Class reunion

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blunthead

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I wish I could have gone to a junior high reunion, that would have been a blast! My one year of high school is best forgotten.
I haven't been to a class reunion but last year I went to a reunion gig the band I used to be involved in played and there were tons of folks from high school there. There were probably more people than would've attended a high school reunion, and definitely more of the folks I used to hang out with. Despite my being sensitive about my appearance, especially compared to the good old days, it was a lot of fun. But, I think I won't go to a class reunion because the folks who show up there I never really knew that well.
 

blunthead

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It's kind of a mixed bag. There's a lot of fun to be had but it's kind of funny the way things work out. It seems the people I wanted to see the most (my best friends from that time) were the ones I had the least in common with. The people I didn't know all that well in HS seemed to be the ones I connected with best at the reunions.
That does sound strange.
 

Grandpa

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Grandma and I had never been to one, but we made it back to one of hers a year or two ago. It was all right. The only real story was the setting. One of her classmates had done very well indeed in the home town and hosted the party at his house (which I understand to be his secondary residence) for the combined local high schools of that year. Open bars, great band, catered food. It must've set him back at least 20K. He and his wife kept a low profile. I wish I'd seen him to thank him, but he appeared to just want to share his good fortune and avoid public displays of adoration. We sent a card.

It was probably good that we were all so old, because no one got tanked up enough to go for an impromptu swim in their beautiful pool. Anyway, I did my part by carrying the Nikon around, snapping shots, and then emailed them to the party organizers the next week. (I'm starting to think I use the camera at social events as a shield, to keep me from having to interact with others. Sigmund could probably diagnose.) I met some people I knew, chatted with them briefly, but there was no real connection.

So I'm fairly glad we went, but it gave me no taste to go to another. I'd have had a better time hanging with friends or family here, or going on a travel adventure with Grandma.
 

80sFan

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High school was not a great time for me. However, my good friend has convinced me that I should go.

Ditto...this was me a few years ago (20 yr reunion). I have kept in touch with many of the ladies (all girls school) on fb so I had more friends at the reunion than I did when I was actually in school. There were also a couple "cliques" still going as well as a lot of ladies I didn't recognize/remember at all but we just made small talk. Overall, I'm glad I went.
I hope if you decide to go, you have a nice time :)
 

DiO'Bolic

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Nov 14, 2013
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At my 40th reunion, I was surprised at the number of (back then) good-looking girls that wondered why I never asked them out in high school. My standard answer was “Come on, you were way out of my league. The girl that I took to the prom, who was more of a friend than a date, even smacked my at the reunion for not making a move on her after the prom.
 

skimom2

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No help here. I went to my 10 year and was thoroughly bored. My 30 year was a couple of weeks ago, but we were busy and spent the time at current friends' BBQ. Seemed like a better expenditure of time to me. I missed a couple of friends that came to this reunion, and that made me a little sad, but...not horribly. HS was a long time ago & I've never really missed it.
 

Pucker

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The people I didn't know all that well in HS seemed to be the ones I connected with best at the reunions.

I found this to be true as well. At my 10-year reunion (the only one I went to), I was amazed to discover that a lot of people who would not have given me the time of day in high school were much friendlier after finding out what happens to big fish from small ponds when they swim out to sea. Of course, that reunion happened only one year after a particular tragedy that had most of the people who had stayed nearby a little uncomfortable talking to me . . . so it was kind of a mixed bag.

A quick note on that "big fish from small ponds" theory:

Two years after graduation I ran into the valedictorian from my class -- who had also been a captain of the wrestling team I was on -- selling color-by-number posters outside a Grateful Dead concert at Boston Garden (having flunked out of MIT).

The world is a funny place, I think.
 
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HollyGolightly

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I am going to a class reunion in a couple of weeks. High school was not a great time for me. However, my good friend has convinced me that I should go. Just wondering if someone has a great class reunion story to share.
Go and be your wonderful self! I've found that the people I wanted to keep in touch with, I do, and the ones I didn't - I don't miss at all. People were shocked that I married young, had children and mini-van, lived in the suburbs, etc. Nothing about High School Holly matches up with Grown Up Holly. I sowed my wild oats when I was quite young. I was surprised how handsome the uber-nerd grew up to be. I was never a mean girl and I wasn't part of a clique, so there was no drama for me - but there was some sizing up and competitive BS going on with others. By the time the next reunion rolls around, I expect we'll all be over that kind of thing. I graduated high school in 1987.
 

arista

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I was not going to reveal the number... but here goes-It will be the 30th class reunion. I did go to my 25th and it was interesting. The guy who was kinda of shy- Grew up to be uber good looking man. Sadly, our class president died a couple years ago. I saw a lot of classmates at his viewing. I just hope that for heavens sake the cliques will be gone. Thanks everyone for telling their class reunion stories.
 

skimom2

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I was not going to reveal the number... but here goes-It will be the 30th class reunion. I did go to my 25th and it was interesting. The guy who was kinda of shy- Grew up to be uber good looking man. Sadly, our class president died a couple years ago. I saw a lot of classmates at his viewing. I just hope that for heavens sake the cliques will be gone. Thanks everyone for telling their class reunion stories.
Maybe by 30 they will be--lol. I know at my 10th, we were seated for the big dinner with a group of girls who didn't speak to me in HS and still didn't at the dinner. It was dumb. The food was good, though--lol.
 

Walter Oobleck

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We had a tenth...went...we had a small class, really small, class of 24 people. small school. but at ten for me, meh, there's this one clown that won't even take the time to say hi. still won't. i don't understand it. few went. my wife has had a 20 and a 30 year...last year, the 30. they put a lot of work into it and their 20-year was good too, 30 i think was better, closer, tighter. she had a larger class and not everyone showed but those who did had a great time. we (me) had an all-school reunion...musta been 2002...but i didn't attend. that was a year of death. bro had died like two three days before, accident, still seems like yesterday, hottest day of the year, june. i'd hazard that by 30-years most of the playground behavior is gone and those who partake of that sort of thing won't show anyway. by 30 i imagine those who show are truly interested in what's been happening in each life they have known. have fun. tell us about it. :)