Frankly, I just don't get it. Apparently, convention has it that I'm *supposed* to just drop a few hundred dollars to go to a dance. And people are surprised that I refuse.

"But it's your Senior Prom!"
"Yeah? And?"
"Well, you *have* to go! It's your senior year! Everybody goes to their Senior Prom!"
"Yeah? And?"

Apparently these people don't seem to understand that:

A - I HATE dances. Despise them. I don't like the music, I don't like 90% of people in attendance, and I DON'T LIKE TO DANCE.

B - Even more than that, I HATE spending hundreds of dollars to do something that I HATE.

So, given that, I get to spend the next month and a half listening to everyone talk about their prom dress, or how to split up the fee for the limo, and, of course, whose house to go to afterwards to party at. (There's a group of football players offering to pay any guy $100 to go to prom with this one girl (who will pay for all the stuff the guy needs for prom) because she'll have a party afterwards if she goes, and she has a reputation for throwing "good" parties)

I just don't understand these people.

The Other "Or maybe I'm just anti-social, or something" Matthew