Prom Is A Rite Of Passage

Think about Prom. What is it? Listen to me. I will tell you. Literally, Prom is a dance. Yet, when you look beneath the surface, Prom is a rite of passage. Hear me out. I am a teenage girl, the worst and best times of my life are happening now. I have never been to Prom myself, yet I have heard many things both positive and negative. Listen as I recall. Listen without bias. It is where dreams come true and hopes are dashed. It becomes a memory that cradles you as you cry yourself to sleep or it is the ghost that paints a smile on your face without you noticing. Imagine being swept off your feet and treated like a princess. Imagine being humiliated and taunted like a wild beast in a cage. Both examples are possible at Prom. Listen to me as I warn you. Prom is not always a fairytale, sometimes it is a night-terror. Overall, Prom is not just one night of dancing; it is a major life event which is so complex it cannot be defined in one …show more content…
Anxiety is when you are panicking, breathing heavy, and wanting to cry for no specific reason. Prom gives you anxiety. You panic about the perfect hair, dress, shoes, nails, makeup, and date. You must have them all. Otherwise who are you? You are the girl with nothing. The heavy breathing starts in when you realize the date of the dance is getting closer and closer and your patience is spreading thinner and thinner. The need to remember everything drives you up the wall. Trying to remember what date your dress gets delivered and when to get it altered to actually fit you. Trying to remember the time of the dance and how much it is to get in. Trying to remember when and where the dinner reservations are, and how expensive that will be. Trying to remember what group you are going with and if your date has all of his things bought and ready. Towards the end when everything has now turned into a last minute project, it takes all of your strength not to cry. All the anxiety is enough to make some just give up and not