With prom
coming up for a lot of people, I decided to write a blog about my prom
experience and what to expect at prom.
A lot of
people have incredibly high expectations for their prom. Besides your wedding,
it’s the date that you look forward to since you are a little kid! I remember
being a young girl and watching the prom episode of “Sister, Sister”. It looked
so glamorous with big puffy 1990s dresses and limos!! I couldn’t wait to
experience prom!!
Girls have
higher expectations for prom than boys. We’ve been picturing it as the night of
our teenage lives in our heads for YEARS! We imagine wearing the most beautiful
dress that makes all of the other girls jealous, our hair and makeup done to
make us look like a celebrity, the guy of our dreams as our date, dancing the
night away with all of our friends. I can’t deny my high expectations for my
prom! I was hoping to have Justin Bieber as my date!!!
There is
nothing wrong with high expectations. It shows that you have hope, and hope is
a wonderful thing to have. But if your expectations become so high that it goes
beyond reality, you may be setting yourself up for possible disappointment.
Let me tell
you a story about my prom.
I am a
naturally optimistic person who believes in having hopes and dreams that can
become real with some hard work. Because of these traits, like many girls, I
envisioned the absolute perfect prom. The day of the prom, I didn’t really like
my dress. I bought it online, and it just didn’t look very flattering on me.
Nope. I
didn’t like my dress very much. I wanted “BAMMM!!” but for me, it was more like
“bam”, if that makes any sense at all x) So expectations on looking great were
out the window….
One of my
guy friends was my prom date. Let’s just say, he was no Prince Charming… or
Justin Bieber for that matter. I was ditched during the last slow dance. (This
is the part where you all collectively say “Awwwwww!!!”) I would go into
further juicy detail, but I might get in trouble. Hehehehe. Maybe another time
;D Well, there went my dream for the perfect prom date….
Prom for me
wasn’t all that bad, though. Below the banquet area was an arcade that we had
all to ourselves. They had laser tag, and because of the ultraviolet lights and
me wearing a white dress, I was like a running target because I was literally
GLOWING. My closest friend and I also played one of those Terminator shooting
games, and I have to add that we looked like bad mama jamas in our elegant
dresses shooting zombies with huge machine guns!
Overall, it
was a bittersweet night. If it wasn’t for my girl friends, it would have been
worse than what it was. BUT life goes on, and we can’t fixate on the bad parts
in life for long or else they can hinder us.
The Lesson:
You can go
into prom with hopes of what it will turn out to be like, but just be cautious
of those expectations. Think “Here is what I want my prom to be like, but I
know that it may not end up being that way and if so, it will be alright in the
end.”
Prom is a
night to celebrate with your friends before you all depart your separate ways.
Have fun and stay safe!
Lisa xx
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