Using Facebook to Avoid Arguments (or Worse) at Prom Night

School years are quickly coming to a close, which for high school students means the all-important prom night is quickly approaching.  Prom, for some, is generally a night either of fun, friends and dancing, or petty jealousy, drama and hatred.  Most of the latter feelings will come from two or more girls having very similar or the exact same prom dresses.

With the advancement and permutation of social networking though, that drama and hatred can be easily avoided.  It looks as though some girls are turning to Facebook and creating “Don’t Steal My Prom Dress” groups to avoid the situations {New York Times}.  The idea for most of the groups being that girls post pictures of their prom dresses, giving other girls fair warning to not buy those dresses.  Most seem to implement a “first come, first serve” mentality of the girl who posts the photo first lays claim to that dress.

A quick Facebook search shows 147 groups entitled “Don’t Steal My Prom Dress,” with varying numbers of users.  Only 22 are designated for 2010.  That doesn’t mean there aren’t more, as some, possibly most of the groups are private so as to exclude dates or anyone else the members don’t want spying.

With prom night being so important for most girls, and with potentially hundreds of dollars spent on dresses with designer labels the groups make sense.  Any way to avoid more drama than necessary on the last event high school seniors attend before graduation is certainly a good idea.  Plus, anything teenagers can do to get attention with social media aside from cyber bullying is always appreciated.