Me, talking to the Americans I live with: Wait, you had to pay to go to prom?
Alan: Yeah, it was like $100. But they needed that to rent the Hyatt Regency.
Me: My prom was in the school gymnasium.
Alan [laughing]: Well, this is America, not the third world country you grew up in.
Me: Yeah, I’ll take my hurt feelings to the hospital where I can get them treated for free.
Alan: …we’re working on that.
So then I had to find this picture to show him the sweet dress my Mum made me for prom.
