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High school reunion
Speaking of high school, do any of you go to your high school reunion? why or why not? Was it weird to see everyone again (the popular group, the nerds, the rebels, etc)?
I'm curious because mine is coming up in a few months and I'm not sure if it's worth flying home for this.
Re: High school reunion
Yeah, plus I don't need to fly all the way back to Kansas to see who's plumped up since high school ... that's what Facebook is for.
(Was that mean?)
Haha, I love it! It is true that FB makes reunions less interesting in that sense.
As for the flight price, I went to HS in California and flying there from Costa Rica isn't too expensive which is why I'm still somewhat considering going.
I agree, Facebook really drains all of the fun and surprise out of this whole thing.
I too have my high school reunion coming up this summer. It will happen during the small window of time that I will spend at my parents in between leaving Ghana and moving to London.
At first I thought "heck yeah!" but now I'm not so sure. To be totally honest, I didn't have a whole lot of friends in high school. That being said, I've realized that my reasons for wanting to go are mostly so I can see what others have been up to and of course show them that I'm not a total loser. I've realized though that those aren't the most wholesome reasons, so I'm not really sure if I will go at all.
I went to our 5-year because I was in town. At our reunion, one of the cheerleader-popular girls happened to be in the bathroom washing her hands when my cousin (who was not in a popular group but has always been very opinionated and thus rubbed some people the wrong way) walked in to go to the bathroom. As the girl left, she turned off the lights on my cousin.
Seriously, people... Oh, and my cousin had actually organized the reunion because our senior class president was a total slacker and not at all interested. And people complained that she made them pay $5/person even though the venue was free (she used it to pay for postage, etc, and then opened an account and put the rest in it for future reunions).
Anyway, I didn't go to my 10 year reunion, which my cousin again organized, because I went back later that summer for a different cousin's wedding (I have over 50 cousins, so... yeah...) and wasn't going to fly back twice just for the reunion. In general I do like to go, though. I got along with a lot of people in my class, so I don't mind seeing them.
My HS doesn't have them, but I went to my H's a few years ago. Even though I didn't know any of those people in HS it seemed like everyone reverted to their old high school selves. Except, everyone seemed like they were probably a lot nicer than they were in HS. Ha ha. Oh, and they were a more pronounced version of their high school self.
There were some people there that were obviously extremely successful now. They were (at least the two or three examples I'm thinking of) were great in high school, but at the reunion it seemed like they had no patience for the people who were more the partiers in HS. They just really seemed bored with the club-like atmosphere. They ended up heading to the hotel bar before the night was over, which was just a lot quieter than the reunion.
A HS reunion is pretty much my worst nightmare. I haven't had a positive HS experience and some of my most character building experiences occurred during those blasted years. I have been bullied, ridiculed, picked on, isolated, insulted and so on. I remember letting some of those conniving b!itches borrow my textbooks at times and when I got them back they would be all scribbled with insults.
Some of them even had the guts to request my friendship on FB, talk about dense. They only did it to satisfy their curiosity. I have deeply enjoyed refusing their requests and removing all the others from my memory. My BFF from HS back in Rome still hears from a few and makes sure they know I am VERY well. ::::insert gloating dance here::::
I survived those years thanks to my conservatory and drama school studies, those were the only healthy environments that kept me sane growing up. So, no reunion for me
2012 Reading Challenge
That does sound like more fun! Not a bad idea...
GibbyLod:
Why did you have to post this? My 10 year is coming up so like an idiot I signed up at my school's Alumni webpage. And of course, I had to write something in my profile about what I am doing with my life. At first, I didnt write anything and then I went to check out my classmates and people went all out talking about their degrees and their great jobs.
I just wanted to write. I live in Spain. I drink a lot of wine and I try to travel as much as I can. Because that is basically my life in a nutshell.
Wine and travel.
That is sad. People have kids already and they are like presidents/directors/CEOs/lawyers etc.
Now, I really need something to drink.
I would so prefer that life! I find the alternative to be very boring
If I were you, I wouldn't be scared to post that on my profile.
My 5-year reunion was held in a bar and I had tickets to an exhibit of Treasures from St. Petersburg so I skipped the drunk-fest and had a long weekend in Mobile.
I went to my 10-year reunion and had a great time, though I noticed there was more clique-ish-ness than there had been in high school. Highlights were "doing the math" in regards to a couple of girls children and discussions of the merits of a 3-inch barrel on your curling iron.
My 15-year reunion was cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.
My 20-year reunion was last June. I had wanted to go, but just couldn't afford the travel.
my 15 year is this summer, unfortunately a month after my visit - so I'm organizing a 'mini reunion' to just see the people I haven't see in ages that I Actually DO want to see
I missed my 10 year too cause I couldn't justify flying back for just that