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femmocrat

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7. I stopped going when I could no longer read anyone's name tags.

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:46 AM

Sep 2017

I think that was the 30th.

Our class had its 50th recently. I didn't go. It would have involved staying in a hotel and putting the dogs in a kennel. Plus the cost of the evening and clothes, hair appointment, etc. I just couldn't justify the expenses to see people who I barely knew 50 years ago.

On a positive note though, our 15th reunion was a lot of fun. Not that many people went and it was very laid-back. I guess it depends on how many decades have passed.

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Anyone have any good (or bad) high school reunion stories? I'm about to go to mine... [View all] diva77 Sep 2017 OP

Which one is it? Croney Sep 2017 #1

You waited 'til the 50th to go to one! Wow! What made you decide to go to that one? diva77 Sep 2017 #18

Thanks! It was the Internet. Croney Sep 2017 #39

We just had our 50th. I decided not to go because so many of my class are now rabid Trump Hoyt Sep 2017 #2

My class has a FB page. Croney Sep 2017 #4

Way to go. When mine was in the planning, they were looking at having it Hoyt Sep 2017 #13

Thanks! The organizers hired a band, so I think it's gonna be too loud for any political discourse diva77 Sep 2017 #19

I went to one a two years ago TuxedoKat Sep 2017 #3

Your experience makes me hopeful! Thanks for sharing... diva77 Sep 2017 #20

Half of them looked like they could be safeinOhio Sep 2017 #5

LOL!!! diva77 Sep 2017 #21

I hope you have a good reunion. A truly wonderful time! Solly Mack Sep 2017 #6

How horrifying to have had those things happening at your HS (or anywhere!). diva77 Sep 2017 #22

I stopped going when I could no longer read anyone's name tags. femmocrat Sep 2017 #7

I'm hoping mine will be laid-back diva77 Sep 2017 #23

I was invited to my 20th or 30th. Iggo Sep 2017 #8

Depends on the year Sanity Claws Sep 2017 #9

interesting about having more in common with your classmates diva77 Sep 2017 #24

I went to my 20th, which was awhile ago. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #10

OMG! Hilarious! diva77 Sep 2017 #25

I went to my 30th and it messed with my mind. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #11

excellent advice; thank you! diva77 Sep 2017 #26

Never been to one yet. Several reasons. DFW Sep 2017 #12

A reunion full of George Bush types does not sound enticing! diva77 Sep 2017 #27

More like I went to theirs DFW Sep 2017 #37

great anecdote! diva77 Sep 2017 #42

I got my permanent revenge on graduation day. DFW Sep 2017 #43

The most embarrassing thing was not being able to recognize certain people. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #14

I'm hoping that everyone will be wearing their nametags visibly! diva77 Sep 2017 #28

The guy that was attacked by a kangaroo GregW Sep 2017 #15

wow, that is something I would never have imagined when contemplating high school reunions!! diva77 Sep 2017 #29

We had 400+ in the school, my class was 127 benld74 Sep 2017 #16

I toyed with going to my 40th in 2014. I would have had to travel across the country. LeftInTX Sep 2017 #31

wow - sounds like some wild times at those reunions! Great description... diva77 Sep 2017 #32

Not a fan of class reunions - we supposedly had one last weekend rurallib Sep 2017 #17

I went to my 20th and 40th GP6971 Sep 2017 #30

I have found that the class reunions get better and better over time. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #33

Mine were all good. Doreen Sep 2017 #34

Nah Bayard Sep 2017 #35

I have some doozies... Liberty Belle Sep 2017 #36

I really enjoyed my 40th. no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #38

Haven't been, don't plan on ever attending one PossiblePasts Sep 2017 #40

Watch Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion before you go! CottonBear Sep 2017 #41

We are going to the second part of my husband's 55th tonight. murielm99 Sep 2017 #44

I graduated in June mid 70s, left for college in September that year irisblue Sep 2017 #45

*********DON'T *******GO!!!!!!!!!!!1 Now is better than THEN!1 UTUSN Sep 2017 #46