40 years ago, prom date '77

[KG]

broke up and lost track of her not long after....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The '70s were the dark ages of fashion.

[True Dough]

2. Never even found her

on Facebook?

[KG]

3. tried. she had a fairly common name, and who knows what her name is now. also

not everybody is on Fb

[kimbutgar]

4. Nice ruffles on that tux.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Does your high school hold reunions?

Someone connected to the reunion committee might be helpful.

Although a common name, especially if she fell out of touch with the rest of the class, makes it almost impossible to find her. Plus, women have this annoying habit of changing their last name, and that can make it tricky.

Here's one possible way to trace her on FB: go through the Friends of various former classmates. If she's friends with anyone, you may find her that way.

Any chance she has a brother you can find? He probably won't have changed his name and may be willing to give you contact information for her. I found a classmate that way, by finding her brother.

[KG]

7. she had bad home life. left town soon after, nobody ever heard from her again

it's not that big a deal. a fond memory. but not the love of my life.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. That's too bad.

It's a real shame she never was in touch with anyone again, but understandable.

[lindysalsagal]

6. All big: lapel, shoulder pads, boutineer, ruffles, hair bowtie

and even glasses when people like me had them were huge.

I remember it well!!!

[DFW]

9. My prom (to the extent that it could be called that) was in the spring of 1970

I stayed in a close relationship to my girlfriend for 2 more years and then she went on to bigger and better guys, I guess. She ended up marrying some guy who was deeply involved in some banking scandal in Europe and given over $150 million to do a quick disappearing act. I guess she must be happy, but there's a "Pamela Brown (the Tom T. Hall song)" attitude on my part.

Here is me and my future Frau in the summer of 1975:
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We are still, as the song goes, "happy together."

[PufPuf23]

10. Did the same person do both hairs?

You look like brother and sister.

All in fun.

[hrmjustin]

11. I never went to my prom.

Great pic!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Me neither.

I was a social leper. But the upside is that I have no hideous '60s prom pictures to haunt me.

[3catwoman3]

13. Having no prom pictures to haunt you is a definite upside.

I tore up all of mine. Mostly because I never wanted to look at any of my former dates ever again.

Here in the greater Chicago area, proms are treated almost like a wedding. Seems a tad overblown to me.

[KG]

14. i had no social life either till halfway thru my Sr years i got DL and car, and boom, i had a GF

funny how that works sometimes