There was, in short, no restaurant-wide male outpouring of longing for the poignancy of the rental tux experience. You could tell. And at any given restaurant on any given prom night, at least a few of the gentleman diners are telling their wives, one more time, that they didn't bother going to their own high school proms. No dancing then, no dancing now. You have to respect that.
Prom night passes into personal history quickly, of course.
So soon, prom season has returned, and with it, the prom dates. There's a new crop each spring. They're our past, a flash of memory, the source of diners' conversations. Let us hear from you.