Prom

Three days before prom and I’m not quite sure what I am going to wear. I think allot of people in my position would be freaking out. I have faith that I will somehow pull it off. Most people spend weeks, months looking for a dress it seems. I remember being advised by last year’s seniors to "start looking now" or to "get on it" and "Dont wait Til the last minute". To bad we had this conversation in June.

Last year I remember wearing one of my mom’s dresses. It was a plain black dress. I wanted to make it more of a "looks at me outfit" and so I paired my plain black dress with some cowboy boots. Considering my date did not want me to be taller than he was (guys are so weird about that) I did not have a lot of shoes to chose from. I think his preferences were tailored to the view that the man is the dominant one. Even if he admitted it I think deep down that’s what the guys actually want. They just want a bigger sense of purpose in the whole ritual. And what they don’t want is to be inferior. Me towering over (maybe not towering) over him would have been demeaning. I can understand that. And so continuing to follow this dominant view he came to pick me up. Not literally, but came to escort me to prom. As if I needed to be carried or escorted.

There are those who worship prom night, the ones who spend all year making preparations for the one night. Then there are those who follow along with prom. They are the ones who might not put a lot of thought into an outfit, or the ones who will wear something different. Expressing their lack of opinion for prom through their wardrobe. Lastly are the people who chose to stay home and ignore it all together. Maybe it is because they didn’t have a date and it’s not worth the humiliation of going alone. Or maybe it is the fact that they do not want to be apart of the tradition of Prom. For most of us, not including those worshipers, we can agree that Prom is overrated.