My son's friends talked him into going to a formal dance this past weekend. He's a senior and never been to a school dance. Mostly his friends haven't gone before either.
Came home and the report was he can't see why the other kids enjoyed it. He liked getting together with his friends before the dance. But the dance itself was noisy, bad music, too packed, and boring. He doesn't mind dancing. But he said there was nothing else to do because his friends scattered and when you do fine them you can't have a conversation with your friends because the music is too loud.
This is the type of activity that neither I nor my husband care for either. Nor do I like noisy busy restaurants. Is this possibly another part of the ASD sensitivity to things. He doesn't have ASD but does have some characteristics, and has always been picky about scratchy clothes, sand on his feet.
He just found it odd that anyone would enjoy that type of situation. My guess is he won't be going to prom now.
