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About three weeks ago just as the schools were about to break up, my area now go through a annual ritual that involves lots of wasting money and angst, I'm talking about proms.
I first noticed this American import existed here about four years ago when a 16 year old neighbour stepped into a stretched limo and when I enquired with his parents what all that was about, I was told, "he's going to his prom." This now seems to be the norm, at least in my area.
One of my new neighbours had her prom recently. They spent a fortune on it and just like on American tv, it seemed to involve all friends, family, aunts uncles etc and lots of food. I thought, blimey, talk about overkill and then the limo came, actually it was more of a stretched tank. The whole thing must have cost them thousands and they had caterers too dishing out the food to all the kiddies.
Perhaps I'm just getting a bit old and not getting "down" with the yoof, but when I left school, I left, there was no fuss about it, apart from eggs and flour.
Does anyone else now experience these proms in their area? Why do we always have to follow American customs all the time?