Did anyone not to go to Prom and didn't regret it?

People make such a big deal out of this event and make it seem like the be all, end all. I have absolutely zero desire in it for my own reasons, partly because a lot of people I know are homophobic, fake, and judgmental. I’m not being mean this is just the truth of what I have experienced way too many times myself. So did you not go to Prom and actually had a better experience doing something else?