Class reunions

Becca65 · #1 07/23/08, 01:35 PM

Went to my 25th class reunion last weekend, that was interesting.. Seen some old friends and some i don't care to see again..lol but thats how it is, and always will be i'm sure .. Still have the cliques nothing changes with that.
But some of the men were bald and the woman mostly looked the same

Oh yea and can't forget the woman that put the reunion together towards the end of the night dancing on the table with another drunk classmate, and he was putting money in her panties, yea that was interesting, and even more so her being a teacher in Florida! yikes.. My Dh got a picture of that too..lol She should be careful that gets leaked out her teaching career could be over!!
Anyone else go to theres this year? or ever?

unregistered29228 · #2 07/23/08, 02:07 PM

I went to my 10th, back in 1990. It was nice to see some people I had lost contact with, but since the Internet is available, and websites like classmates.com can help you track down old friends, I probably won't go to any more reunions. I skipped my 20th, and will skip my 30th in 2010. The one I went to cost $100 for one night of weak cocktails, not enough food, and creaky folding chairs. And, our old class ---- also got drunk and was dirty dancing with some guy on the dance floor. Some things never change.

**Kris in MI** · #3 07/23/08, 02:35 PM

Am looking forward to my 20th next year. Went to my 10th and enjoyed it. Got a kick out of seeing how much people had changed all ready (or hadn't).

Dh was supposed to have his 20th this year, so far we haven't heard a word about it. I think they forgot to organize it; that's what happened with his 10 yr reunion--the class officers forgot and ended up having an '11 year reunion' the next summer. It's a small town, and his mom and many other relatives still live there. So if a reunion was planned, we'd know about it

GoatsRus · #4 07/23/08, 02:46 PM

I went to my 10th just because I had moved away after high school and was curious as to what everyone looked like and what they were doing. Mine was pretty much the same....same old cliques, the men looked older and the women looked the same. I skipped my 20th and 30th because I figured the people I wanted to see I'm still in contact with and the rest I could care less about.

Scrounger · #5 07/23/08, 03:40 PM

Complete waste of time. I went to my 20th. Cost $20 just to go to the informal "meeting". They had an expensive dinner and - of all stupid things - a golf outing.

Won't waste time and money on any more....

bluesky · #6 07/23/08, 04:43 PM

Neither of us goes. We did shoot pictures at my BIL's 25th and it looked really, really boring.

Oggie · #7 07/23/08, 04:50 PM

My 30th was fun. Saw a whole bunch of folks I hadn't seen in a long time.

We all promised to stay in touch and haven't called each other since.

Windy in Kansas · #8 07/23/08, 07:33 PM

I graduated in 1965, the 50th graduating class from the school. All school reunions began that year and ran every five years until 2005 when the alumni decided to have them more often, now every three.

I never missed any until 1995 and this was my first year back since then. It was the least enjoyable of any I've been to. The alumni committee really had no activities planned other than a business meeting and a dance late in the evening.

The next reunion will be timed to coincide with an annual antique tractor event providing that it is still occurring in three years. I went to it for the first time this year and it was enjoyable even if the day started off very cold (first Saturday in May).

Whether I attend the next one or not remains to be seen. It is no longer a big draw for me.

mary,tx · #9 07/23/08, 09:05 PM

We went to my ten year reunion, and I told hubby then that I wouldn't put us through it again. I haven't, even though we live only a few miles from my home town.
mary

deaconjim · #10 07/23/08, 09:09 PM

I went to my 10th, and remembered why I didn't like highschool in the first place. I won't bother with my 30th.

mary,tx · #11 07/23/08, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by deaconjim

I went to my 10th, and remembered why I didn't like highschool in the first place.

lol That's what happened to me.

Ann-NWIowa · #12 07/23/08, 09:23 PM

Never have, never will. Well, maybe if I were asked to grace the school reunion as the last surviving member of my graduating class I might consider it. I was the youngest in my class so perhaps!!! My sis is a year younger than me and is still complaining that she had to attend that school 4 years and I only had to go there 3. We graduated in 1960 and 1961 but we have long memories of the abuse we suffered there and have no desire to experience it again. I don't wish my fellow graduates any harm, I just wish them some place I'm not.

Shadow · #13 07/23/08, 10:49 PM

Went to the 10th, 15th,25th,40th same old crowd that I did not enjoy in school. At the 40th sat at a table with a distant cousion, and another couple that were the biggest look how rich I am in school and still the same. After about an hour of do you still have your his and her mercades yes we do do you still have your his and hers corvettes and on and on. I said I had a 72 four wheel drive pickup with a 8 track tape player but it would not crank, at that point they looked at my wife and said he doesnot she said yes he does. they then switched to houses, that was when I announced that our place was not all that big but our driveway is on the state map incase they ever wanted to look us up. that was when they got the message I was making fun of them just like I did in school. 2009 next year will be the 50th no will not be going to any reunion.

Quint · #14 07/24/08, 02:15 AM

I'd never go to one. School sucked for the most part and I have no desire to see any of the people that went there with me. The ones who I wish to associate with I keep in contact with. The others I could care less about.

Scrounger · #15 07/24/08, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Quint

The ones who I wish to associate with I keep in contact with. The others I could care less about.

EXACTIMUNDO!
My class was close to 600 people. I didn't even KNOW 90% of them. Only really knew four who showed up at the 20th. Bad part was, one of the 4 was a FLAMING Homo - and he sat right across the table, flapping his gums for 2 hours. After that, we decided to leave.....

Can't believe we paid $20 for that....

Jenn · #16 07/24/08, 07:19 AM

My 25th college next year. Most of my good friends won't be coming because they hated the place; so I'll just be showing the place to my kids and DH if he is able to come. Hmmm, might be able to do that cheaper than showing up for the reunion tho...

Guess I also want the glamor of the fancy meals etc- I worked the reunions when I was in school and wouldn't mind 3 days of lobsters and other good cooking not that all the booze is my thing- but still you can do that in Boston easily enough...

SDjulieinSC · #17 07/24/08, 07:41 AM

My 20th is August 1,2 and 3 in San Diego CA.
Friday night is a "mixer", a casual get together where people can figure out who everyone is. Saturday night is a more formal affair at a downtown hotel. Dinner, dancing and the regular reunion type things, most mileas traveled to get to reunion, most kids and the like.
Sunday is a picnic/potluck family day type deal down at the bay. We are encouraged to bring kids, brothers/sisters, parents and friends that we may have hung out with but who did not go to out school.
I had a blast at my 10 year and expect to have a great time at this one as well. There is a good chance that I will be the one dancing on the tables, hope that they are strong tables, I'm no skinny California girl anymore!
I fly out next Tuesday. Perhaps I can snap a few photos and do an update after the event.
I'm sorry so many of you don't have fond memories of you school days and didn't enjoy your time there or at the reunions.
Some of my fondest memories are from back then, as are some of my strongest friendships. Many of us have kept in touch and still get together. In fact whenever I visit home we all try to have at least one night out together to visit and see each other in person.

Mysticdream44 · #18 07/24/08, 09:55 AM

I've never been to any of my HS reunions. I had a friend send me a picture of our 20th reunion and it was only the people who were mean and abusive who to everyone else who showed up. I have no desire to see or be with any of those people. I can't imagine they are any different now then they were then. The people I want to stay in contact with, I have over the years. The rest can jump in a lake.

Betho · #19 07/24/08, 12:49 PM

My 10 year is in about a week or so, not sure because I'm not going. I wanted to go, there are some people I've lost touch with that I'd love to get back in contact with, but it costs like $150 for my hubby and I to go, plus the driving for 5 hours to get there, AND the fact that I'm 36 weeks pregnant... so I decided to wait for the next one lol

Ol Tex · #20 07/24/08, 04:49 PM

I went the first time a couple'a years ago. (graduated in '61) All I saw was a bunch'a old people talkin' 'bout their ailments. Sure glad I haven't aged!!