For those of you who haven't gone to any of your previous ones, or had negative experiences thereof, the 25th year reunion is kind of the magical one. Real-life has had plenty of time to level the playing field, and your peers will be (ideally) more mature and less concerned with keeping up appearances, so to speak. I heard from people who had attend our previous reunions that this (25th) was the best and most fun of all...and the tales told of the 5th year reunion, wherein half the attendees received DUIs while participating in a now-legendary impromptu drunken road rally. Your 10th sucked? Heard that for mine as well. 20th boring? Ditto. 25th? Blow jobs in the bathrooms. And that was just during the high school tour. Go figure.
High School Reunions
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Reunion nothing. THIS was a common occurance DURING high school. Not for me though.
Ironically, that was one of the reasons I hated high school.
Reunion nothing. THIS was a common occurance DURING high school. Not for me though.
Ironically, that was one of the reasons I hated high school.
What, did they put a gun to the back of your head, then?
Update: My fellow alums, some of whom I've recently been in contact with on Facebook, had the reunion on 06/25, and I heard it was a great success and had a very good turnout. Part of me regretted not having gone, but on the other hand, it worked out for the best.
Now the organizer is proposing that the next (25th) reunion be held "as a family affair" on a three-day cruise. I see a few problems with this, and now I don't even feel like going to the next one.
For one thing, although I don't object to the "family affair" and bringing along family members and partners/spouses, being single and unattached is already making me feel out of place. Second, a cruise, albeit three days in length, can be expensive (especially if one decides to bring the whole family). A short cruise would certainly feel like a waste of time and money, considering I could simply go on a cruise with MY family for several days or one week. Plus a three-day cruise including family members would seem less intimate, and the point of going to one's reunion is to catch up or bond with old friends and classmates.
Not wanting to speak out of turn, I didn't want to say anything to the organizer to voice my concerns. So at this point, I may never go to any of my reunions. Too bad. I was keeping an open mind, it just wasn't meant to be due to circumstances.
Now the organizer is proposing that the next (25th) reunion be held "as a family affair" on a three-day cruise. I see a few problems with this, and now I don't even feel like going to the next one.
For one thing, although I don't object to the "family affair" and bringing along family members and partners/spouses, being single and unattached is already making me feel out of place. Second, a cruise, albeit three days in length, can be expensive (especially if one decides to bring the whole family). A short cruise would certainly feel like a waste of time and money, considering I could simply go on a cruise with MY family for several days or one week. Plus a three-day cruise including family members would seem less intimate, and the point of going to one's reunion is to catch up or bond with old friends and classmates.
Not wanting to speak out of turn, I didn't want to say anything to the organizer to voice my concerns. So at this point, I may never go to any of my reunions. Too bad. I was keeping an open mind, it just wasn't meant to be due to circumstances.
Yeah, not sure about the "worked out for the best" part. Probably should've gone to the one that was local. Then no big deal missing the one on the cruise if that isn't your sort of thing. Got to take advantage of opportunities as they arise!
Ah well, I guess reunions aren't for everyone. Each to their own, I suppose.
Mr Awe
In a year or two it will be our 30th. Reunion. (Yea, I'm ancient). Anyway, there is only a few people I'd like to see again out of a class of over 400. I've skipped all the reunions to date so I'm likey to skip this one too. No real drive to see that bunch again...
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One thing with reunions - quite often more are planned in the future, as with the cruise you mentioned. Maybe there will be another reunion shall be planned in the future.
I've found it's great to see old friends again. Heck, I could attend 2 high school reunions next year, if I hear about one of my schools I went too.
I'm going to a mini-reunion tonight. It's mostly just some folks who all went to the same school around the same time (late '70s, early '80s).
I'm friends with a few HS people on FB (I hesitate to refer to them as 'HS friends' though), but even there, I don't interact with them much.
Almost all of them are still in the same city we grew up in, and hang out together. And not surprisingly, they all seem to have gotten old and closed down. No adventure left in any of them (assuming they ever had any to begin with). As it turns out, the most exciting (and interesting, given their propensity to dwell on it) time of their collective lives was high school, which absolutely blows my mind.
I couldn't WAIT to get out of there...and still look back on it and shutter. I guess being a straight-A student who hung out with the stoners sort of left me in this no-man's land and set the tone, in terms of having anything whatever in common with ANYONE, years later. Didn't fit into their mold back then...and still don't. The only difference is that now, I'm really glad about it.
They can say what they will about me - but my life has never been boring or run-of-the-mill.
Almost all of them are still in the same city we grew up in, and hang out together. And not surprisingly, they all seem to have gotten old and closed down. No adventure left in any of them (assuming they ever had any to begin with). As it turns out, the most exciting (and interesting, given their propensity to dwell on it) time of their collective lives was high school, which absolutely blows my mind.
I couldn't WAIT to get out of there...and still look back on it and shutter. I guess being a straight-A student who hung out with the stoners sort of left me in this no-man's land and set the tone, in terms of having anything whatever in common with ANYONE, years later. Didn't fit into their mold back then...and still don't. The only difference is that now, I'm really glad about it.
They can say what they will about me - but my life has never been boring or run-of-the-mill.
I've been chatting on FB with a bunch of my old fraternity brothers lately (Sigma Phi Epsilon, btw) and we've decided to get the old gang back together this year around homecoming.. For various boring reasons, the house kind of died out, so there's no active chapter to help facilitate the reunion...
So of course, I'm now in charge...
How the hell do I let myself get talked into this sort of thing??
It's not like I haven't been busy lately...
So of course, I'm now in charge...
How the hell do I let myself get talked into this sort of thing?? It's not like I haven't been busy lately...
My 25th reunion is in August, and frankly I have absolutely no interest in going. The poeple that I want to remember from High School I still see, or am friends with on FB. Plus, the person that organizes these for us is such a bitch. I hated her in High School, and her letters are written in a way that suck any potential fun out of the reunion. The letter for this year's reunion mentioned fire codes and occupancy limits for the restaurant where they're holding the reunion, right after she says 'bring your family!'
I'll pass...
I'll pass...
^ That's incredible. That girl might with the prize for Biggest Control Freak Ever.
Maybe she did. We'll have to check the Yearbook. 
I've stalked everyone from my extremely small class on FB and that is enough for me. The only reason I would go is curiosity and FB and google took care of that.
My mini-reunion Friday night led to a cook-out the next day - we had a great time! There was about 25 of us total from about a four-year span from hisgh school. I re-connected with three people that I hadn't seen or talked to in 30 years, and even my wife and son had fun.
I just the notification for my 30th (cheese and crackers, has it been that long?). I'm still wondering how these people even found me. I haven't talked to anyone from there in over fifteen years; I don't even keep in touch with my relatives in that area.
I might be interested in seeing a few people in my class... but not at $99 a plate. Hell with that.
I might be interested in seeing a few people in my class... but not at $99 a plate. Hell with that.
I had my 20-year reunion three years ago. I didn't have much to talk about with anyone there though. Very few of my friends were there.
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