Class Reunions: To go or not to go?

wimeezer

I've never gone to any of mine. After the 20th someone told me the cliques were still there. I also went to a small rural school and while not a pariah I was difficult for me. I have no interest in spending time with those people.
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mariettel7

I went to my 20 year. I had a good time. I hated that I was overweight and unemployed, but I still was confident in who I was, so it didn't matter. Nobody said anything mean. They may have behind my back, but I don't care. I got to see all those people that I was friends with back then and that was fun. We had ours at a bar too. Makes it much more casual.

I was somewhat popular in high school. I wasn't the cheerleader or anything, but I had my group of friends and I was nice to everyone. I was seen as the "nice" girl mostly. On occasion some people thought I was stuck up, not because I was mean, but because I didn't say much. I was really shy back then! I was shocked when someone told me that.

Anyway, it might be fun if it's close by. If it was far away and would cost a lot to attend, I don't know if I would go.

RunnerInVT

I went to my 20 th reunion at a lake and wore a blue bikini with a rock hard body!! No one recognized me and when they did they "voted " me as "most improved "!! I decided they were judging me in HS and STILL were I will not go to another even though I still look better now than they ever did!! I want them to keep the blue bikini in their heads!!

yourenotmine

Absolutely not. No way in hell would I go. It's up to you, how you feel about it, of course, but when they started calling me about my, must have been a 10 yr reunion, I had to tell the organizer to stop emailing me because I had no intention of going. The whole thought gives me such anxiety.

If it's something you might enjoy, then sure, do it. I mean, why not? It might be good to reconnect with people. But it wouldn't be for me.

praxisproject

I couldn't even be bothered to read their Facebooks, let alone spend an evening with them *yawn*

People I like to spend time with, I keep in touch with already.

Dencrossgirl

My 30th reunion was this past summer and I had every intention of going. I wasn't unpopular, but had a very small group of friends, none of whom I am in contact with today. I like the use of FB to see who will be attending, it's very helpful! I didn't see anyone on the list that I was particularly interested in reconnecting with, so I ended up not going. I did look at the pictures afterwards and had a tiny moment of regret, but it passed quickly.

I agree with JJ. I didn't hate HS, but why try to create friendships at a reunion that didn't exist in HS? People do change, but if you've kept in touch with the people you wanted to, what's the point of putting yourself through a reunion?

I could have wrote this, lol, I missed mine too. There were some of the nasty I would have loved to have rubbed their nose that my life was so much than these lol, but life's too short.

Cupcakehippiemommy

I would skip it.Why try go if that place made you miserable lol I agree with the gentleman that said to take a vacation somewhere nice ^u^

bufger

I'd go if it was going to make me feel good but i wouldnt if it wouldnt...

For me i think i've been fairly successful and i'm happy with my life. The kids that picked on me are still all friends. 1 is my binman, another is my window cleaner! Personally I would go to one as i have a different outlook on life. I'm no longer scared of anyone or anything and i actually feel sorry for them as they havent gone out and had the experiences i have or made the friends I have.

If you have insecurity in yourself then you wont like it so dont go.

laserturkey

I went to my 10-year High School reunion. The drunken, entitled, suburban assh*les were still just exactly that. The couple of friends I would still want to connect with are around and I know how to reach them. I missed the last reunion and can't come up with a reason to go to any more of them. It's like prom with stiffer drinks and less hair on the men, pretty much. Boring.

The singing groups I was in during college have reunions, too, and I've been to a couple of those. They are a lot of fun because we get together and sing and we all have at least something in common.

rml_16

So, in my H.S. there were two cliques: popular and unpopular.I was picked on quite a bit and made the butt of many a joke throughout my experience in the halls of my rural and rather small-town school. It was a very difficult time for me.I have a lot of bad memories from that time in my life Not very idealistic....lol:) I did have a few close friends who I still consider friends to this day.

Many, many people have told me how much fun it was to go back to your Class Reunion. They say that everyone is so different and that it's a really great time. Much to my dismay, I have found over the years that many of the people I went to H.S. with are still stuck in the same clique-ish mentality, it seems. This has pretty much dashed my desire to even go to my 20-year H.S. reunion.

What do you guys think? Would you go if this were the case for you? Do you plan to go to your H.S. Reunion?

I went to my 10-year. Basically, if you were friends with certain people in high school, those were the people you hung out with at the reunion. There wasn't a ton of mingling.

I enjoyed myself because I had a lot of good friends in high school, but I think if I'd had a lousy HS experience, I wouldn't have gone.

We haven't reached our 20-year yet. We have a FB page for it and everyone is friendly with each other on there, which is nice. But there really wasn't a lot of bullying in my HS. Not being good friends with someone didn't mean you didn't like that person. You just didn't necessarily go shopping together or whatever.