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Prom night is one of those adolescent evenings that gets blown WAAAAAAYYYYYY out of proportion for no reason in particular. It’s not graduation. It’s not the last thing you do in high school. School dances teach you absolutely nothing about life and society. I suppose they teach you how to tie a necktie if you’re a guy but that’s something most dudes learn at Church, Graduation, or Cotillion.
For my own prom, I was what you might classify as a hot mess. I was coming off knee surgery for a torn meniscus and had been popping pills like it was my job in life because it was a particularly painful recovery and this was in Florida at a time (a few years back) when doctors were overprescribing pain meds. Prom night was the first night I’d been able to take off my knee immobilizer in months, I was ready to get after it, and I’ll spare you all the details but you can fill in the blanks yourselves.
Prom falls at a time of PEAK anxiety for high schoolers. When they’re about to blast off into college and the real world and leave their parent’s homes. It’s often before final exams so students are stressing about graduation. It’s just not a great night 95% of the time. Mine honestly was pretty good aside from the fact that I was overmedicated but I know that’s not the case for a lot of people, like the ones below.
All of these people are sharing their biggest ‘Prom FAILs’ on Twitter using the hashtag #PromFAIL and this is extremely relatable to a lot of people. One of the most underwhelming nights of adolescence brings out the crazy in a lot of people and here are the best tweets (so far):
I don’t really see how this one is a FAIL.
https://twitter.com/RachelPinsky/status/1128335342803746818
I was social director so I added “Star Spangled Banner” in the mix for prom song. It won. So that was the prom song for Saugerties High, Class of ‘92. #PromFail
— Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon) May 14, 2019
My junior year everyone received champagne flutes with the prom slogan and date on them. Come senior year, it was decided that champagne flutes may promote drinking. So instead, we got beer mugs with the prom slogan and date. #promfail https://t.co/AK129qhCnw
— JDK81 (@JDK811) May 14, 2019
My dad answered the door wearing a flannel top & bottoms, hillbilly fake teeth & a greasy comb over. While I was getting ready, so was he..😑I told him to take all of that crap off, he said, take what off? My date thought that’s what he honestly looked like. #promfail https://t.co/QHSQYtfLxw
— Jenna Rain (@JennaRain14) May 14, 2019
Way to go, Grant.
After becoming prom king, after all the photos and the dance with the queen, my friend pointed out to me that I had a huge booger visible in my nose through it all. #PromFail
— Grant Hutchinson (@Grantman2k) May 14, 2019
my prom dress zipper broke during dinner and i was stuck in the bathroom half naked until someone brought me a grinch onesie to wear #PromFail pic.twitter.com/OaSng4OdPT
— Andrea M. Jensen (@AndreaJ36434846) May 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/JacupLyn/status/1128329945552490496
A prom fist fight sounds like one of the most eventful nights of the year.
https://twitter.com/kayd_jane/status/1128334647707017219
When you are homeschooled and the only girl in your school is your sister, you are destined for a #PromFail. pic.twitter.com/dSQ4ipRK7w
— Ryan Bartholomee (@RyanBartholomee) May 14, 2019
Kind of sums up my night coming off knee surgery.
True story. I sprained my ankle 3 days before senior prom and also re-injured it that morning so I could not dance. I did not want my date to miss out so we went but she ended up either sitting a lot with me or dancing with others. #promfail https://t.co/0t2EMiwkxh
— Chuck (@OrangeChuck) May 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/rikstelling/status/1128333093377650689
I asked a friend to prom, and in the car on the way there he asked me "so….is prom like a dance or something?" #PromFail https://t.co/28WNQnTL2b
— Kaylie (@sleepy_kaylie) May 14, 2019
We showed up late because we were driving around drinking on the party bus. We finally get there and one of the girls stumbles off and falls into the principal. She looks at her and says “sorry I’m not used to my heels”
Her heels were in her hands #PromFail
— cjschuerman (@cjschuerman) May 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/DJEMEY/status/1128333332159377409
Orange? But why?
When I was in high school I was obsessed with the color orange. For prom I bought an orange dress, orange shoes and an orange purse. When I got to prom, guess who matched the tablecloths. #promfail
— Madison Mastri (@MMaddiecake) May 14, 2019
Folks, we have a winner.
I passed out on the field during prom photos #PromFail https://t.co/3QqvF4mRBg pic.twitter.com/8mqcSnW0I1
— SW (@stephicwilliams) May 14, 2019
If you have anything you want to add to this collection you can pop on Twitter and share yours with the hashtag #PromFail. And you can always find me on Twitter at @casspa!