The Prom

I never went to my prom. I thought it was stupid, and not cool. So did my boyfriend who was already in college. At least I think I thought it was stupid. When your fifteen, sixteen or seventeen and your older boyfriend says that prom is stupid... well, let's just say, I'm not sure if it was me or him who really thought so.

When I hear people talk about it, every once in awhile, I feel like I missed something.

When I see pictures it just looks silly. It looks like a bunch of children acting grown up. It doesn't seem like it would have been a life altering experience if I had gone.

Now that I am all grown up though, I have occassionally had to say the phrase: "I've never been to a prom." Or "prom" as they now somehow have started to refer to it. Anyway, when I say it outloud it sounds kinda sad to me. Me being the adult that's seeing me as the child.

The only thing I take from all this is...
I want my little girl to go to at least one prom.
Just in case there is something to be missed.