It’s alright, we understand, and I can actually relate to that. I wasn’t very liked, so I ended up choosing my older brother (who himself is trans, female to male) as my prom companion since nobody in my class would go. I was happy at the idea of it being special for him, but we only got heckled because we were siblings (complicated by the fact I was a year older than the norm, being 18 instead of 17, which would’ve removed a negative connotation of going with an older brother over the age of 18 but would’ve made me a year older numerically than most prom-goers) combined with his status as someone who is trans. What was supposed to be fun ended up being cut short and we went home.

We only ever had senior prom here. I’m wondering if it’s a public school thing to overcharge because all the proms I’ve been to were non-public school ones (including my own, never went to public school) and it was priced no differently than a restaurant would be, the biggest of our hurdles were getting the clothes (and in my case not being heckled due to choosing my brother as my prom go-to).

Is that an MMORPG type of game or a regular multiplayer game?

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”.

As someone who lives somewhere where the drinking age is 21, I often forget this is a thing.

Are there any differences in how it’s celebrated there?

It’s a night of leisure, the only “work” parts of it is trying to find clothes and a companion. Unless I misunderstand.

That’s amazing! Does that mean that each year you two would get free entry?

Sorry you had that experience with prom. I can relate to the stress part, my own school prom had some issues too. It’s tradition here in the last school semester to go around asking classmates in the style of marriage proposals if they’d like to be their prom date. I am not introverted but wasn’t well-liked and had a reputation due to how a past relationship ended (to the point where people would respond by mockingly asking “why don’t you ask your old BF, oh wait”), so when my older brother (who is trans, female to male) mentioned wanting to experience a genuine prom while being himself, he became my senior prom companion. Except when we showed up, all anyone wanted to do was shoo us away, even after prepping. It took a toll.

Yes, prom is a dance celebration people in high school have right before (or after) they graduate. Though I hear that other thing is popular in college.

I don’t blame you. I didn’t not enjoy the ones I went to (one for my best friends, one for their friends, one that was mine, and one technical prom attendance in the new area I’m in), but I wouldn’t have missed them if I didn’t go. I even virtually got kicked out of my own because I didn’t have a prom date and went with my brother, and I guess that rubbed people the wrong way. It’s just one of those “I did it to say I did it” things.

Would be nice honestly if they allowed video games as a prom activity.

Did the prom itself cost money, or do you mean the preparations? I’ve heard mixed stories about the proms themselves costing lots of money to attend.

I hope you have fun. And can confirm the suit part (or dresses for [most] women, I still have my turquoise dress from two of the proms and the pastel dress shirt/blouse and skirt from my own).

Sorry, habit of mine, didn’t know Lemmy out of everyone wouldn’t like people being communal with old posts. Found it while looking up the stuff I mentioned to see if it’s area-specific (which it is, the only caveat) and the search engine for some reason has a Lemmy bias.

The idea that a mugshot should be universally unsmiling is a social norm, it’s not a law and I wouldn’t see it like some kind of rule. My psych ward mugshot from the beginning of my dark times is still visible to anyone who looks me up by name, and I am quite thankful I was smiling in it, even if the only reason I was smiling was to try to imply nothing was wrong with me. Smiling is also a form of acknowledgement.

It depends on the place, but sometimes a relaxing video helps.

Because capitalism.

Durians

I did not know that, I always thought water blocked all motion.

Thinking of all this makes me really hope nobody anywhere is making us look bad in the eyes of cetaceans like is happening with elephants due to poachers, as an advocate/contributor of interworld communication.