High School Reunions

[lonestar]

I am sure this is like dropping a lit match in a fire cracker factory, but here goes:

How does everyone feel about impending/upcoming high school reunions? I skipped my five year because I felt ashamed that I had not finished college, only to find out from a friend (who also had not finished college) that most of my class was still in some phase of schooling. It was a relief, and my 10 year is in 2 years...I'm thinking I should fly home for it, but I am not sure...it still feels too soon to see most of these people that I loathed 8 years ago.

In the throes of a QLC, would you consider going to a high school reunion?

[yankeeyosh]

Never. I will never ever face those jerks again, who made my life a living hell for four years, who destroyed any self-respect I had. Since I graduated in 96, this is my 10 year (**scary**). But you can count me out.

[lonestar]

At the five year, my friend told me about another guy who, unhappy with the elitist jerks my school (yeah it was an all boys, catholic jock school...if you weren't a jock it pretty much sucked), lit the school mascot statue on fire on the way out. He is banned from school property for life, but I though it was pretty damn funny. :rolleyes:

[steph78]

I feel like we had a thread about this sometime within the last few months...

My 10-year is in August. I for one am looking forward to it, I think my class was somewhat unique in that we somehow miraculously all got over the whole clique-ishness phase by about 9th grade. So people across the usual groups of kids were friendly with one another. I have kept in touch with a good number of people via e-mail (and the occasional get-together when we are visiting our parents for the holidays, etc.) but this will be the first big get-together since 1996! It is interesting, they have been sending out e-mails to the class and I have been put back in touch with some people I have not seen since I left town for college, and it is really fun to just catch up and hear about what other people have been doing with themselves.

[jdt141]

I went (was drug) to my 5 year by a group of friends that I had at that point stayed in touch with. I had a decent time and caught up with some people that were there. Most of the people I would have spoken with weren't there, so it wasn't that great or wonderful, but I'm glad I did go. It was a mostly good time, especially since i was the DD and all my friends got hammered and didn't really hold anything back. :huge: Next time I may or may not go.... we'll see.

[heatherf]

I went to my ten year this past August. Everyone was older, fatter, and some were tanorexic.

I highly suggest going, cause many of the people will be so shit-faced by the end that it's worth it. It will be an ego-boost.

[wordsmith]

I went to both my five year and my ten year, the latter of which was this past summer (also my five year college class reunion, I went to a small college, and so we have reunions, held jointly with Homecoming).

They're fun. This year, I got to dance the night away with an old high school crush, who is still hot and was recently divorced. I'm from a small town, so in the tradition of small towns, most everyone was married/had been married and is now divorced or in the process of getting a divorce, shitloads of the chicks were pregnant or just had babies, and there was only a handful of us that were still single, and so we were out carousing. It's all pretty blue collar, nonpretentious people, for the most part. I don't quite fit in, because I moved away, went to college, did some different stuff than everybody else, but it's still fun.

[mishl982]

I don't really care too much for the high school peeps that I don't still talk to, so I probably won't go to my 10 yr. The 5 year already passed and frankly I was more interested in going out on a date with the current boy than go meet up with a bunch of people I was never friends with at a bar (a friend and I did consider going at one point). Maybe I'll change my mind when the 10 yr comes around, but right now I don't plan on it.

[SpaceMonkey]

I graduated high school in 2001, but no reunion for me this year. My high school class organizers actually decided to just skip the 5 year reunion, and not start having them until the 10 year mark.

[mishl982]

The 5 year was really casual. They all just met up at the homecoming game then went to a bar.

[wordsmith]

Ours are all casual. They're held in conjunction with a town-wide festival in the middle of the summer. I wore a sundress this year, but nearly all the rest of the chicks were in jeans and camisoles.

After the reunion itself, which is dinner, open bar, and dancing at either the American Legion, VFW, or Moose Lodge, we go to the beer garden downtown. It's all way Mellencamp song. I like it that way.

[coll214]

My five year had been cancelled since they were trying for a third prom :rolleyes: . I'll definitely go to the 10 year (which will be next year! eek!) to see whose gotten knocked up/divorced/married, etc. And to see people I haven't seen since HS. And the sheer amount I've changed is just the icing on the cake. LOL. My town is pretty split, i'm going to say about 60% start out at college/military/trade school, but not nearly that amount finishes. Then there are the few who go to college but never do anything w/ it but move back in w/ mom and still work at the yokel walmart...

[shinyleaf]

My 10 year is this summer too.

I am kind of looking forward to it, kind of aprehensive at the same time.
Here's why: I learned after graduating that I apparently came off to some people as a bit "unapproachable". That certainly wasn't how I saw myself, so I am quite self conscious of seeming that way again this summer. So, I will be one of those totally drunk attendees (since I am so much nicer/ appear more genuine when loaded :googly: ). And hopefully I'll make someone else's ego boost
("omigod, look at shinyleaf, what a lush. She should grow up. But at least she's nicer now!")

all kidding aside, I really do still see all the highschool friends that I care to, even those who are far away. Going to see the rest will just be like visiting the circus. Circuses are fun (?)

[wordsmith]

People at my 10 year thought I was much friendlier than I was in high school, but really, it's just that I'm no longer shy like I was. I'm now totally comfortable approaching people, whereas I spent most of my teen years intimidated by the idea of approaching people.

[asm198]

I don't even know if I will know about my high school reunion. I'm moved away and so has my mom, so unless someone happens to run into her, I seriously doubt anyone knows anything about me. For all they know, I died or moved to Ireland or something.

But, would I go? It really depends. I was one of those kids that had a very bright future. But I haven't quite lived up to what everyone thought I was going to. I don't know if we had a 5 year and my 10 year isn't for another two years, so maybe I'll change my mind then. Right now, I doubt it.

[SmilesSoSweet]

My 10 year high school reunion is this July. It's $83 a ticket for this! I'm not going. I also don't live in the same state where I attended high school, so it's not like I'm going to book a flight and go home that weekend just to go to a reunion to see a bunch of people I don't want to see. Besides the weekend before I already have a trip to Vegas booked and I don't want to travel back to back weekends.

There were about 800 seniors my year so it's not like everyone knew each other. I keep in touch with the ones I want to (mainly through myspace - but that's good enough for me!)

It's really no big deal for me.

[SunDevil]

I will probably go to mine if I am in the country. I get to brag and showoff how successful I am. :rolleyes:

Most of them probably won't reconize me.

[pisces2473]

drink!!!!!!!!!!!

[capella]

High school. pfffft. I just don't care about it. None of them would remember me anyhow. They'd probably be wondering who in the class I am married too. Honestly, I still talk to the only person I'd care to talk to from high school. And it would require me to fly to another state now and I am just not pressed over it. I couldn't give a flying fig. High school sucked. :rolleyes:

[and1grad]

I might go to mine. Its also 80 somethin dollars which is a deterrent but if some of my friends go, I'll go. If not, fuggit.

[wordsmith]

The beauty of having it low key in a divey lodge of a fraternal organization in a small town: $15 a head. Enough for the half-barrels and fried chicken. Yee haw.

[SmilesSoSweet]

My reunion is being held at the fancy Hilton down town. $80+ for the tickets plus $175 for round trip airfare. Then spending the weekend at my parents' place and seeing a bunch of people I don't want to see - so not priceless!

[shorty]

They actually have five year high school reunions? What are you going to talk about? What you're majoring in at college? Well, I guess a lot of things do happen in five years... I don't know if my high school is having a five year reunion (it'd be this June but I haven't heard of anything... not surprising because I was incredibly shy and no one probably remembers me and I didn't really physically go to high school my last two years -- I did a college in high school program).

I don't know if I'd go. Lately I've been feeling kinda nostalgic and I kinda want to see how people are doing. Then I remind myself that I barely knew these people and they probably don't even remember me.

It wouldn't be TOO bad going, because I know people would probably be impressed by my degrees and my job (even though I'm secretly going through this whole quarterlife crisis thing... well, not too secretly but it seems like no one really takes me seriously about it).

Yeah, so would I go? Eh... if I didn't have to travel too far or spend too much money. If anything, I'd probably be more inclined to go to my ten year... assuming I'm over this quarterlife crisis. But I'd probably live further away and content with my life (hopefully), making it kinda pointless to go catch up with people I hardly knew.

Of course, people DO change. Maybe you'll catch up with someone and hit it off and wonder why you guys never really talked in high school. You never know. I try to be optimistic (keyword is TRY... doesn't always work that way though).