re: High School reunions

Lost my Dad in Dec.of 2001. It hit my mom really hard, she had her 50th the following May. That was about the only thing that really helped her to get a handle on her grief. That, and my kids.

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Seems you're worried people like yourself will show up.

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Yeah because you can't drink anymore when you graduate. I'm getting more at high school drama, meatheads trying to act like hardasses, people talking shite, etc.

For those that have been do you feel obligated to talk to everyone you walk by? My class was only around 275 people so basically everyone knows who each other is. It seems like it would be rude to walk by an old classmate without acknowledging them, but the place will be full of them and I'm not looking to have a conversation with every damn person there

It's just facts, Broseph.

Just like some folks do not get along with their siblings as adults, by and large the folks whom I went to High School with generally have the intellectual curiosity of a pile of rocks.

They haven't travelled, they weren't educated, they have ruined their own domestic situations and in-turn ruined their offspring's developmental curves. Attempting to hold a conversation with them about any subject is tortuous.

Here's my options-

1.How's your husband (or wife)?
They've been divorced at least once and usually by now have resorted to dating skanks. They are probably walking STD Petrie dishes.

2. How are your kids?
Jail, drugs, unemployed, underemployed, domestic issues, grand kids with baby momma's or some other uncomfortable relationship, still living with one of the parents, raising their grandkids, etc.

3. Are you still working at __________?
Laid off, worker's comp claim, some form of disability, chronic unemployment, etc.

4. What do you do for fun?
Watch Wrestling, MMA, NASCAR, go deer hunting or freshwater fishing or pull the fifth-wheel camper somewhere for the weekend. Wonderful.

5. Read any good books/seen any good movies or plays/been to any interesting concerts lately?
Please.

You don't have to talk to everyone you see. They will be talking to other folks too.

Trust me, you will be uneasy for about 30 seconds when you walk in and after that it's like school just let out a few hours ago and it's the same. People never really change. The idiots you knew in high school are still idiots mostly. They are just more mature idiots.

Trust me... it'll be fun.

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I'm not reading your post or any of the responses.

I had a blast at mine. I enjoyed seeing old friends and hVing a little "remember that time."

That said I didn't blow a bunch of dudes at drum camp like you did. So I can see how you are conflicted.

I went a 20 reunion. I talked more to several folks there in that one night than I talked to them the entire four years I was there. Not because they were dicks in school, but because we hung in different cliques or groups. With ""friends" I had not seen in a decade or even more, it was pretty cool to pick things back up. There was a lot of "remember when's" and those were fun. Especially the ones I had not thought about since high school. I had no interest in the 5 , 10, or 15 year reunions. Like most others said it was pretty damn fun. Will do the next one too.

my 10 year reunion is coming up this year. I won't be going, frick that shite. The people in my class that I actually cared to stay in touch with have my phone number, or have me on Facebook. The rest of them can go frick themselves.

I went to my wifes 10yr w the same plan. Ended up getting shitfaced, grabbing microphone and began to seduce the crowd with my fergie like voice and michael jackson dance moves. Ended up winning some award, to drunk to remember. Wife said I kept yelling that I would sign autographs after the show. I dont know about her but I had a great time