Teenagers and prom.
Two words you see together all the time. The best moments in the movies? At prom. The time you meet the love of your life? Prom. But, really, can it live up to the hype?
I’m one of the people who really doesn’t want to go to prom, and if it weren’t for my sister forcing me against my will—as a “rite of passage”—I’d be working and making money while everyone else spent their money on flowers and buying a dress worth two months pay.
Is prom necessary for everyone? I can’t dance, and pulling off a sharp suit while having fun in a place full of people I don’t know is a sure impossibility. Why spend time having an anxiety attack due to the sheer amount of people surrounding me when I could be at home, alone, catching up on the latest season of whatever show I happen to be watching.
Don’t laugh or poke fun at your friends because “they can’t find a date” or “they’re just being lame”. People have legitimate reasons for not going, and if the reason is that they would rather sit at home with a pizza, that’s fine by me! I’ll always have a chance to go to a dance later on in life; this isn’t the last dance ever. One day, I might just go and have fun!
It’s just that, honestly, I would rather eat a pizza than do most other things, especially when I’ve stocked up my Netflix queue.