Did you go to your highschool reunion? Why? Or why not?
Mine was cancelled as it should have happened during covid.
I might have gone just to see a few people I enjoyed hanging out with, but lost touch with. And it’s okay, life happened and we all moved on to something else.
I still have a few friends from high school I see on a regular basis, so maybe I have actually regular high school reunions?
Hell no. There’s nobody I want to reconnect with there. Bunch of cliquey Italian girls who married the guy they dated in high school and now have kitchens in their basements.
I would like a very good long look at my ex love of my life though, because he used to be this smart and politically moderate guy, and according to social media has become attached to Qanon,which is super weird for a non American. So I would go if I knew he was going and simply ask him what the hell got into him.
I went to one, and it was so disappointing. High school was never a highlight of my life so I do t know what I was expecting, but it was a big round number (20) so I supposed it was the one to try. However the only people who showed up were locals. I remembered a lot more than expected but foind they hadn’t grown or changed in any way. The kid with the mullet who always got high was still wearing a mullet and asked if I wanted to smoke some. My best friend from back then was still a DJ at the community college radio station and admitted he had never been more than 50 miles from home. Etc.
The thing to know about our town was it was a great place to grow up, but everyone’s parents had great job with a huge tech employer who dominated the area. That employer moved out about a few years after I did and nothing ever replaced it. The whole town is grey and faded, a shadow of its former self. Why would anyone stay? I never kept up with anyone but assumed they scattered, like I did
I went to one of those scammy “cyber” charter schools for high school, and I think it’s been shut down since then. Also, halfway through I dropped out to work instead. So even if there were anyone left to put on a reunion, even if I knew where in the world they’d host it… I presumably still wouldn’t be invited anyway 😅
as a parent of high schoolers myself, I will come across other parents who will say that they tell their kids to enjoy high school because it’s going to be the greatest days of their life. I disagree greatly with this perspective, but I think this type of person is who class reunions are for. I did not particularly enjoy high school so I am not seeking to relieve those days and would not go.
I remember back when I was in high school some really old alumni came back for an award and gave a speech. He went on about how these were “the absolute best years of his life” and how we should enjoy them.
The kid next to me was like “That’s depressing as shit. That guys in his 80s, has a family, and this was the best thing he ever experienced? Sounds like his priorities have never been straight.”
Always stuck with me. Was really profound at the time.
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