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Ok I have a big dilemma, I don't even know if I should go or not. I don't have a date. My limo would be like 20 friends, and out of those there are like 5 couples (so 10 people are definitely going, definitely with dates). The other people are my friends without dates (like me) but they all aren't sure if they really want to go if they don't have a date. 2 of them are definitely going, but they aren't my close friends- I am much closer with the ones who aren't sure if they are going. I really really really want to go to my senior prom, but is it worth it? No date. Some of my friends might not go and my other friends going are going with boyfriends (yes in the same limo, but still).
After prom they want to go to the HardRock Hotel. The kid making hotel arrangements is an idiot. He claims that he talked to the guy who works there and that we would be fine going to the 21+ club without id's. :huh: Even those of us who have id's (myself not included), the fakes don't scan and I hear that HardRock scans them. He says it's $35 per person for cover charge, unlimited alcohol, and tables. I just don't see it happening- letting 20 kids who do not look 21 years old into a club and drink alcohol. :huh:
So, I don't even know if I should go to prom even though I really want to. It's SO expensive, the total with everything from dress to hotel would be almost $1000. Or maybe I should just go to prom but not go to the hotel after? If I had a real date it would be a totally different situation, but I don't. I was going to have my best guy friend from NY fly down and take me but I decided that it's not worth it because it is really expensive, and he doesn't know my friends so I feel like I would kind of have to babysit him all night, and I don't want that.

So yeah.....I just needed to vent because me and all of my friends are so sick of prom already. Just want some opinions/advice!
 
Go to the prom if you really want to, then come home after or go to a small get-together with friends.

There's no way in hell any Hard Rock is going to let in a bunch of underage kids and lose their liquor license. And, it would be boring and lame anyway.

Go if you want to and have a good time. You'll not get to do this ever again. :hug:
 
Martha that's exactly what I said, my friends are so stupid they are insisting that the guy said it's fine. :| ESPECIALLY since the one that we would be going to is the one with all the Anna Nicole drama, I am sure security is crazy. My other group of friends are all going to South Beach, but I think they are going to have the same id issue. Clubs are apparently really strict there too. Last year's seniors all stayed in local hotels and had a blast, I don't understand why everyone can't do that this year!

I know, I guess I'll just go anyway, at least just to the dance. If I don't I will be miserable at home thinking about how everyone is at prom. It's just such a sucky situation. :(
 
My advice,

deffinently go to the prom because you don't know who else is there with out a date:wink: plus you will have fun no matter what. If you go to prom, you don't think it's fun because you don't have a date, oh well at least it was a try... staying home while you could be having fun is a regret you cannot take back..

Now about the hard rock hotel, if you end up going to the prom and you think you wanna go there, do it. but if you don't, you are not forced to do it..
 
Am I the only person who thinks $1000 for a high school prom (and the various trappings) is an absolutely outrageous amount? :huh:

And martha's correct -- the Hard Rock Hotel isn't going to risk their liquor license for a bunch of teenagers. At the very least, skip that part.
 
I dunno, I think prom without a date would suck, especially if you're hanging around with other people who aren't 100% super excited about going anyway.

For the record I went to an anti-prom house party with friends instead of going to my prom, got trashed, fell off a trampoline, and generally had a great time.

There's life after high school, surprisingly, and missing your prom won't be the biggest mistake of your life.
 
indra said:
Am I the only person who thinks $1000 for a high school prom (and the various trappings) is an absolutely outrageous amount? :huh:
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I say just go to the formal and forget about the bar outing afterwards if you don't think you'll get in.

I didn't have a date to my formal, the boy pulled out at the last minute. The ticket was for two people and a girl I knew paid for half of it and came along. We got a minibus with a group of friends. It really doesn't make a difference if you have a date or not in my experience. Most people dumped their dates to go off dancing and chatting with their friends after dinner.

Have fun! :)
 
indra said:
Am I the only person who thinks $1000 for a high school prom (and the various trappings) is an absolutely outrageous amount? :huh:

And martha's correct -- the Hard Rock Hotel isn't going to risk their liquor license for a bunch of teenagers. At the very least, skip that part.
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Holy shit.....is that the going rate now?
 
Go with a bunch of singles, skip the Hard Rock thing, and just hang out with those friends afterward.

I went to mine with all my good friends. We all assumed we were going together and never bothered looking for dates. We went to someone's house and hung out afterward. Honestly, I would not have regretted not going, since it was basically like any other Friday night - all of us hanging out and eating junk - except we had a fancy dinner first (which tasted like shit anyway).
 
Way back in the mid-90s when I was in high school, prom was the dance for couples. If you didn't have a date it was kind of odd to go stag/with a group of other single friends.

Thus, I didn't go to prom.

I did however meet up with my friends in at the post-prom party sponsored by the highschool. It was a "Vegas" themed event with fake gambling, food, a DJ. It was pretty cool.
 
Well, you could go either way on this one. If you don't go, it's no big deal, because proms are definitely overrated. I didn't go to mine. Instead, I went on a little road trip with my friends to Hershey Park, PA. We had a way better time. I had a date, but I really didn't feel like spending any money on her, so I was happy with my decision to not go.
On the other hand, you could go without a date and just hang with your friends at a hotel or someone's home afterward. Don't get stuck paying a lot of money for something you're not really sure about, though. If money is an issue, it won't be any fun.
I say, fuck the prom! They'll be better shit to do at college. Save your money and do something else. If your school is having a Senior Trip, do that instead.
Either way, don't drink and drive!
 
I went to prom last year as a single with a group of friends, mixed with both couples and other singles. To be completely honest, it was the lamest thing I've ever gone to. We stayed at the dance for maybe 25 minutes, then went bowling and just hung out.

And, $1000????? That's insane! My dress was $100 + the ticket...which I think was $15.

If you're not sure, don't go. I'm not going this year to my senior prom, and I doubt I'm going to regret it. I'll probably meet up with friends after the dance, but I don't need to spend money to go to a dance that I'm only going to be at for less than 30 minutes.
 
:lol: I live in a very...how do I explain it...I guess you could just say a very wealthy area. I am nowhere NEAR as wealthy as most of my friends but my school in general is very...that kind of attitude. They really go all out and prom is apparently always insanely amazing (I mean like professionally decorated, food, dj, stuff like that). This year's theme is Casino Royale 007 (yes I'm sure that's every school in the country's theme lol) and I'm sure it will be SICK. It's not like prom is just a dance in the school gym, in that case I really wouldn't care about missing it. They rent out a ballroom/party room at a nice hotel. It's a huge event.

Tickets to prom alone are $100. Then the limo is $50(IF we stay around the area and don't go to SoBe). The dress I am assuming will be around $300. Then makeup about $40, hair about $50, shoes probably $100, etc. Then add in whatever hotel/club we do. It can easily be $1000.

Now today my friends without dates again decided that they aren't going. :scream: Apparently 2 of them are going to the Bahamas for the weekend. So yet again I'm the only one in our limo without a date and if it stays like this I am not going. UGH! People are so indecisive I am going crazy. My mom said she would go with me to NY for the weekend, but that's nothing exciting because I am there all the time anyway! (I know that sounds so spoiled but it's true)
 
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Wow. That's a lot of money! :ohmy:

We don't do prom in Canada, or at least in my city, so there was never any stress about that. :D

Indecisive people are so annoying. Hopefully they'll make up their minds, and stick to it soon.
 
I don't plan on going to mine :shrug: if I had a date it'd be different, but even then, if I had a boyfriend there's things I'd rather do... :wink: I think prom is lame and there are better things to spend money on.

your prom sounds kinda cool though. if you really, really want to go, then do it. though it would suck if you were the only one without a date (though I'm sure there would be other people at the prom itself in the same situation)
 
Canadiens1160 said:
For the record I went to an anti-prom house party with friends instead of going to my prom, got trashed, fell off a trampoline, and generally had a great time.

There's life after high school, surprisingly, and missing your prom won't be the biggest mistake of your life.
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Life gets so much better after high school. :drool:

I skipped my prom and ended up driving down to Key West with my best friend, in a VW Beetle. Had a great time. :)

ETA: That's a ridiculous amount of money. My parents would have had a hearty laugh if I suggested that to them.
 
martha said:
Now I say stay home and listen to Tommy all the way through in a dark room. That what I did instead of going to my senior prom, and I turned out alright.

:shifty:
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We (my older sister, a friend and I) went to see Coal Miner's Daughter -- we had planned to see something else but it was either sold out or we missed the start -- and had dinner and sundaes out. The movie was actually pretty good and overall the evening was a lot of fun. (although I did miss seeing one girl's pinned together dress -- she said she didn't plan to be in it very long so why should she bother sewing it. Yep this was the 70s. :lol: I think that was actually the year before... ) :yes:
 
I had no desire to go to the prom - not my "thang". And I was 18 dating a guy that was about 26-27, so I couldn't exactly take him :shifty: Instead, we went out to a nice dinner at Moonshadows, which is a fancy restaurant on the beach (Malibu). And then we drove down Sunset Blvd. and headed back home or to his place, I don't remember :shifty: :whistle: No regrets here.

<<<probably no help :wink:
 
sami0201 said:
:lol: I live in a very...how do I explain it...I guess you could just say a very wealthy area. I am nowhere NEAR as wealthy as most of my friends but my school in general is very...that kind of attitude. They really go all out and prom is apparently always insanely amazing (I mean like professionally decorated, food, dj, stuff like that). This year's theme is Casino Royale 007 (yes I'm sure that's every school in the country's theme lol) and I'm sure it will be SICK. It's not like prom is just a dance in the school gym, in that case I really wouldn't care about missing it. They rent out a ballroom/party room at a nice hotel. It's a huge event.

Tickets to prom alone are $100. Then the limo is $50(IF we stay around the area and don't go to SoBe). The dress I am assuming will be around $300. Then makeup about $40, hair about $50, shoes probably $100, etc. Then add in whatever hotel/club we do. It can easily be $1000.
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Again, does noone see Pretty in Pink fitting in here??? Did Molly Ringwald spend $1000?? No, she did not!!! :no:

If it's Ok with Molly.....

:D
 
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