“When I showed up to my friend’s house for pics the first year, everyone in the group had a date – except me!  I was worried it would be completely awkward, but it ended up being totally okay.  Most of them were just going as friends, so we were all able to hang together.  I even met some cool new people!” – Marie Hansen, contributing writer and moderator

“Two weeks before Junior Prom, I'd called up a friend of a friend asking him to be my date. Not only was he over a foot taller than me (def made the dancing awkward) but he spent the entire night yapping about his aspirations to be a pilot. My blind date was not so dreamy but, hey, the guy is in fact a pilot today!” – Patricia McNamara, associate editor

“My boyfriend at the time and I used to write poems to each other, Haikus actually. So the month before prom my boyfriend had written a haiku asking to go to prom with me and kept it in his pocket everyday waiting for the perfect time to slip it into mine. Finally after a week of being weirdly shy he asked me in person. I never saw the haiku, but I said yes anyway of course.” – Jillian Zacchia, contributing writer

“When my pack of pals decided to couple up for senior prom, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have a BGF and there wasn’t a cute (single) boy in sight. I ended up e-mailing my ex, who attended a different school…and he said yes! We spent the night catching up and having a blast. Four years later, we decided to give dating another try and we’ve been together ever since. And yes, those awkward prom pictures still make us chuckle.” – Brittany Taylor, online editorial assistant

by GL | 2/1/2016