I have a class reunion coming up.
Can you say plastic surgery? Can I get that kind of money and time before July?
I have never gone to any of my reunions.
The first one I was getting married. Me and my high school sweetheart had a good reason to not attend that one.
The 2nd one I was getting a divorce....didn't want to deal with the questions and the whole thing.
The 3rd, and 4th ones I lived out of town and traveling back east for that just wasn't something I cared about enough to do.
The 5th one was never held.
The 6th and 7th ones I just didn't want to go to and preferred going to the lake house for the weekend with Rick.
So here we are on the 8th one and I"m going to go.
My best girl friends in high school were Sue and Colleen.
We thought it'd be fun to go together and be each others dates.
Our husbands don't care about this.
To quote Rick, "you'll be flitting around the room talking to people I don't know and I'll be bored to tears. BUT if you want me to go I will."
With an offer like that how could I refuse?
Colleen said her hubby feels the same. Sue's husband will probably not let her go.
He's a shit head, always has been, always will be. He will be jealous. C'mon that's silly but so is he when it comes to his wife. Sue says she's coming with us but Colleen and I won't believe it until we see it. I hope we are wrong. 'Cause the 3 of us will have a great time.
Running into my ex husband won't be a thrill. But Colleen said she is my date and should it seem like I need out of a situation she will save me. Ah, ya gotta love your girlfriends.
She said that is what a date does. I told her I appreciate it, however I won't be putting out.
A good friend, Mark, told me that he went to the last one and you just automatically expect to see the faces you remember but they look more like their parents now. I laughed. I get what he was trying to say. I figure everyone is a bit thicker and some have lost hair and we're all old so I won't be any different than anyone else.
But getting a face lift before then I wouldn't be opposed to.
Should I do my begging here like other bloggers do for you to send money?
No, I won't be doing that!
I'm going with my old face and wrinkles.
I no longer look like the short perky cheerleader.
Nothing about me is perky anymore or on me for that matter. :-)
Every year this has been held at a country club.
This year it is being held outside as a picnic type thing in July.
WTF? Humidity and my hair?! Who wants to meet everyone sweating and melting?
I have issues with this location as do all the women I've spoken to.
Colleen said, "WTH she doesn't have hot flashes? And humidity will ruin my hair."
I laughed and said I thought all those things already Coll.
I'm a bit concerned about this, so you know I'll bug you more with my fears as it gets closer. Mostly it's the ex situation that I am concerned about.
But when I'm thinking positive I just think of the blog fodder and photo's for ya'll to see.
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I've never been to one.
Can't remember what show I heard this line on, but it fits me perfectly. "Why would I go to my class reunion? There is a REASON why I haven't had any contact with these people all these years."
I go to monthly grade school get togethers. And then we have yearly football team get togethers. These have been going on for years. Sometimes I don't make them. Most of the time I do.
Everyone else will be in the same shape you think you are (you're not)(you protest way to much). So don't worry about it.
Ha this reminds me of our re-union. Well our first one which was held after about 18 year was a disaster as I realized I have moved on and some were just yet in the past. They somehow forgot to step out of school and was behaving like jealous idiots. So for our 2nd and 3rd. I did not bother. What really put me off is after the first one a girl kept bugging me for money. Calling me always. But believe me I am sure you will look better than most of the others. Some looked 2o years older than me.
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i've never been to a high school reunion.
there are four people i might want to see, and two of them don't ever go.
the other two i know where they are and can see them whenever i want.
I can't wait to hear how it went (I know I have a ways to go until the reunion, but I'm giggling at your potential descriptions of people and situations already). I've only gone to one of the reunions: the 20 year. It was fun, my husband went and he was fine because I pretty much remembered no one and we drank and danced and treated it like a date night. And yes, good girlfriends to get you out of uncomfortable conversations (or staring contests because that happened at mine YOU'RE STILL A BITCH, MELISSA) is essential.
Oh the plus side if it's outside some where you can pack your favorite wine and not have to pay by the glass.
I am glad you are going. I'm kinda sad I missed going to my 25th. I hope you enjoy the heck out of it!
Mike's right. I've been to two high school reunions, the 30th and the 40th, and enjoyed them both. It's interesting to see how everyone turned out (and there's a lot of schadenfreude there, you betcha), and I found that a lot of the girls I lusted after in high school but never got to know have turned out to be good friends now. Give it a shot and don't worry.
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