Prom Season

Stressing about finding a date, what to wear, location of pictures before, place of after-party, and money flying out the window. What does this romantic phenomenon sound like? That’s right, the over anticipated night of prom. Most high schools have their prom towards the end of the school year. This means that students are not only anxious for summer, but they are constantly thinking about the dance of the year when they are supposed to be focusing on finals. This struggle of academic focus is even greater for seniors due to most of their intense cases of “senioritis”.

Prom can be the best night of your life, or the worst, it all depends on how you go about it.

The process of attending prom usually starts with finding a date. This can be a very tricky thing to do if you do not already have a girlfriend or boyfriend. Lately, high schoolers have been winning over their crushes by asking them to prom with something called a “promposal”. A promposal is when someone asks another person to prom in a sweet, creative, or even humorous way. Most of the time, this style of asking someone to prom persuades them to say yes no matter what the circumstances are. This “go big or go home” attitude is contagious during prom season.

Once people make their date arrangements, it is time for the girl to purchase a dress, and the guy to rent a matching tuxedo. Although the color collaboration and the flashy clothes look superb, the price can sometimes be dangerously steep. It is a once, and sometimes twice in a lifetime experience that is hard to have a price limit on. Speaking from experience, looking sharp and feeling confident is worth the time and money of finding the right tuxedo, or for girls, a dress. Trust me when I say this, you get your money’s worth. Parents go crazy when they see their maturing children all dressed up. This excitement many times causes the picture taking session before prom just as long as the actual dance.

Finally, when all the anticipation is over with and it is the night of the prom, all of the craziness seems worthwhile. Enjoying the prom with your friends and hopefully wonderful date makes you want to be young forever. You know when your experience of prom is successful when you don’t want it to end. That feeling is the goal for most people. That is why they go through so much trouble planning, analyzing, and anticipating every aspect of prom night.

For first time prom goers, the key to a great night is to not stress out about little details, have as much fun with your friends as possible, and most importantly, be safe. There are many temptations that go along with prom that should be avoided. Prom night is supposed to be an amazing night filled with dancing, laughing, and making memories. I can guarantee you that prom is more fun when you attempt to have innocent and harmless fun with your peers.

Prom season is a very unique time of the year. Everyone is excited and nervous leading up to the big night. There is nothing as fun or as memorable as prom night. Everyone deserves the chance to experience the sights, sounds, and feelings of prom.