Yeah, prom is overrated. One night of dancing with other people then some sort of afterparty. Sounds like something else I know about. Oh yeah, COLLEGE!! Prom is the biggest waste of money. Nothing but drama too. Anything done at a prom can be done at colllege (sex, drugs, drinking) and you don't have spend $150+ dollars every time you want to do it.
FWIW, I did not go to either of my HS proms. I actually worked at my job those nights (willingly) and earned a damned good bit of money (9.50/hour + 8hours of overtime :tup: ). I played ihav.net earlier on those days too (win, win for me).