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Prom was four years ago for me.  I didn't have a date! My best friend was my "date".  Kinda lame, but oh well, all I really wanted to do was get dressed up.  I found my dress on the vintage section of eBay THREE DAYS before prom. It was deadstock from 1962!

I've got the best prom story ever :) My fiance and I met in junior high and began to fall in love about a month before his family was planning to move across the country. We stayed in touch, and all through high school spent our summers together and traveled when we could to see each other. Of course, we were poor high schoolers so this wasn't often except in summer.

My friends all pitched in and bought him a plane ticket so he could come for my senior prom. They somehow convinced me to go on a blind date for prom and had this whole elaborate story about who I was going with--the person was real but was never part of the plan! My fiance flew in about two days before prom and we had a wonderful, dream like weekend together.

We later decided to part ways and date other people, but in 2007 he moved back to the west coast and we began dating. We got engaged in December. I'm looking forward to seeing him in a tuxedo again soon!

Here we are, circa 2001:

@Amanda.Lynn: I LOVE your dress. Too bad big poufy dresses were what everyone wore when I went to prom.

My husband was JUST mentioning this last night! He saw an old(er) picture of us from my junior prom on his laptop. I'll have to try to scan some pics later maybe (digital wasn't prevelent yet for us either! this was 2005?) I do have one though, and it remains one of my favorite pictures of us! Last week I actually just found a picture frame in our room that has the photo in it that I kept with me back in college. My story isn't quite as good as sapphirebride's, but it's close! (Love your dress by the way lol) We were in a long distance relationship so I never really thought much about school dances or anything. We got lucky though and my husband was having his college spring break at the same time as my junior prom so he came out here for it! He bought my dress for me and everything. It was truly memorable. Here we are, almost 5 years later, married!

(^ awful picture of me. It was chilly and windy, but it's the best pic I have of my dress on the computer)

@Colette: I did keep it! I just don't know what I'll do with it, ha.  It was so weird because I hadn't worn ANY pink in like four years, I just didn't like it.  My style was really feminine, but I just wasn't into pink, too much Paris Hilton pink saturation at that time, I think. So for me to go for a giant pink fluffy (I had to cut a crinoline out it was so poofy) dress was daring, for me!  And also, I hadn't seen ANY dresses with that full-body ruffle style when I was looking that year, but I swear that the next year, they were everywhere (and I mean, I knew EVERY website on the internet that sold prom/cocktail-type dresses, lol). I'm not about to claim responsibility for a trend but.. ;P  I just bought it because I've always loved late 50's/early 60's vintage AND ruffles, so it was perfect.  And the organza was so soft, even forty-five years later!

@primp: Is it some sort of 'thing' in your area for everyone to wear garters under their dresses? I see your friend in the first photo at least has one on, and then you all do in the second pic! I love how they all match, and you guys had some great dresses.

I also can't believe how many people are marrying their high school sweethearts! So adorable.  I know a few young couples who have done this, but I didn't expect that so many people still do!  Congrats all of you, how awesome to really be able to spend your life with the one you love. :D

Senior Prom 2006.. I went with my boyfriend of 2 years at the time. The first pic is me with my sister (she worked at Outback) and the second is a picture of my hair which I loved!! 

@ceamoste- I think it depends on the school. I know at my high school, you could go to prom your junior and/or senior year of high school, but say you were a freshman and dating a junior, you could go as his date. You can end up going to even more proms if your boyfriend/girlfriend goes to another school so you go to both schools' proms. Senior prom is supposed to the more memorable one though.