Prom

I never went to a prom when I was in high school. I usually blame this on our moving when I was in 10th grade, leaving me to try to establish myself socially with a bunch of kids who’d known each other since first grade. But the truth is that I was too shy and introspective to ask anyone, including one girl that I actually liked who clearly wanted me to ask her. Don’t ask me to explain why; I don’t know, it’s a mystery. I had a girlfriend that I met in the temple Youth Group when I was in 10th grade, but she moved to Chicago and I ended up sitting both the junior and senior proms out. I hung out with a group that was nerdy enough that most of them didn’t go either, so it wasn’t completely devastating, but the fact that I remember details makes one think that it felt significant.