HS Reunions, do you go?

[HOGFAN]

its nice to go and see that time is the great equalizer. Most of the girls looked the same. Most of the guys had lost their hair. Most satisfying of all was the quarterback(who thought that he was the cats meow) who married the drill team captain(snob) They were both soooo FAT. Who says there is no justice in the world?

 

[cats mom]

I was on the planning committee for my 5 year reunion and still didn't make it. Scheduling conflict of some sort.
(I didn't even think about that being one of the responsibilities when I ran for student body office senior year)


We had the largest graduating class in the state the year I graduated. I don't remember exact numbers... but it was huge!

I didn't even know everyone in my graduating class in HS - just too many of us - so I'm afraid I'd go back and not know/remember anyone there.

Not worth the trip back. I have not lived in my HS state since college graduation and don't have any ties there anymore.

I think I'd be much more likely to go if we had a smaller graduating class.

 

[RadioNate]

I went to my 5 and 10 and in all honesty I don't think I had a really good time at either. No one I was really interested in seeing showed up. Mostly people I hoped to avoid were there. I had fun with my friends but then again there is a reason that I've kept in touch with them.

I won't go to a 15 year if we have one and I doubt I'll do a 20 either. I still keep in touch with the 3 people from HS I have any interest in talking to.

 

[ozarkmom]

I guess I fall into the not really anyone I want to see category. I did go to the 10 yr. but when the 15 yr. came around I had no desire. I actually see some of the people I graduated with but for the most part I didn't really hang out with kids in my class.

 

[bsnyder]

I've been to quite a few - 3 of mine (going to a 4th this summer) and 3 of my husband's. DH and I went to the same high school but 4 years apart. A lot of my friends had siblings who were friends of his.

I've always had a good time, at mine and his. They've all been held over a summer weekend, at a nice resort, so it's like a mini-vacation too. I see a lot of people that I do see frequently, but also people who have moved away that I only see at the reunions.

 

[azgal81]

My high school didn't have a 5th in a few years I'll have my 10th and no I probably won't be going. I loved high school but all the people I wanted to keep in touch with I have already and the rest I could care less about. They just seem like they would be so awkward to me.

 

[Papa Deuce]

I went to my 10 year reunion. That's it. If there is a 25th year reunion this year I "may" go.

 

[swea_pea1]

I graduated from an all-girl's school with 47 others. We didn't have a 5th or 10th, but when the 20th was planned last year, you bet your bippie I went. I wasn't one of the popular girls but I'm a much different person now and wanted to see if the same was true of the others.

There were about 20 of us there and I was amazed at how everybody had changed and equally amazed how everybody had stayed the same. The girls that smoked in high school still smoked. The class clowns were still hilarious. The "good girls" still hung together even though they hadn't seen each other in the past 20 years.

But then we started really talking and found we were all going through the same things. Most everybody had young children and all the joy and pain that goes with that, had gone through a couple of careers, and were fighting the "almost 40 blues". Oh, and just about everybody was in black. We dubbed it the "trying to look thinner" reunion!

My opinion of those women took a 180 degree turn and if I hadn't gone, I'd have remembered them all stuck in time back in 1985. I'm really glad I went!

 

[AnaheimGirl]

I went to my 10 year and 20 year reunions. Both times, I felt like a lot here have... I keep in touch with all the people I really care about, but I went anyway, just for curiosity mostly. There were around 600 of us in my graduating class, so there are lots of people I liked enough to be curious about, but not enough to keep in touch with.

The 10-year was allright. Kind of fun catching up with those in-betweener types. People mostly still hung out in the same cliques, and didn't seem to have changed much.

But the 20-year was an absolute blast! Everyone had outgrown the cliques and were genuinely happy to see everyone else. The jocks were talking to the geeks, the punks were talking to the stoners. It was really incredible. The hottest guy in the class, who wouldn't have given me and my friends the time of day in high school, was dancing with us at the reunion (and still looking might good, I might add!) Everyone was so bummed when the reunion ended, probably half the people there went to an after-hours club and continued reminiscing until 4:00am. I am so glad I went.

 

[dis ms.]

I missed my 5 year (was out of town), and we didn't have a 15 year , but I did go to my 10 year. The people organizing it weren't very...organized...so, it was just okay. It was nice to see some people I hadn't seen for a while, but it certainly was forgettable.

Last summer was DH's 15 year. Now that was a party! Everyone was real friendly and the drinks were flowing. I knew several of his classmates because they've stayed in the same small town where DH's folks live. I'm proud to say I won a tough game of musical chairs, and sang the school song for $10 even though I didn't know a word of it (aren't all school songs pretty much the same? ). DH said when we go to his 20th, nobody will remember him, but they'll all remember me.

 

[crazee4mickey]

Nope...I don't go...I figure anyone I wanted to see or keep in touch with I did , the rest...well, who really cares!

 

[Alice's Mom]

My 10th came and went last October, I wasn't interested in going to a reunion that cost $90 when I have myspace for free. I have found and caught up with so many old friends on that site. Through bulletins, comments and blogs I see old friends, learn about their jobs, their lives and significant others, I see their childrens photos and hear about vacation highlights. I love it!

I heard through the grapevine that very few people attended and that $90 didn't get you an open bar.

 

[Longsx3]

I didn't go to my 10th because we were in the process of moving but I am planning on going to my 20th next year. Once we get settled into life in Okinawa I will have a fitness plan in place to trim down a little before the reunion. My Senior class was very larger 800+ so it will be interesting to see how many people show up.

Dh has also missed his reunion's because of Military committments and his 25th will be in 2009 which should be a move year which will really be difficult but I am hoping to surprise him with a trip to his reunion.

 

[ducklite]

I had 52 in my class, I know for sure one has passed away, and am pretty sure another has, so it's a pretty small group.

I go, I think it's a blast. I keep in touch with one guy more than anyone, funny thing is that we didn't get along at all when we were in school.

It is pretty funny looking at how people have changed, a lot more weight, a lot less hair. I'd say about 20% of us really haven't changed much (I'm one of that group) we look a bit older, but are within 10-15 pounds of where we were when we graduated, wear our hair at a similar length/style, and don't have "too" many wrinkles. Another 20% are completely unrecognizable from how they looked in high school. (In one case in a good way--she was well, kinda dorky in school, she lost way, got her teeth fixed, got rid of the glasses, has a great hair style, married a wealthy doctor and was in law school the last time I saw her seven years ago. A true Swan story!)

My 25th was two years ago, in upstate NY, unfortunately it was a bit marred for me because Hurricane Jeanne was blasting Florida at the very moment and I was worried about my friends. I'm looking forward to my 30th!

Anne

 

[mickeyfan2]

I have never gone. I left town when I went to college and never returned. I was in a graduating class of 670. My friends are from college and where I live.

 

[helenabear]

Unless the next one will be less than $50/person, I doubt I will ever go. There is no one I want to see bad enough to spend $100 on (my hubby would come too) that I don't already still talk to. I came from a class of 400, so even if I did go, I may or may not recognize or know everyone there.

 

[Sugardimples]

I used to go - went until the 25th reunion. At the 25th reunion I realized that if there was anyone I wanted to stay in touch with, I'd have stayed in touch. After the first 20 minutes, I just wanted to leave. And I LOVED high school.

 

[mtemm]

I never had any interest until my 20th last year. part of it was an excuse for a vacation for dh and I (I live nearly 3000k miles away from where I grew up), part of it was curiousity. I dragged 2 of my high school friends who didn't want to go (they still live in the same town we went to high school in). They both thanked me afterwards...we all had a blast. It was a lot of fun. I had a small class, around 120 people I think. About half of that showed. It was a 3 day reunion...friday night dinner/dance that included spouses/s.o.'s, a saturday bbq for families, and a sunday golf outing. I did friday and saturday, some people just did one day, some people did all 3.

I plan to go to the next one. It really was fun.

 

[phantom728]

I moved to another state the year after graduating HS and don't even get notified of when the reunion's are. Last year was my 15th and I never heard anything from the reunion committee.
Anyone I cared about I still keep intouch with, but everyone has pretty much moved to another state.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Nope. Don't care to. There is curiosity factor, but not enough of it to get me to go. Besides, I still keep in contact with the friends I had so I don't worry about that part.