lose your blues Everybody cut footloose
Stephanie Wittenberg 3 years ago
Where the heck was this? How does a prom not include dancing? Saddest prom story ever!
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Maybe because of Covid? But they could have organised something else that could be socially distanced and fun.
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S. Mi 3 years ago
Don't we all wish. In some states there are laws that explicitly protect the 'religious right' to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ community members
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Toasted Applesauce 1 year ago
This is ridiculous. I go to a veeeryyyy Catholic school and they don't care if LGBTQ+ couples go to dances together..
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Miguel justino C 3 years ago
Reap what you sow. It’s so empathetic to be considered the “other guy”
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Crowsgoin*brrr* 3 years ago (edited)
Oh that chad. Always getting the girl /j like severe "/j", I mean this as a joke, sorry about offensiveness
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Miguel justino C 3 years ago
Let’s use our heads here, take a 5 gallon bucket of ice and put it in the bathtub. Then fill it with bottles of shitty beer and whine coolers. It’s not bathtub moonshine, just a giant cooler.
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ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
I just got an idea for a new show... cross between Pimp my Ride and Sweet 16... Pimp my Swee... uhhh, nvm
Mobey Drunk 3 years ago
Wasn't there already a comedy skit called "Pimp My Sister"?
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august is mentally unstable 3 years ago
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Jake B 3 years ago
Years from now they will tag those who went through school during Covid as the Covid Generation.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
My sister has been saying sine the start they should be doing a study on how Covid has affected students- not just grades, but socialisation etc as well. I think it will have affected those in preschool-early primary school the most.
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Mobey Drunk 3 years ago
I remember hearing a story about someone telling the server that they were under 21 (US). They looked downcast and said they wish they didn't say anything, because now they can't get served alcohol.
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Mobey Drunk 3 years ago
I'm guessing it would've been different if it was "Cruise" by Conflict. However, the square dancing would've been funny as hell. Though, I'm not an expert, but I never heard of square dancing at a prom before.
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ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
I think we'll be reading about that teacher in the newspaper some day
Mobey Drunk 3 years ago (edited)
Just don't blame it on voter fraud. The USA has shown how much of a s**t show that can be. Edit: these are baseless claims with no proof that I'm taking about.
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Mobey Drunk 3 years ago (edited)
The only other response I can think of is "wow".
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Geeki Nikki 3 years ago (edited)
But grenadine is made with cherries...I wouldn't have assumed there was pomegranate juice in that punch.
Dawson Wilson 3 years ago
Grenadine is traditionally made from pomegranate.
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Aisling Raye 3 years ago
I read this as he married the grandmother bc the date's mom saw him and she (mom) got nervous bc date had hooked up with her mom (so grandma)
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TuesdayDangerGirl 3 years ago
parking garage has a mechanical barrier to let one car through at a time.
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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
I'm not sure how the name of the venue beats some of the stories above!
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memyselfandI 3 years ago
Type of stretchy underwear, usually used as support or like a corset. I’m guessing OP wore ill-fitting ones and stuff popped out from the top.
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Lisa Hewes 3 years ago
Same. I had no desire to get all dressed up with no date just to see all the people who had bullied me and made me the outcast since elementary school. Plus, tickets were too expensive. My dad didn't understand why I didn't want to go to the point where he had me pulled out of class and into my counselor's office because he thought something was wrong with me.
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Mad McQueen 3 years ago
My prom date was a freshman I asked to go with me because I needed to have a date to go. I was the outcast ugly girl. His dad picked us up in a camero. I had to squeeze into the back seat. He didn't get out of the car. Then we got there an he had a booger hanging out of his nose and I had to tell him to go clean that up. After we ate he didn't want to do anything so we had his parents drive us to the mall to see rocky horror where all my older weird friends were. Mind you we are in prom clothes. (1987 if that matters) after the movie we all get to a mcds an have a late snack. I called for a ride home from my mom who didn't mind. At least I was out being social. That was it. He didn't pay back the ticket. He didn't do anything but have a booger in his nose and get a free meal and movie. I hate Cameros to this day.
Kookamunga 3 years ago
I dated a guy in the 80s, he was pretty cool. I asked him to my prom, he said yes. He waited until we were there to tell me he was in love with someone else. Someone else also had the same first name as me. So much for romance.
Robin DJW 3 years ago
Not a fail, but significant. It was Texas, 1968, and for his senior prom, my brother asked one of the few Black girls that was bussed in to the school. There was not any trouble but they were subtly ostracized. The ripples ran far and wide for a long time. We family were so proud of them.
ShutUpAboutYourDiet 3 years ago
A girl who I had the biggest crush on brought the 25 year old man she was seeing to our after prom. He was a bartender and "aspiring DJ". She ended up taking care of a drunk friend for most of the night, so I, a 16 year old girl, got to spend an hour listening to an adult man describing the challenges of "DJ school" so he wouldn't feel "out of place".
Hulkfreeze 3 years ago
I never got to go to prom bc of Covid. 😥 And my so-called friends made their own and didn't invite me, so there's that. 😕😣
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Didn't have a date for junior or senior year, despite being on prom planning committee. Set a trend for going "Stag" for girls. For about a decade (ah, the 90s) it was cooler to go alone or with same-gender friends than to go in pairs, as dates. Clearly, I covered my humiliation better than I thought. Also, rocked the wine-red v-neck. :-)
Ernie Tabuena 3 years ago
Had a girl I grew up with, who grew up super-cute, who told me she’d go to prom with me if I couldn’t find a date. Prom season, no date, I ask her to go: “um, I didn’t think you’d really ask me to go…” I didn’t go.
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
Feel really bad for all that pressure on US kids. At high school we had leavers disco, no one bought new clothes, no one treated it as a date thing. Had a graduation ball end of uni - same as everyone else I knew, I went with a big crowd not a date. On both occasions I had a boy friend. Years later, I still see school events like this in UK with groups joining up so no date pressure
Wintermute 3 years ago
And absolutely gorgeous underclassman wanted me to ask her to prom, but I was too shy. She wound up getting pregnant AT prom. Not saying that would have happened with me, but I'm glad I dodged the bullet. Probably the only time I was happy to have crippling social anxiety.
Lisa Hewes 3 years ago
Same. I had no desire to get all dressed up with no date just to see all the people who had bullied me and made me the outcast since elementary school. Plus, tickets were too expensive. My dad didn't understand why I didn't want to go to the point where he had me pulled out of class and into my counselor's office because he thought something was wrong with me.
Load More Replies... Mad McQueen 3 years ago
My prom date was a freshman I asked to go with me because I needed to have a date to go. I was the outcast ugly girl. His dad picked us up in a camero. I had to squeeze into the back seat. He didn't get out of the car. Then we got there an he had a booger hanging out of his nose and I had to tell him to go clean that up. After we ate he didn't want to do anything so we had his parents drive us to the mall to see rocky horror where all my older weird friends were. Mind you we are in prom clothes. (1987 if that matters) after the movie we all get to a mcds an have a late snack. I called for a ride home from my mom who didn't mind. At least I was out being social. That was it. He didn't pay back the ticket. He didn't do anything but have a booger in his nose and get a free meal and movie. I hate Cameros to this day.
Kookamunga 3 years ago
I dated a guy in the 80s, he was pretty cool. I asked him to my prom, he said yes. He waited until we were there to tell me he was in love with someone else. Someone else also had the same first name as me. So much for romance.
Robin DJW 3 years ago
Not a fail, but significant. It was Texas, 1968, and for his senior prom, my brother asked one of the few Black girls that was bussed in to the school. There was not any trouble but they were subtly ostracized. The ripples ran far and wide for a long time. We family were so proud of them.
ShutUpAboutYourDiet 3 years ago
A girl who I had the biggest crush on brought the 25 year old man she was seeing to our after prom. He was a bartender and "aspiring DJ". She ended up taking care of a drunk friend for most of the night, so I, a 16 year old girl, got to spend an hour listening to an adult man describing the challenges of "DJ school" so he wouldn't feel "out of place".
Hulkfreeze 3 years ago
I never got to go to prom bc of Covid. 😥 And my so-called friends made their own and didn't invite me, so there's that. 😕😣
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Didn't have a date for junior or senior year, despite being on prom planning committee. Set a trend for going "Stag" for girls. For about a decade (ah, the 90s) it was cooler to go alone or with same-gender friends than to go in pairs, as dates. Clearly, I covered my humiliation better than I thought. Also, rocked the wine-red v-neck. :-)
Ernie Tabuena 3 years ago
Had a girl I grew up with, who grew up super-cute, who told me she’d go to prom with me if I couldn’t find a date. Prom season, no date, I ask her to go: “um, I didn’t think you’d really ask me to go…” I didn’t go.
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
Feel really bad for all that pressure on US kids. At high school we had leavers disco, no one bought new clothes, no one treated it as a date thing. Had a graduation ball end of uni - same as everyone else I knew, I went with a big crowd not a date. On both occasions I had a boy friend. Years later, I still see school events like this in UK with groups joining up so no date pressure
Wintermute 3 years ago
And absolutely gorgeous underclassman wanted me to ask her to prom, but I was too shy. She wound up getting pregnant AT prom. Not saying that would have happened with me, but I'm glad I dodged the bullet. Probably the only time I was happy to have crippling social anxiety.
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