proms & dances

when I was growing up, I used to love the dances. We had "dances" and we had "sock hops". In elementary and junior high, I would go by myself, and hang around by myself. I just went to hear all the great dance music, and feel the good vibes. They were always so exciting. Then in high school I never went to any. My first and only boyfriend went to a different school, and was about an hour away from me, so I just never went. I didn't go to my prom/grad either. I never wanted to - and I still don't regret it. The town that I went to school in (10-15 min. away) is very rough to put it nice - and the high school was legendary in our province for being troublesome. I heard later that most people got too drunk, threw up all over the place, trashed the bathrooms, almost started fires, and the cops came because there was lots of drugs. But I did go to my then boyfriend's grad. He was a year older than me, so I went when I was 16? 17? I designed my own outfit, and got my mom's friend to sew it for me - it looked kind of like a track suite "sporty spice" inspired. It was a white tank top, and white pants, with 3 black stripes down each side of both & both were very sparkly, I got a white addidas jacket with black stripes, and wore my chuck taylors, and I wore my hair in pigtails, and had those sweatband things on my wrists. Phew! This is a long post, I'd better stop. : ) So, what about you all? Any stories?