When I think of prom, I think cute, fun, classy, something along those lines.
After all, prom is technically a date, just an organized one with a few other friends. The average prom group probably has around ten to twenty people, maybe thirty if there is a large friend circle.
But when the numbers start to exceed that, the date idea seems a little meaningless.
Large groups could really take the fun out of the whole prom experience. Prom should be about fulfilling your responsibility to your date and making sure he or she has fun.
My homecoming group only had twelve people, and even then it was a challenge trying to strike up a nice, solid conversation with my date without a friend distracting me every two seconds.
Now imagine that with 30+ people.
A group that is too large diminishes the intimate atmosphere. Even if you’re going with your date as a friend, it’s still important to spend time with them one-on-one.
If you want to talk to everyone but your date, that should tell you something.
If your date is not a person that you feel you can spend time with or talk to without a massive group to keep you occupied, then you shouldn’t be going to prom with that person (and you also may want to acquire some better social skills).
I’m not trying to make prom into some kind of big deal where you have to be glued to your date, but I think you should at least interact with them on a more personal level than a huge group setting allows.
This is a person that you (most likely) wanted to go with– use prom to figure out what about them made you take the plunge and ask.