Adults Relive the Glory Days With Their Own Proms: Cute or Lame?
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2011/05/13 15:48:49
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For most of us, prom happens no more than once or twice. We still remember the date, the dress, the wet smooch and the corsage, but we're happy enough to leave all that in the past.
But in the Facebook age of the never-ending high school reunion, an increasing number of U.S. cities are hosting "adult proms" for "kids" in their 20s, 30s and even their 60s, The New York Times reports.
"It’s not cheap, but it’s special," Ashley Moeller, 25, who attended the adult prom in Green Bay, Wis., with her husband, Kurt. She spent $140 on her tangerine knee-length ruched dress, about $50 for gold shoes, $30 for a spray-tan and more for hair and press-on nails.
"I've been thinking about it for weeks," Moeller's friend Randa Genke said. "I could hardly sleep last night I was so excited."
Do you think adults should have another chance to recreate the "best night of their lives"? Or do these people really need to grow up?
But in the Facebook age of the never-ending high school reunion, an increasing number of U.S. cities are hosting "adult proms" for "kids" in their 20s, 30s and even their 60s, The New York Times reports.
"It’s not cheap, but it’s special," Ashley Moeller, 25, who attended the adult prom in Green Bay, Wis., with her husband, Kurt. She spent $140 on her tangerine knee-length ruched dress, about $50 for gold shoes, $30 for a spray-tan and more for hair and press-on nails.
"I've been thinking about it for weeks," Moeller's friend Randa Genke said. "I could hardly sleep last night I was so excited."
Do you think adults should have another chance to recreate the "best night of their lives"? Or do these people really need to grow up?
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/us/12prom.html?_...
Top Opinion
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Jareth Majere 2011/05/13 18:59:39Cute!
+9Hey whatever makes you happy... Many of these people may never have gotten a chance to go to a prom
It's like those that dye their hair, get face lifts, whiten their teeth to headlight bright... it's just vane people that can't let go of the past and are somehow afraid of being themselves.
Maybe it's a man thing!
I say, let the past be the past, it's ok to visit, but we need to live in the present and live for the future.
Doing it now, it's just a fancy night out.