2013 was my 30 year high school reunion. I only went to one other, my 10th and it was a very weird affair. We had 221 graduating seniors in 1983.
I went to my 30th and not all that many people attended. It was not a bad affair…just low budget. We a mixer on Friday night and a picnic in the park on Sunday afternoon. It was nice to see some familiar faces but disappointing that a few people I wanted to see did not show.
Interestingly enough, some of the people who shunned me in high school ignored me the entire night and a couple of them, whom I could not remember their names, seemed upset that I did not recognize them.
I skipped both my 10th and 20th - 10th just cause well, too expensive. My 20th, had just been laid off, and didn’t feel like pretending I was part of the cool kids.
I did go to my wifey’s 20th and 25th and had fun. Freaked out her one teacher, her drama class teacher. Told her I was Cindy, don’t you remember me? The look on her face. The fist wifey hit me with!! Good times, good times indeed!!
At the time the 10 year reunion had been coming up, I didn’t want to go because most of the people I went to school with didn’t seem worth being around again. Too many people trying so hard to act cool instead of just being cool that I quickly forgot most of them.
While it might be interesting to see how everyone has matured and changed since then, including me, I really don’t have an interest in going to whichever one might be next. I’d rather use that time for something else.
Now I don’t feel so bad. My 30th will be this year.
I didn’t go to any reunions… my family moved from Missouri to Ohio the summer before my senior year of high school. I only needed a half credit to graduate from the Ohio school, so I went half-days for one semester, picked up my diploma and went on with my life. Seriously pissed off my mom by not going through the graduation ceremony. I think my dad recently felt guilty about uprooting the family at that time because he was trying to convince me to go to my 30th when it comes up, but I have no desire to go hang out with people I didn’t even know then. I did get in touch with a friend from Missouri a few years ago, but either one or both of us had changed so much there wasn’t much common ground between us anymore.
