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# Prom Fever
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1137/
- Published: 2005-05-26T19:03:33.000Z
- Updated: 2005-05-26T19:03:33.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Culture, #wpChunk

When real religious rituals lose their force, pseudo-rituals will rise to take their place:

> Inviting a date to the prom has never been easy. The sweaty palms, the stomach knotted by fear and anxiety. The nervous questions, muttered sotto voce, followed by equally breathless answers.

> But that was then. Like many things prom-related, inviting a date to a prom has emerged as a serious game of one-upmanship in which only the creative survive. Just as mom's station wagon gave way to the limousine and, in turn, the stretch SUV – and just as homemade frocks have been replaced by gowns fit for a Hollywood starlet on a red carpet – prom invitations have gone deluxe.

> In manners previously reserved for marriage proposals, teens place notes in fortune cookies, make videos, burn CDs – all to lure that special someone to dress up and dance. They plan their strategy for months, consulting friends for advice and support, enlisting aid from their teachers and classmates.

[Link](http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-prom25may25,0,2941511,print.story?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).