Do you go to your class reunions?

Ha. I have never been. I considered going to my 20th, but it would have required going to my hometown, obviously, and that involves flying and then renting a car to drive two hours to a place I don't enjoy visiting, and my close friends from high school were all in the same position, so we basically collectively decided not to go. If I could go more conveniently, I probably would--spending just an hour or two with people I knew for twelve years but haven't kept in touch with sounds entertaining.

ETA: To be clear, I am past my 30th--the 20th was just the only one where there was a big event (the woman who organized it died a few years later).

It's not a formally organised thing here in the UK. So nope.

I went to the 5 year and it was ok. Never went to the others since I live so far away. The 50 (!!!!!) year is coming up next year. I won't attend. I've kept in touch with most of the people I want to keep in touch with and honestly don't remember a lot of my fellow grads (I graduated with about 900 kids, ah the Baby Boomer generation). Facebook seems to have become a class reunion substitute.

I've been to most of mine and have always had a good time. I grew up in a small town, so that might make a difference.

I went to my 5 and 10 year and skipped since then. No big appeal for me to go, although I guess I'm not opposed to it. There are a handful of people I stay in touch with regularly and I can think of maybe 2-3 people that I'd like to see beyond that to catch up and that's it. There are a few that monopolize the whole thing, planning and attention-wise, and it kind of ruins it for me. If it could just be a casual catch-up without the grandstanders I'd make a point of attending.

I’ve gone. I am from a small town. Graduated with 91 classmates in 1990.

I skipped the fifth (it was a golf outing)

I went to the tenth. That was ok. It was at an American Legion with dinner and a DJ. I didn’t regret going, but it definitely still had a high school vibe.

The 15th was an informal picnic. I was already in town (town fun days my dad use to help run). There were maybe 18 of us. Very casual maybe there 1.5 hours. It was nice and low stress. I don’t remember much of it.

I went to the 20th and helped to plan it. My parents still lived in our small town and owned their business (they moved by me about eight years ago) . This was a big formal one at a hotel, dinner and a band. We had a great time. I can’t speak for all, but I was the photographer and I captured a lot of smiles. We had old teachers come, played a trivia game. I bet me had 60 to 70 classmates plus significant others.

Did not go to the 25th. It was an informal last minute get together.

30th was planned. I wasn’t sure if I was going to go, but it was canceled due to Covid. I do think social media made me less likely to go (knowing all the Trumpers and deniers will be there)

The 20th was fun and it’s a sweet spot. Past the high school drama/in groups, young enough to have fun, old enough to respect the changes (and had lost classmates by then). It was also pre-Trump years

I imagine I’ll go to my 40th.

My dh has not gone to any.

I enjoy them. Like @greatcarpezio, my 30th was during Covid, so missed that one.
My high school was in a very red area, so may be less fun after Trump.

No. Class has 649 graduates, lots of people. Had a blast in High School but want to keep those memories of young and vibrant people not the reality as next year is the 50th reunion.

Mine is in a small town that requires a flight to San Francisco and then a four hour drive. I went to my 5th because I still had family in the area. But, none after that. I had a small class (50) in a small school (350) and all the subsequent reunions have been multi-level grades.

I went to one. It was ok. I ran into a few girls I had been good friends with but lost touch with after college. It was nice to catch up with them. Obviously this would have been pre Internet, I believe we would have kept touch if we had grown up with social media and email. I don't know if they ever had another one. My 30th would have been during the worst of Covid.
I have no desire to go to another though. High School was fine but so long ago and my High School was huge. I would rather see former coworkers.

I went to my tenth and hated it. PART of that was that I was at the time dating (went on to marry for 20 yrs and divorce) my ex and I graduated with his niece and she was a mean girl. I told him I didn't want to hang out with them at the party and of course we had to for a while. And because of that got stuck at a table with people I didn't really know. I have not gone back- I see some old classmates online and most are far right wing trump lovers and I have no need to see them again. My 40th happened last year.

My class has only had one - our 25th and it was fun! However, the planning was such a hassle - everyone had an opinion on how/where/when and that created big problems... we probably won't have another one. Which is fine with me. I keep in touch with the ones I want to see.

Nope. I went to my tenth, and DH went to his, but we haven’t been since.

We went to the free picnic and only saw like two people at mine that I cared to see. I figured if they didn’t come to the free event, they wouldn’t pay $80 for dinner.

We both also still live in approximately the same area we went to school in with many of our classmates. If none of us care enough to see each other in person, we don’t care enough to see them at a reunion. If I’m interested at all in any of them, I follow them on FB.

I went to my 10 year and had a good time reconnecting with a couple of girls I was friends with but had lost touch over the years. My 20 year is in 3 years and if someone organizes one, I’ll go.