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Do you keep in touch with friends from high school?

151949 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:39:08 GMT

I am a member of my alumini assoc but really, my class was over 1900 kids and our school had well over 7000. Who could ever keep track????? I knew a lot of people in HS but probably only a very small % of all those there. Some of my classes had 100 kids in them. We had a class that graduated in Jan and one in June every year because there were too many for one graduation. Even as it was we graduated on 2 different nights - the kids who were on honor roll or had awards for any reason plus those whose name started with A thru G were first night and H thru Z the second night. If I recall correctly there were about 3 valedictorians each night. I guess this is a joy of being a baby boomer.

DH and I do keep in touch with a few close friends from HS and I have friended some of my classmates on FB - but really, I will not , nor would I ever want to, attend my class reunion. 50 years this year though since graduation.

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Preds — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:45:10 GMT

No.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:49:48 GMT

No...I went to a pretty low-life, almost ghetto-ish highschool. I was glad to get away from that!

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Pinkroses — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:52:16 GMT

Absolutely Not

30 years have passed. And I won't go to any reunion either.

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gidgetgh — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:52:59 GMT

I sure do! My three best friends are from junior high (1) and high school (2). I love them like sisters and we've been best friends for 45-47 years.

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Moonchilde — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:01:15 GMT

No. Big urban HS with 630+ in class and I wasn't one of the popular kids. Checked in once on the big HS reunion site for the 25th reunion and not a single person I knew had signed up/registered as being interested. That was the end of that - I THOUGHT.

Just a few days ago I had a voicemail from the reunion committee left on my cell phone. The reunion site did not have a current phone # for me (if they'd ever had one, which I doubt), land line or cell, and my phone #s have always been unlisted. My info isn't listed anywhere "publicly" online because I've checked before. It was CREEPY. Not a snowball's chance in Hades I'd call those people.

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deepwaterdotter — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:06:10 GMT

No, I went out-of-state to university after high school and was employed at a company there soon after graduation. Only returned to the state where my high school is located for visits with parents and siblings. Most of my current friends are former co-workers and current organizational contacts.

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RedTop — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:07:25 GMT

I am in close touch with my best friend from elementary school, and my best friend from high school. There were 65 students in my senior class; the majority still live in the area, so I run into them occasionally. Never been interested in attending a reunion.

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mima — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:14:44 GMT

I have several of my classmates as friends on Facebook. Two of my close friends from HS got together every year until one passed away at only age 51 (9 years ago). The other remaining friend and I talk on the phone at least once a week.

We go to our HS reunion every 5 years to see everyone.

Our whole class was only a few more than 100, so that makes a difference I think. I can remembrer most everyone. However one classmate just recently passed away and I can't think for the life of me who he was.

The whole HS was only about 400 kids.

Interesting question OP.

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hoosieroriginal — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:13:19 GMT

No, didn't have a whole lot of friends in high school - went to 3 different schools during high school so I didn't have a chance to connect with anyone.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:15:00 GMT

No, no , no !!! I hated high school, and couldn't wait to leave.I've moved on ,and have no desire to revisit those days.

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DoneTryin — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:23:08 GMT

50 years on June 6th

Especially not now

They're all just a bunch of old ladies & old men

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:24:19 GMT

Never.

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Hooty — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:27:01 GMT

Yes, reconnected with many on Facebook, and volunteered to be on our 50th Reunion committee coming up next year! Plus I have met many that I did not know in HS, and have made new friends, which is hard to do in your 60's! Our reunion committee meetings have been fun, and reminiscing old HS days! I was not popular in HS, not smart, just an average ordinary student, but this has been fun and I am glad I volunteered!

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Carmie — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:29:59 GMT

I started first grade and graduated from HS with the same set of friends. We did everything together and our children when to school together too.

We are still the best of friends. There are four of us... And I am the oldest, by a few months.

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DoneTryin — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:32:13 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
I started first grade and graduated from HS with the same set of friends. We did everything together and our children when to school together too.

We are still the best of friends. There are four of us... And I am the oldest, by a few months.

@Carmie Wow, that's amazing! I went to 2 different high schools, two different junior highs (no middle schools in those days), & a different school for 6th, 5th, 4th & 3rd. So what did I do when I grew up, went to work as a civilian employee in an Army medical center, where friends moved on afer a couple of years. I've never learned how to have a friend for more than two or three years!

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Ms X — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:54:53 GMT

Sadly, I lost touch with my high-school friends before I hit 30. I knew many of them from elementary school all the way through. We all left town and then my parents left town, so I lost track of them. Our class had roughly 750 students, though I feel like I knew most of them. I suppose that's not really possible, so I guess I didn't know who I didn't know.

I ran into a few schoolmates when I was in my 20s: One two years older who I didn't think knew me in a college cafeteria, one good school friend in downtown Boston (we had a nice little walk together), and one in the emergency room of the local hospital (she had this thing on her arm that had swelled up and I had a virus or something). I don't live near where I grew up anymore, so the chances are slim to none that I'll run into anyone from my hometown again.

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proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:38:39 GMT

No I don't keep in touch. I am also a baby boomer, but there were only 100 kids in my graduating class. My town was small, kids went away to college or whatever and most never came back to live. My parents lived there until 10 years ago. No desire to keep in touch.

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:51:24 GMT

Yes with a good number of them via FB. We have our own group and are on it every day chatting back & forth - it's quite fun.

Our HS has what they call All Year Reunions ie usually July 4th wkend every HS class who graduated from the city's HS. It's a small town so it's very possible to do this. Of course then each class has their own periodic reunions. I will say however, I've never been to any of mine.

45 years this year

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riley1 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:53:05 GMT

Not at all. Couldn't wait to get out of school and move on.