I ended up at 5 proms. At our school prom was Saturday night and senior cut day was the Monday after. So typically we went to prom and afterprom Saturday night. Sleep ALL day Sunday, and then we go camping Sunday night and to Cedar Point on Monday (I lived about 45 minutes away from Sandusky).
#1 Got asked by a senior when I was a junior. Was just starting to come out of my shell at that time and had a good time. Prom was alright, after-prom was fun and most importantly we stayed at a cottage 20 minutes from Cedar Point and partied that Sunday night. Went to CP the next day.
#2 My own senior prom and the best one by far. I had just started hanging out with the girl I ended up dating the weekend before I had to buy tickets for the prom. So as a safety I asked a good friend I had throughout high school so I wouldn't be pressured to stay with the new girl until it was over. The dance and afterprom was fun, I met up with my then g/f at that point and my date brought her boyfriend to afterprom and we all had a good time. Camping the next night in Vermillion was insane seeing so many people who never drank/smoke before let loose and everyone had a good time. The cops walked around all night but didn't start confiscating beer/beer bongs until about 3 or 4 am. And for shits and giggles, here's a picture I found of me busting a move:
#3 Two weeks after my prom, my girlfriend's school was having hers so I went with her to that one. Was alright I guess. I don't remember it being really good or really bad. The next day I had my commencement and went to see Blink 182 in concert that night.
#4 Completely unexpectedly at the end of my freshman year in college, a girl I partied with in high school and asked me to hers (obviously one year younger). But we always had fun so I couldn't say no. Before afterprom we decided to get high in the local elementary school parking lot with her friends in a minivan. I was sitting shotgun and had just passed the bong to the back when I saw a cruiser coming through the parking lot. I quickly lit a cigarette and blow a ton of smoke at the drivers window just as she opened it to talk to him. All he asked was if we were drinking (we weren't) and told us to get to after-prom if we were going. When we got to afterprom at our school one of the chaperones looked at us and said, "Either you guys are really tired or really high" which capped the whole incident perfectly.
Camping at Vermillion was insane the next night. People were being total assholes the whole time. There was a group of people who decided it would be fun to walk around and push each other into tents to knock them down. So I put mine in the car proactively to avoid it getting busted. There were about 3 fights, someone burned themselves thinking they could walk through a fire quickly. And best of all, someone got into their car and threw it in reverse and ended up slamming into the car that was about 3 feet from where we were sitting in a circle. Amazingly no one was hurt although our friends were close to getting run over by the hit car since they were in a tent directly behind it getting it on and it got pushed back about 5 feet.
#5 When I was 20 I was dating an 18 year old and had to go to hers. I dreaded it because I was feeling way too old for it but I had fun dancing. Her group of friends had specifically set out to not have sex after prom and had I known that before hand, I would have ditched sleeping over since I was tired as
for work the next day.
All in all, fun experiences even though I'm not a good dancer and didn't like most regular high school dances.