My 40th high school reunion was a golf outing. There was an online sign up sheet so one could see who was attending. I don’t play golf, and after 40 years, the cliques were still obvious. I skipped it.
Eight years ago two of my grade school classmates and I decided to see how many of our classmates we could find. We located all but five people and put together an informal reunion. We had a great time. A smaller group of us who still live locally have been getting together for drinks once a month ever since.
I just got back from a vacation cruise (maybe I’ll start a separate thread containing all my gripes about cruises) and on the evening of our stuck-at-sea day, one of the shipboard bars was closed to the public. Below the “Reserved for Private Function” sign was another that said, “Welcome Oxcliniary High School Class of 1960!”
The reunion was apparently scheduled for later that night so I couldn’t look in the windows to see how many had survived to participate.
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*No, I don’t remember the real name of the high school. It was Ox–something and I remember finding it remarkable that it wasn’t just a misspelling of Occidental. Besides, Occidental is a college, not a high school.
I honestly cannot understand why high school reunions were EVER a thing… it was two and a half years of my life.
What qualifies that as an event worthy of a lifetime of incremental commemoration? Because our parents bought a house in the same town? None of us had any say in that.
That’s ridiculous. Makes no sense, never did. (And for the record, I liked high school.)
On the other hand, those of us who attended college, CHOSE our alma mater. That’s at least the start of a basis for forming some kind of life long allegiance.
The people organizing our 45th decided to make it an “all classes” event and inviting every single person who ever graduated from our high school. I declined, upset, because I had been looking forward to going.
I’m one of the few it seems that has at least some fond memories of HS. I went to two reunions and had a nice time.
College reunions would be problematic. I hardly knew anyone, and no one of my friends graduated the same year as me. So I don’t know who I’d be reunioning with. I never even went to graduation. (technically, i don’t even have my diploma. But I have my transcripts, which are the real value.)
I would probably go to a high school reunion if it were convenient. I’m coming up on 20 years and I’ve lost track of plenty of people. I don’t know that I’m willing to travel back to my hometown for it, though. I think there was a half-assed last-minute attempt at organizing a 5-year one on facebook, but I’m no longer on facebook and I guess no one has bothered to track me down if there have been any others.
I didn’t necessarily love high school, but I’m only really in touch with a handful of the many people that I had positive associations with. It would be nice to catch up with some of them.
I went to my 5-year college reunion, missed the 10-year since I was on my honeymoon, and the 15-year is this year. I’m planning to go, as are some of my college buddies. They send me actual letters in the mail semi-regularly, in the hopes that I will give them some money.
I did our 20th reunion, and linked up with a few folks who I’m now on Facebook with. The 30th is coming up soon, if they have it.
My new hometown does an “all class” reunion every two years, in the park across from my house. They seem to have a lot of fun, music and picnicking, that sort of stuff.
I was absolutely invisible in high school so although I could have attended my 10th, 20th, 25th, and 30th reunions I didn’t bother, and I am sure I was not missed.
I went to my 20th in 2009. It was fun. The class ahead of us is doing their 30th this year, so I know that’s still a thing.
I don’t know if my class will do a 30th. If they do, I won’t go. From what I learned from their posts on Facebook during the 2016 election, I don’t want to talk to at least half of them.