Comments on: Your reunion policy

By: RM1(SS) (ret)

RM1(SS) (ret) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:40:25 +0000

If I Recall Correctly.

By: robin

robin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:50:09 +0000

RM, I have to ask: “IIRC”?

By: RM1(SS) (ret)

RM1(SS) (ret) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:14:37 +0000

Timing worked out perfectly for my 10-year reunion – I was driving from CA to CT, and stopped off along the way to attend the reunion with a good friend. Had a great time. People ranged from “looks like she just stepped out of her yearbook photo” to “I really don’t believe you’re wearing the right nametag.” And even the people who hated me in school seemed glad to see me at the reunion.

Had to skip my 20-year because I’d just used up four weeks of leave whilst transferring from one command to another, and couldn’t get any more time off. Not that I could really afford to go after the previous leave period….

We didn’t have a 30-year; one result of that was that the class after us invited us all to attend their 30-year. I think I was in Crete that weekend.

One of the girls tried to organise a 35-year reunion for this summer, but gave up because she couldn’t stir up enough interest. (878 of our class graduated, IIRC. Not including me.)

By: robin

robin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:24:35 +0000

Laura, that sounds oh, so sweet!

By: Laura Fitzgerald

Laura Fitzgerald — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:18:49 +0000

I just went to my 25th-year GRADE SCHOOL reunion a couple weeks ago, and I can’t begin to tell you what a wonderful experience it was. There was something about those people, or that time in my life, that has made me always want to keep them close. I think that’s why I so love the movie STAND BY ME — I can relate to childhood friendships because mine were so awesome.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:49:03 +0000

It was a bit like Little House on the Prairie. There was a girl who was a bit of a Nellie, but she didn’t show up to the reunion, which was, well, nice.

By: Alkelda

Alkelda — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:41:51 +0000

The only fellow highschoolers I actively liked were a year younger or a year older than I. I’ve kept no friends from my class, mainly because I didn’t really have any. Oh sure, there were the people with whom I was chatty, but nothing sticky in the long run. I loved being in the school-plays mainly because I had a built-in after-school social life for the run of the particular play. Ditto with being on the school newspaper. As far as hanging out with these people? Nothing doing.

Now, college was different. I loved college, still keep in touch with college friends, and even live in the same city as some of them. College rocked. I would totally go to my college reunions if it were convenient to do so–weddings often end up being the college reunions as such. I went to Goshen College, in Goshen, Indiana. Most of my life-long friends are from GC.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:39:24 +0000

Of course I’m perfect. But everything is my fault still. It’s easier if everyone blames me for everything.

By: robin

robin — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:01:35 +0000

Patrick, I can’t believe you could have been at fault. Aren’t you perfect?

Jen, that all sounds pretty positive! We’ll put you on the plus side.

By: Jen Robinson

Jen Robinson — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:55:46 +0000

I recently went to my 20 year high school reunion, having also gone to 5 and 10 year reunions. I had a very good time. I’m still close with a group of friends from high school (even though most of them don’t live near me). So I had them for back-up, but actually found that I spent a lot of time chatting with people I went to elementary school with. These were mostly people I didn’t stay friends with once junior high and high school hit, but now that so much time has gone by, we all enjoyed waxing nostalgic. It was really fun! Then after the reunion, my close friends and I had an after-party, and stayed up until 3 talking about everyone else, and catching up in better detail.