CTHU!
Maybe they couldn't afford a dress and tux, that stuff can get expensive.
Did you go to your prom?
I went to my Junior and Senior Proms. I had more fun and the junior but looked a million times better at the senior prom.
What did you wear? Colors?
I wore a strapless champaign colored gown that had a bustier top (kind-of) and just a little bit of a train. I wanted my date to have on a black tux with the shirt, tie and vest all made in the same fabric of my dress but he was too cheap to pay the seamstress to make it for him, and I dayum sure wasn't going to pay for it.
Were you prom king/queen?
No, in my high school only the people at the prom voted for the prom king and queen. Normally, not many black people went, so no black people ever won.
Did you go with someone special or friend?
At the time he was a mixture of a special someone and a friend. One of my friends calls that "a friend with privileges."
What was your prom theme?
Again, the black people in my school didn't really take part in student council. So, our ideas were normally voted down. For my junior prom, it was "A Time to Remember" and for the Senior Prom it was "Wonderful Tonight."
How much did your prom cost? Some proms now have ish prices?
The senior was way more expensive. The tickets were only $75 for a couple but my dress was almost $300 because I had it made by a seamstress. My hair was $75. The pictures were another $65 and I didn't even like them so I never let anybody have any. We went to Six Flags the next day, so that was about another $150. And, we rented a luxury car for the weekend instead of a limo for one night so that added on another $200-$300.
I spent all of this money and we were only at the prom for about an hour and a half. I can say that we had a ball at the after prom though.