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Prom is fun. You get to hang out with all of your classmates, ask someone out. A subset of people are always going to go overboard, but keep in mind that you don't see the "normal" cases. Most people just walk up to someone and ask them out. They find a date from the school or go alone.
I'm from Canada so I don't know if the US is wildly different, but here it is a bit of a big deal, but I think part of that is what makes it fun, you sort of build a bit of hype around what would otherwise be just another school dance.
Is just weird for me, in my country nobody ask anyone dates is was just a party. And even like that I didn't went... Always had the impression that USA gives this idea that you must get a date to go
FWIW I think it is actually a valuable social skill to be encouraged to ask someone out to prom. A lot of people don't have many similar experiences throughout their lives.
I've never been with anyone in my life. I highly doubt it has to do with not going to a dumb party though.
You might consider what's driving you to put people down who are having fun
I don't put anyone down just because I think a party is lame dude. They can do whatever they want, I can't stop them.
When you call an event where kids get together to celebrate the end of high school "frivolous" and "dumb," it really comes across as putting other people down.
I don't really mean literally to practice asking people out. But there are times in your life where you need to ask people for things. It is hard to get over the anxiety, risk of social embarrassment and practice showing confidence (even if you are not). These are valuable skills in all sort of social circumstances.
I asked sometime to the prom and got turned down. All I learned was that rejection hurts a lot more than I would have thought.
Yeah, being rejected can destroy someone's confidence