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Post by worldwanderer75 on May 17, 2022 1:56:14 GMT
I went to my 20th and would never go to another one. Hung out mostly with my two besties from elementary school. But one of the most popular girls in my class had 7 kids by 5 different fathers by that reunion. She is still beautiful but a total disaster. One kid is a famous interior designer. High achieving twin brothers who are heavily into the national political scene which is super cool to see.
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Post by cawoman on May 18, 2022 4:34:25 GMT
I've attended all my class reunions. I thought it was a lot of fun visiting old friends.
The best was my 50th reunion! I talked to an old guy friend of mine. We both looked forward to seeing the other every 10 years. We have several mutual friends so it was always chit chatting with everyone. He was single and had been for several years. My marriage was on the rocks. When I left my marriage I contacted him and we talked every now and then. We've been very happily married now for almost 2 years. We blend in well with each others families so that's a plus.
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Post by twistedscissors on May 18, 2022 13:21:37 GMT
Let me start by saying we grew up in a very small very poor town. Five year reunion was the only one I attended. I was the only person with a job. Seriously everyone was still in drunken party mode. I owned my own business. We were not the same.
10 yr- I didn’t go but I heard our very poor, very nerdy valedictorian showed up in a Lamborghini. People partied so much they were asked not to come back to the venue ever again.
20 yr- I saw pics and didn’t even recognize most of the people.
30 yr- Postponed due to Covid then had it a yr later in someone’s field with a bonfire. So it appears they still haven’t grown up.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on May 18, 2022 18:26:17 GMT
In true Gen X fashion, we cancelled our 25th then half-assed our 30th to the point that I already had plans. Our 20th was such a hot mess that I didn't go. The people that were supposed to plan it cancelled, so other people planned one. The original group got upset and planned one for the NEXT weekend, so now we had reunions planned on two sequential weekends. I gave up and skipped both.
I did go to my 10th, but I don't remember anything exciting.
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Post by mikklynn on May 18, 2022 19:59:21 GMT
At my 30th one of the "it" girls who married the football star wore what had to be her daughter's dress. It was way too small and she spent the entire night pulling it up at the chest and pulling it down at the hem. She looked ridiculous. Neither she nor her DH talked to anyone. We all kind of laughed about it.
No drama, sadly.
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Post by brynn on May 19, 2022 3:13:36 GMT
We were out to impress each other at our 10-year reunion. By the 20th, we had all experienced loss – death of loved ones, divorce, job disappointment - so we were kind to each other. The overall theme then was “Life is good.” We continue to be kind to each other at each reunion. A beloved classmate had been deathly sick with cancer, but in December before our 40th reunion, he started a new treatment, and he responded well. He was able to be at the reunion. The emcee acknowledged him at the banquet, and he received a standing ovation; he had to wipe away tears. A secondary theme at this 40th reunion was that four people were burying relatives or dispersing their ashes when they were “back home.”
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Post by librarylady on May 19, 2022 18:29:41 GMT
My SIL was in my graduating class. She is a nit wit who does anything to get attention and annoys me. I missed 2 reunions because I did not want to go and have to sit with her.
Example of her actions: I was having a birthday party for me and my GFs. She happened to be in town, so of course I had to invite her. At the party she took her blouse off to model her new bra --I can only believe that she was feeling needy since it was my party.
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Post by melissa on May 22, 2022 23:15:43 GMT
This was interesting to read. I’ve never been to a high school reunion. I considered going to my 30th but opted to attend an event in my then life instead that night. Ended up with a tiny bit of regret when I saw the photos because people I actually considered my friends back then, or at least my social circle, did attend. I am always curious about people’s stories so I’d be much happier with an email or a year book follow up with what happened to everyone than attending something in person.
That said, I decided to attend my 40th in 2 weeks. I doubt anything exciting will happen and I also doubt I will attend another one.
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Post by smasonnc on May 23, 2022 3:00:25 GMT
My hisband and I were in the same class so we’ve been to a few reunions. One guy checking us in at 20 years said, “You guys have been together for f***ing ever!” which is what we told the kids when they asked us how long we’ve been married.
The wildest thing is a woman from our class got drunk and fell asleep on the toilet with the door open for everyone to see.
All in all, we were just like high school. Everyone was kind to one another, even though we were in different groups. Our dynamic was unusual back then, and it has only gotten more kind ove the years. We left with very warm feelings.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 23, 2022 13:34:23 GMT
I am always curious about people’s stories so I’d be much happier with an email or a year book follow up with what happened to everyone than attending something in person.this makes a lot more sense... with scheduling, vacation time, geographical restrictions, etc. not everyone can make it back for a reunion.
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Post by melissa on Oct 23, 2022 12:51:42 GMT
I know its an old thread but its been quite a while since I visited this board and saw a notification from this thread. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) I went to my 40th after all even though I considered backing out! Lol. Made do come with me for support. Didn’t really need him. A portion of my core group of friends showed up and we picked up where we left off 40 years ago. Several are not on social media at all so there was a lot of catching up to do. I actually would go again if I knew some of these women were going too. The only “shocking” thing that happened was someone passed out. I heard after the fact. My hs friend who is an ER doc now was there to evaluate.
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Post by librarylady on Oct 23, 2022 13:42:33 GMT
My class= intelligent girl dated 2 loser guys. Then after graduation she married one, the divorced him and married 2nd one. Repeated at least twice. At one reunion they gave her an award/recognition for marrying same person more than once.
Know someone who went to 50th, divorced long time husband to marry HS boyfriend.
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Post by ntsf on Oct 23, 2022 15:07:23 GMT
at my 20th, one of my classmates had his novel reviewed in time magazine that week.
at my 45th, the hollywood star showed up.. spent some time with us who went to grade school with him.
and another person there had just published his 3rd book. (urban planning)..
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Post by vspindler on Oct 23, 2022 20:35:56 GMT
Well, one guy wasn’t at the reunion because he ended up being schizophrenic and ended up killing a cop in another state before turning the gun on himself.
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Post by buddysmom on Oct 23, 2022 20:56:55 GMT
My DD just had her 10th HS reunion last night. It was in the town that I still live in; she lives about a half hour away. There were 1000 kids in her graduating class. Twenty showed up! Of course a lot have moved away but there's more than 20 in the area still. She admitted that it wasn't well-planned (lol understatement of the century).
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Post by ntsf on Oct 23, 2022 21:14:10 GMT
my husband went to his 20th reunion.. he got a small prize for coming from furthest away (stopped by reunion on his way from malaysia to san francisco) and for having the most pregnant wife.. I was 32 weeks pregnant with twins.
he wasn't too thrilled with the crowd.. most had never left our hometown of seattle.. and he has been all over the world.
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Post by peabay on Oct 23, 2022 21:17:30 GMT
Just got home today from my 40th. It was an all girls Catholic school so there was a lot of love and hugs and laughs. No drama at all. Well, except for the party girl who is now super Catholic (while everyone has gone in the other direction) and was talking all about praying for people in purgatory etc... that was weird.
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Post by papersilly on Oct 23, 2022 21:48:14 GMT
I've never gone to any of mine. I did go to DH's 20 year reunion. Small crowd and two women wore the same dress.
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Post by Sarah*H on Oct 23, 2022 22:14:44 GMT
As far as I know, in typical Gen X fashion, my class has only had a 20 year class reunion. I did not attend but heard from friends who did that there was no drama but it was exactly the same as high school. Our class was not close knit and we've had a lot of tragic deaths both during and in the years since graduation. My husband was the President of his class and as far as he knows, they've never had any class reunions. But a member of his family attended his 50th reunion, reunited with an ex-girlfriend, left his wife and moved with the ex-girlfriend across the country. Shortly thereafter he developed a debilitating and incapacitating illness and the ex-girlfriend had to care for him for the remainder of his life.
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