IIRC, I spent about $70 renting a tux, $10 on a corsage and $50 on dinner. My date got a dress from the woman who did dresses for Miss Alabama and paid about $200, which was on the high side in the mid-90s.

My wife, the high school teacher, has informed me that doesn't happen anymore.

Got to have a limo, dinner has to cost at least $100, and the girls have to have dresses that start at $500.

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Posted by alajones

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Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:24 pm to anc

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Got to have a limo, dinner has to cost at least $100, and the girls have to have dresses that start at $500.

My daughter went to lots of dances in high school and never did any of that. Her most expensive dress was $200.

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Posted by reginaphilange

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Posted on 4/1/15 at 10:34 pm to anc

Yep. When I was teaching there were kids in the free/reduced lunch program who had a more recent iPhone than I had at the time and easily spent this much on prom.

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Posted by tigerbutt

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Posted on 4/2/15 at 4:57 am to anc

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Got to have a limo, dinner has to cost at least $100, and the girls have to have dresses that start at $500.

Sounds like the same 20 years ago. Prom is cheap then.

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Posted by chinese58

NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.

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Posted on 4/2/15 at 8:05 am to anc

We didn't have a prom in 1977 because they didn't want black boys dancing with white girls. We had a banquet in the high school cafeteria instead. Guys bought their date a corsage and wore suits. No limos.

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