You truly know spring is here when talk of the Prom is on the lips of almost every teenager. Prom time, a right of passage that gives teens the first formal event that is dedicated to them, not withstanding Religious rites of passage. Prom is an event like no other because it involves the entire grade of their class. Every teen age girl and boy starts looking for the dress or Prom Suit that they think will define them. The boys if going with a date often times will try to match to their dates dress colorwise. Dressing for the prom can often be a stressful situation. Prom is short for the term Prominade has been around since the end of the 1800s, 1890s to be exact. Teenagers build up in their minds that the Prom will be the one defining zenith in their high school social life. Prom becomes simply a closing of one door and an opening of another door when it’s your senior prom only because it is simply the end of the line for a time in your life where you made friends for several years and everybody now will go along their own path from now on. It’s a very strange feeling when you look at the big picture aspect of it. One day life is routine and the same. You’re with the same people in school. Then Prom comes and you soon realize that your life will never be the same after that. Everyone will either go to a new school or get a full time job or do whatever they think may or may not define themselves. One thing for certain is that there is no stopping the change in life. Change will happen whether you want it to or not. The only thing you can do is mentally prepare for the change and use it to your advantage.