prom is totally overrated

prom. even the word makes me shudder. while to some people it's apparantly a dream, for me it's always been a nightmare. i mean who really wants to spend hundreds of dollars on a dress that you're going to wear once, shoes that are going to KILL your feet, hair that's just gonna fall down or be taken out the next day, or even as soon as you get home, and then getting piles and piles of make up caked on your face, all for what?
a couple hours of ridiculous dancing with a mess of people, the majority of whom you don't even know, or like. 

thank god the high school i went to didn't have a prom. granted that's cause if we did there'd be maybe.... 20 people. and that's a generous estimate....
i managed to get through my high school years without having to go through the torture of prom, but last night i attended the local public high schools prom, and it was quite possibly the most overrated thing i've ever seen. 

i mean yuck. just no. the whole concept must just go over my head, because the fact that people could be excited and wait their whole lives for something like that just blows my mind. 

what exactly is the draw of prom anyway?

can someone please explain it to me?