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[Yardlie]

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@Scooby Doo wrote:

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@Brinklii wrote:

@Scooby Doo ... How much money they have???? Wow! I wouldn't go to that reunion either. What a shallow question.

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That's what it was like in that school.  And that's the only reunion that I attended.  They gave out prizes to the ones who had the most.

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@Scooby Doo... That's almost sick.

[Yardlie]

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@Skinsgirl wrote:

I have gone to my 20th, 30th, 40th and in 2 years I will be attending my 50th.  My class also had a little over 300 students and like you, I was a smart kid but not one of the "cool" kids.  I too keep in touch with 4 or 5 of my classmates.  Each of my past reunions have been the same and I doubt that my 50th will be any different.  All of the cliques still hang together.  It's really funny watching a 65 year old past cheerleader trying to look cool.  They sit together, eat, together, dance together and come and go together.  I enjoy going just to watch the pathetic show.  But I must say, these girls don't look the best.  Go and have a blast.  At least it will be worth a good laugh.

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@Skinsgirl ... I know what you are saying. One of the friends that I do keep in touch with is a 67 year old past cheerleader. She so desperately tries to "keep up her looks" that she is anorexic (diagnosed) and withered looking. Her hair is long and bleached blonde. She wears it in that "windblown" look, and she wears so much makeup that she looks extremely harsh. She also dresses about 30 years too young. She thinks she looks beautiful. What can you say to someone like that? She had more meat on her bones in high school than she does now. She is so excited about the reunion, as she thinks she will outshine everyone. It is pitiful. She is a little annoyed that I don't have any desire to go with her as she is divorced.

[terrier3]

My 45th is in May and I'm looking forward to it.

The only one I went to was my 40th and I connected with my two best high school friends. We were the 3 nerds at an all girls school and never had a high school date!

Our group then started getting together at least once a year and we set up a FB page. 

One of my close friends died this August - the first girl in the class to pass. The 3 of us besties had talked about getting together...and unfortunately it never happened.

I am looking forward to May - I'm leading a fundraiser to give a scholarship to a deserving student in honor of my friend.

Her loss brought home the saying that "life is short."

[Burnsite]

I see the replies, but can't id the person who originally talked about giving a prize for the grad who had the most money.

In my clueless class, which voted not to have a junior prom---our 20th, the first one I attended, was billed as our "deferred junior prom"---the prize was always for the person who travelled furthest.  But at our 50th, Bobby, who travelled from Germany where he lives with his family, disclaimed the prize and donated it to a scholarship fund. 

I am not saying we were a nice class.  There were quite a few bullies of both genders.  However, the nicer sort, for the most part, predominate in the class reunions.

Someone else said this and I agree:  it all depends who who shows up.

[Yardlie]

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@hckynut wrote:

@Yardlie

This year would be my 60th reunion, but! I quit high school in my my junior year. I then went back for 1 semester after my class had graduated(my girlfriend's mother made me), kinda. Haven't been to a single reunion. I did however go with my wife to her 10th. We went to the same High Schools?

Then I decided to join the United States Army and get that out of the  wway. Draft was still in effect in those years. While in the service I got my GED. Not much about high school worth me remembering.

hckynut(john)

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@hckynutjohn... Good for you getting your GED and also for being a vet of the U.S. Army! My dad was in the Army also.

I wasn't a social butterfly in high school (still am not), and my mother was very strict...no dances, dating, or driving until I graduated. (I do feel that I missed out on a lot of high school fun.)  I mainly took part in the band, gymnastics, and the Girls' Athletic Association...and a few little clubs. I studied hard and was in the National Honor Society, so there wasn't a lot of time for fun between school, homework, helping out at home, and a part-time job. I keep in touch with 4 friends from those days, but I don't have particularly special feelings about high school either.

[phoenixbrd]

maestra....funny juxtaposition the comment you made with the comment that you have at the bottom of your posts....I totally get it, just found it humorous.  Love your honesty.

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@maestra wrote:

45+ years later... I didnt like the kids in my hs class then and have even less interest now. 

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quote at the bottom...."no man is an island"

[maggi the cat]

I went to my 50th high school reunion and will be going to my 50th college reunion next fall.  All I can say is GO!  I had been to several reunions through the years, but my 50th was the way reunions should truly be.  I live in a small town with about 200 in my graduating class.  The most rewarding thing I have experienced in all my reunions, as time goes on, you meet and talk with people you didn't really know well while you were in school, and that was so much fun.  I have lived a lot of places and know people all over, and I love keeping up with what people are doing.  Unless you went to a really big school and thus didn't know a lot of classmates,  I can't understand why anyone would say "What's the point?".  But, life is what you make it, and for me, I would not want to stay home.  Enjoy.  The older classmates get, the more welcoming they become.

[luvmydoggies]

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@cherry wrote:

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@Brinklii wrote:

@cherry ... That's how I feel too. DH thinks I should go. He is very extroverted, and I'm the introvert.

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Tell him he can go to his, and to  let you do ,what makes you happy

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Agree!