Well, This weekend, Robert E. Lee High School from Baytown is having a reunion. All of my old classmates from 1982 are going to be there. I am having 2nd thoughts as a lot of the people I like may not be attending. I have moved out of Baytown (THANK GOD) years ago and have no desire to go back. I am thinking of canceling, but am intrigued by what transpires at these things ( I missed the 10 year). Dang....a terrible time for Polls to be disabled. DaDakota
I went to my 10th and 20th and enjoyed seeing old acquaintances. I am skipping my 30th this upcoming weekend. Too much trouble to get there this time around. I enjoyed the ones I went to and would enjoy this one if it weren't 1200 miles away!
If you don't go, you might well regret it later. If you do go, you'll probably at least have an OK time, if not a great time, but I don't think you'll regret going. Always better to take advantage of these experiences if possible... My 10th reunion is coming up in... a week! I haven't seen most of these people at all in the past 10 years. And haven't had time to work out and lose weight like you should before a reunion, so they'll see me at my worst. At least it should be a good time, since everybody is looking forward to seeing each other and they have a lot of activities planned. I went to my husband's 20th, which was kind of mediocre because everyone just stood around all night.
Baytown?!?!? I worked there for one year in 1996 and I'm still coughing up black stuff! You're just lucky to have gotten out of there alive. As far as the reunion, you seem to be in a pretty good situation now -- successful business owner, happily married, great kid -- why not go and rub some noses in it? Could be fun.
I didn't go to my 10 year, didn't talk to any of those kids who organized it, so why should I want to talk to them 10 years later? I don't feel I missed anything, no regrets.
those of you that went to your 10th and 20th reunions, were you good friends with a big part of your class? i graduated HS 6 years ago, but besides my few best friends, i can barely even remember most of the people who I graduated with... of course i came from a big class (550+)...
We went to my wife's 25th last year. The most entertaining part was the person who won most changed. Her name is Brandi. Back in high school her name was Tim!
in 10 years do i want to goto my reunion? uh, not really. if anyone from hs means that much to me i plan on staying in touch with them myself. forget all those other people that i dont even know you should go and if it sucks just go home
Exactly how I feel. I didn't go to my 5 year one (which I thought was lame to have a 5 year reunion) and I didn't go to my 10 year one last summer. I have no desire to go to any of those things, especially to see people who thought they were better than others when they were in school. (Talking to these people) For God's sakes, you went to school in a redneck town with less than 8,000 people in the city...get over yourselves!
I understand the trepidation and disdain expressed by those who haven't gone or don't want to go, however, we were kids in high school. We acted like kids. Hopefully you've grown up. You might be surprised how re-visiting the folks who were jerks in school have grown into interesting people. You might even get an unsolicited apology from the class bully who has grown up and now has a chance to admit they were a jerk. Maybe even Suzy Creamcheese will give you a hello. Then again, some of the jerks are still jerks. Always worth a hoot either way. I'm going to my 25 th next week.
Went to my wife's reunion three weeks ago. We didnt want to go initially but we were downtown and only a few blocks from the hotel. Ended up being sort amusing....found out that one of her classmates has her own p*rn site and another had a seven episode stint on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. But what D. Monkey says is true, she keeps up with everyone from hs that matters to her. I havent bothered with my "official" reunion....we hold an unofficial reunion every year at SXSW, in NO, or Vegas. Much more fun, I would guess.
I don't want anybody else... When I think about you I touch myself! I was totally under the radar in high school... didn't feel particularly sad after graduation knowing that I'd seen them all for the last time until the reunion. I kept in touch with the important people. Never once thought of not going to the reunion, though. Too curious to see what became of them all.
Da, Dude, you own your own software company. You participated in making a hollywood feature (not sure if you want to bring that one up ). What have all of the other folks from your class done. You should go just to rub it in the face of any of the uppity types that wouldn't talk to you, or to make amends to those who you would talk to. Maybe they will cross you off of their enemies list and savve you from a madman with a gun after you participate in an academic decathalon, or not.
The vast majority of people I was friends with in high school were in different grades than I was (both older and younger). Plus, I had a lot of friends my age who went to other high schools. I was all prepped to go to my 10 year reunion a couple of years ago until I got a letter showing a list of all the people the reunion committee couldn't find. There were over 120 people on that list (out of a graduating class of around 550), and every single person from my grade and high school I was friends with and might want to catch up with was on that list of the missing. So, I skipped it. Don't regret it at all. My father told me he went to his 30 year Medical School reunion in Houston recently. I thought it was weird that they had reunions for Medical School. I just imagined a whole bunch of conversations like this: "So what have you been doing?" "Well, I'm a doctor." "Yeah. Me, too."
