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?

Hmm, you are talking me round, Custy, I like your reasoning.

My ds loved his school prom and hes usually such a scruff he went dressed in his own style just a bit smarter ..all the girls looked lovely and judging by the million photos on fb it looked like they all enjoyed it

Custy you put it better than me. Now going to check on prices for nails. My DD isn't one of the diva's but I know she will look just as good and give them all a run for their money on this particular night.

Most will have worked so hard and need a bit of a boost after the exams and as Custy points out these career girl might wait a long time to wear the wedding dress.

I would have loved to go to a prom when I was a teenager. So many American teen films featured proms and I wished we had them here. Now we do but, at 38, I'm a little too old

I would have hated a prom- I was 6 feet and gawky, geeky and basically unattractive. Not like now of course
Makes me think of Carrie.

it's a sort of nice idea apart from the cost. Horrible for the kids who just can't afford to compete with the kids who do splash out. I do think that if they do it, then it should be for the final leaving year when the kids are 17/18 and at the end of their school days. Causes a problem perhaps in England where many kids go on to a different college for their A'levels at 16 -was thinking of the Scottish system.

Someone mentioned preschoolers graduating. Mine did. They had a whole graduation ceremony - gown, hat, diploma, sat photos etc. We never made it to the ceremony but have a cute photo the school had done earlier. Some nurseries even went further and had the do's at 5 star hotels with champagne etc.

yanbu
I was lucky ds said it would be all full of chavs and crap music.
now dd's prom will be lovely and low key(limos are not wheelchair friendly)

I don't have girls, but my 2 DS's both enjoyed their proms enormously. They each had a new suit and all the trimmings, as well as travelling to the venue in a limo. Because of the location of the venues, it was actually no more expensive for them to share a limo with several others, than it would have cost in petrol to take them there ourselves. DS1 has actually been to two proms, as he had one at the end of year 11 and then another at the end of sixth form. having said that, most schools here do not have a sixth form so his year group were all going on to do different things at different colleges/schools after GCSE's, so it made sense for him to have one at that stage.

I think it is lovely to see them all dressed up and actually wanting to look smart! At all the proms they went to, staff were also invited to attend and there was very little por behaviour. The proms were actually organised by parents and we kept the costs to the kids down by having fundraisers which paid a substantial sum towards the evening, plus keepsakes and raffle prizes etc. each ticket had a number which was in effect a raffle ticket, so everybody had the same chance of winning.They had brilliant prizes, ranging from IPods, to TVs to vouchers to the local restaurant/hairdresser and cash prizes. And they all got a bagful of goodies, including keepsakes that had been made to commemorate their time at the school. Oh, and a beautiful portrait each as well. Actually, I considered it money well spent as they both have fantastic memories of it.