to think that this trend for teenage "proms" is a big load of

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This is new thing isn't it - I've had friends recently discussing the massive amount of £££ they are spending on their 15 year old's prom dresses.

It makes me feel rather depressed for these poor young things - more wanky princess fantasy fantasy crap. You just know they will get drunk and spend the evening sobbing because their best mate has shagged their boyfriend

AIBU?

And people also shell out for limos as well. YANBU, it's something that I can't abide.

YADNBU. Whatever happened to a good old Leavers' Disco?

The trouble is that now you have DISCOS for five year olds, so where do you go from there?

This mad party culture is part of our insane consumer society and puts too much pressure on us to have THE NIGHT OF OUR LIVES

It's daft

YANBU - it's a recipe for heartache and sobbing. DS1 seemed to enjoy his - but DD endured it, rather than enjoyed it.

Ah but I think discos for little kids are hilarious if you get the right disco bloke. There's nothing quite as funny as watching children trying to do the Macarena.

am going through this now with dd....feel we have to go along with it

prom dress she wants/likes is £75,its ridiculous

YABU, our school stopped having 'school dances' years ago. They were the highlight of our school years, even though there were lots of tears and tantrums. I will draw the line at shelling out for the limo but DD will get the swanky dress and I hope she enjoys her 'leavers ball' in June.

Horrible.
A local primary school had a leavers prom- the parents had to be told NOT to hire limos.
Too old before their time IMO.

£75 is cheap for a dress. DD has looked at ones from the bridal shop in the region of £300. Told her no way btw.

I don't think it's a new thing at all - I remember having one way back in 1982 - though we called it a "Debs" then and not a Prom. Same thing though.

I thought the other thread about prom dresses was satirical. Where are these schools? No schools near us have proms AFAIK.

then theres hair/nails...

wedding dress? really?

i think £75 for a 15 year old who will wear it a few hours only is ridiculous,let alone hundreds. we saw the expensive ones too,but even £75 is beyond what i can afford....and then shoes on top as well

No bridesmaid dresses/evening dresses from the bridal shop. I have warned DD that if she goes full length she probably won't wear it again.

TKMaxx for reasonably priced gowns. Or my wardrobe!

My ds opted out of his leavers ball/prom- it was £50 ticket and then the limo and suit hire - plus the fact school devised a 'star' plan where you had to attend revision classes etc to get stars so you could be allowed to buy said £50 ticket.

So son and his friends went to the cinema and had kfc ......to their surprise so did a lot of the girls.

Had I known it was all going to go sour with school and their demands Id have hired a hall and a dj and planned a ball myself and tickets certainly wouldnt have been £50!!

Even 2 of the students whose parents are teachers at the school opted for the cinmema night too.

They all do proms round here. It's not just the outfit either, they have to arrive in the most original style possible. Limos are tame . Hummers, tractors, lorries with gala like floats.

The new head at my DCs old primary tried to introduce a leaver's prom but thankfully was overuled by parents.

It's madness.

YAB a bit U.

What's wrong with buying a nice dress and having a big night out? I wouldn't consider £75 for a dress to be expensive for my dds because the usual clothes I buy them are from Tesco and Asda, so I'd think, well OK, just for this once have a nice dress.

Yes, I hate it. My school has a very mixed catchment area and some students can't afford to go to the prom, because of the expectations on dresses, hair, nails, fake tan, etc. Last year some girls even hired their jewellery for the prom. I hate it. (But am glad I have boys).

Some primary schools are calling their yr6 party a 'prom', which suddenly makes all the mums go bonkers and start spending £££ on dresses.

Our local newspaper has a "prom special" and pics of drunken portly 16 year olds in strapless dresses cover 20 pages

It is a bit odd

Oh God, I HATE those pictures of 16 year olds in those hidious strapless dresses. Where's their individuality FFS.

And what the hell is the school doing allowing alcohol and shagging at the prom?

Well i think you are a load of kill joys .

Whats wrong with dressing up in a pretty dress, arriving in style and having a lovely night together with friends that you will soon be parting with. I don't think its odd (slightly American but not odd), it sounds fun to me, we never had school proms, just disco's where you get drunk before you go and snog some ugly boy whilst bopping around to cheesy music, at least a prom is slightly more classy.

I hope my dd's have proms (i better start saving now).

I don't mind 18 year olds doing it - they can then pay for it with their allowance/job money.

I do mind the silly mares who did it at the end of year 6 - hired LIMOS for 10 year olds. Total twattishness.

they arent parting ways though....most of them are heading into sixth form together!!!!

and its not just price of a dress bafe...its the rest of it

as for school allowing alcohol/shagging.....its not in the school,its in a bleeding hotel!!!