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CMV: Modern American society puts WAY too much emphasis on the importance of high school prom.

I blame a lot of this on TV and movies, but it seems like a lot people treat prom like it's this life\-defining event that will be so memorable that you will be remembering it and talking about it for the rest of your life. People obsess about having the perfect prom experience to the point where some people hold it in almost as much regard as a wedding.

This is even compounded by the fact that now elaborate "proposals" have become a thing, and in some circles, even expected.  You are asking the person to attend with you what will likely be an underwhelming single night dance, not spend the rest of their life with you.  Especially given just how rotten teenagers can already be to each other, I think this expectation for an elaborate "promposal" just adds to the social isolation of some people and certain social groups.

And no, I'm not one of those "you're just salty because you didn't get asked to prom" kinds of people.  I went to prom, it was just thoroughly underwhelming, and not nearly as memorable or life\-shattering as people made it seem like it would be.  10\+ years later, I honestly couldn't care less about prom or any of the people I went with.

Perhaps it's because so many TV shows and movies have prom as such a central element to different stories, that people end up holding it in such regard, but it's honestly not nearly as big of a deal as Hollywood would lead you to believe .

**TL;DR** \- society should stop holding prom in such regard and building up teenagers' expectations that it's such an important night in their lives, when in the bigger picture, it's pretty insignificant.

**EDIT** **1**: I should also add that I understand that seemingly insignificant things can seem like a big deal to teenagers, purely because of their naivety, but adults should know better, yet it's often adults who continue to feed into this idea that prom is some super important, life\-changing moment of your lives.  


**EDIT 2**: I'm not saying that people shouldn't be allowed to enjoy prom.  Rather, my point is that the expectation is set WAYYYYYY higher than it should be.
gpt
>TL;DR - society should stop holding prom in such regard and building up teenagers' expectations that it's such an important night in their lives, when in the bigger picture, it's pretty insignificant.  
  
Most of highschool can be boiled down to insignificant in the long run, but does that mean you should discount a teenagers ability to enjoy it?