High School Reunions

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Would you have conflicting feelings about attending high school reunions?

Not really. I went to my 5th and 15th (had to work on my 10th) the jerks didn't show up. Also, most people grow up after HS.

Some people do grow up but from what I have seen, the majority really don't. Pretty sad for them.

I'd go and yeah I'd probably have mixed feelings. I don't like socializing with random people in large groups. High school has generally been a positive experience for me so I would not dread meeting anyone in particular. Besides the teachers loved me and I would very much like to see them again.

I've had a few close friends in school. The rest were just some other kids and I barely knew them. I'd love to meet up with just my friends! But Tony is a physics professor in Japan, Vana a business owner in Canada, Sam is a travel agent in London, the other Sam is in Boston, Oleg owns a chain of stores in Serbia of all places, Ogi is in France and apparently has 3 kids!, one guy whose name escapes me is in St Louis, and I don't know where Robert is. A reunion would be like herding cats!

Is the definition of, target rich environment.

I noticed that too, I went to my 30th, and the demonstrative were performing and the rest of them were playing 'audience'. I did find a whole table of people wanted to sit with me because they remembered life in highschool much differently than I did. I was confused by having an entourage clustered around me, but it turned out I had submitted the winning theme for the Senior Prom and was the unexpected star of a production "The Night of January 16th" where I had portrayed a gangster's 'moll' and stopped the show with my spectacular entrance and highly inappropriate but wildly popular artistic interpretation of the role. I had forgotten, but they never forgot. I didn't mind it for one night, but I hadn't lived in that city since I was 17 and skipped the recent 40th reunion. Maybe I will out myself as autistic at my 50th!

^ chuckle.


as for reunions, no. never. groups? ugh.i just turned down an invitation from really nice people - ex students from my school - to gather in sydney at the time of my art opening (that i never went to.)
it's just too exhausting and too much.

i did go out the other night to something. it wiped me out for two days and i was really distressed the next day because i felt so alien from everyone.

Nope. No conflict whatsoever. I've never gone to one and never will. I wasn't that interested in my classmates when I was 17 and I'm even less so now.

Regards,

Patricia

I didn't go to my 10-year reunion last year, but it's mainly because I was trying to avoid my (first) ex-girlfriend, even though she graduated in '99. But she hung out with a lot of '98 grads.

She cheated on me, and is the reason I don't date NTs.

I want to go to my high school reunion.

I don't think I will ever attend a school reunion. I have no need to know what people I've long forgotten about are doing.

The idea is not appealing.

I might go if we have one, just to see what it's like.

I kind of doubt anyone I was friends with would be there, though.

Maybe... I'm worried about embarrassing myself. I should be well on my way career wise, but I've just earned my bachelor's and I"m trying to figure out what I'll do with my life.

I had conflicted feelings about attending high school, so I didn't.

No. I changed schools for my senior year, so the school I went to for 3 years doesn't invite me to theirs since I didn't graduate. Doesn't bother me, I didn't like anyone there anyways. The school I graduated from, I only attended for a year and didn't bother to get to know anyone so even though I was invited to the 10 year, I didn't go.

I might go.Many of the teachers I had were really good, and the Vice Principal, was excellent.She was fair and just and if anybody bullied me, she made them clean the baseboards in the whole school or pick up cigarette butts outside after school.I had some aquaintances and some enemies, but overall, it wasnt as bad as it could have been.It was a small school and the teachers knew everyone.Most of those who bullied me, have not even finished high school.I did tho and I am half way through college.I would mainly go there to see the teachers and aquaintences.