Anonymous
Post 05/20/2026 09:19     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:The boys go if they have a date. A lot of the girls who don't have a date still want to go; they want the dress, pictures, flowers etc. So the girls who don't have dates go in groups. Some boys who don't have dates will do the same, but nowhere near as many of them as the girls.


Agree
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 13:38     Subject: Re:Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In 2026, why on earth would a cisgender boy go to prom?


Huh? Do the cisgender boys want to have sex with any women ever?

Typically the genders do interact. You might have noticed. A prom or a dance is a place they interact or go together in pairs and groups.


Almost no one goes to the dance at our MoCo school. So no interaction except among those you organized the photos and bus and dinner with. Just exclusionary small social groups rather than seeing others you went to school with at a shared event. It’s completely different. Not the genders interacting as you claim.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 13:35     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DS is in middle school, so this is purely an observation. I have been noticing in group prom photos being shared that it's 2-1 or 3-1 girls and boys. Some groups have no boys. I haven't seen anything equal or groups of just boys. My friends in other parts of the country are noticing the same thing. Here it's senior prom only and I saw a lot of junior girls going and realized they are going as dates with senior girls (whether as friends or more). No way all of these schools are 70% girls, is this an overall trend?



My daughter is a senior and saw her pictures and videos, there was a ratio of 2-1 even 3-1 of girls and boys, most boys went to prom is because they had a date, if they didn't they did something else.


My son and his friends didn’t have dates and just hung out together that night. They aren’t going to organize photos at a country club or a party bus for only a group of boys. And almost no one attends the actual dance so it’s honestly just for SM photos , and boys aren’t interested in that.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 07:55     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think prom is not that interesting to boys. They don’t wear tuxes anymore, it’s just regular dress up, and the focus is on endless elaborate photo taking of the girls.


Our HS 90-95% wear tuxes to senior prom.


All the seniors wore tuxes to prom at our school.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 15:39     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:I think prom is not that interesting to boys. They don’t wear tuxes anymore, it’s just regular dress up, and the focus is on endless elaborate photo taking of the girls.


Our HS 90-95% wear tuxes to senior prom.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 15:39     Subject: Re:Boys don't go to prom?
My son is going tonight. My older son went too.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 10:30     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mine isn’t going because he didn’t fill out the paperwork in time despite several reminders from me and the school, he’s disappointed. Guessing it’s not usually the case that boys miss prom for executive function reasons but that’s our story.


What paperwork? You mean he didn’t buy a ticket?


I’m a different poster but at our school in addition to the tickets, my son needed us to fill out a permission slip, and he needed a permission slip signed by his date’s parents, and both needed to be submitted to the school two weeks in advance.


That’s annoying. What if he doesn’t bring a date and goes with a group of friends? No wonder boys don’t want to go.

At our FCPS school, anyone could have bought a ticket online or during their lunch block. The only ones who need any paperwork is if they wanted to bring a guest from another school.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 13:40     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mine isn’t going because he didn’t fill out the paperwork in time despite several reminders from me and the school, he’s disappointed. Guessing it’s not usually the case that boys miss prom for executive function reasons but that’s our story.


What paperwork? You mean he didn’t buy a ticket?


There was a Google form to request a ticket, only the students had access through their school email accounts. No physical tickets, they just get added to an account.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 13:32     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
I think prom is not that interesting to boys. They don’t wear tuxes anymore, it’s just regular dress up, and the focus is on endless elaborate photo taking of the girls.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 13:31     Subject: Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mine isn’t going because he didn’t fill out the paperwork in time despite several reminders from me and the school, he’s disappointed. Guessing it’s not usually the case that boys miss prom for executive function reasons but that’s our story.


What paperwork? You mean he didn’t buy a ticket?


I’m a different poster but at our school in addition to the tickets, my son needed us to fill out a permission slip, and he needed a permission slip signed by his date’s parents, and both needed to be submitted to the school two weeks in advance.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 13:13     Subject: Re:Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Straight teen boys are not into dancing (in general). A prom is a “dance.”

But at a 2026 prom, every participant has a phone and will eagerly post mocking videos to social media of a boy attempting to dance at a prom. No surprise boys aren’t interested anymore.


I am vacillating between laughing and being completely depressed by the complete toxic lunacy of this.

Where have you seen all these mocking videos of straight boys attempting to dance? Are you on snapchat with the kids?

The irony is the straight boys who are listening to this craptastic advice are the ones who will never get any interest from girls.


+100
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 13:11     Subject: Re:Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:Straight teen boys are not into dancing (in general). A prom is a “dance.”

But at a 2026 prom, every participant has a phone and will eagerly post mocking videos to social media of a boy attempting to dance at a prom. No surprise boys aren’t interested anymore.


I am vacillating between laughing and being completely depressed by the complete toxic lunacy of this.

Where have you seen all these mocking videos of straight boys attempting to dance? Are you on snapchat with the kids?

The irony is the straight boys who are listening to this craptastic advice are the ones who will never get any interest from girls.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 13:07     Subject: Re:Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:Straight teen boys are not into dancing (in general). A prom is a “dance.”

But at a 2026 prom, every participant has a phone and will eagerly post mocking videos to social media of a boy attempting to dance at a prom. No surprise boys aren’t interested anymore.


It must sad in your narrowly defined little world.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 12:46     Subject: Re:Boys don't go to prom?
Straight teen boys are not into dancing (in general). A prom is a “dance.”

But at a 2026 prom, every participant has a phone and will eagerly post mocking videos to social media of a boy attempting to dance at a prom. No surprise boys aren’t interested anymore.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 10:34     Subject: Re:Boys don't go to prom?
Anonymous wrote:In 2026, why on earth would a cisgender boy go to prom?


Huh? Do the cisgender boys want to have sex with any women ever?

Typically the genders do interact. You might have noticed. A prom or a dance is a place they interact or go together in pairs and groups.