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How is the prom experience for everyone?
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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.
In a way, you weren't missing out. Where I live, children (myself included when I was younger) have an odd tradition of going to everyone's proms except sometimes our own (or including our own). They vary a lot but it's like you have to really look to find the fun ones. And I'm guessing very few people enjoy the dance part because only a quarter of the people (does not include me) actually know how to dance. A common joke during the dance part is to say "I forgot to study for this".