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The topic of high school reunions comes up a lot online and everyone dogs them and hates them, they're actually great and everyone should go imho.
People today whine about the lack of community and here's an opportunity to have some community and everyone dumps on them. Whether you liked or didn't like high school the reality is you shared 8 hours a day for years with these people at a very formative time in your life. You grew up in the same town, shared a lot of the same memories even if these weren't friends and just people you passed in the hallway or sat next to in math class.
I don't get how everyone online who comments on high school reunions hates their town, hates everyone they went to high school with, were picked on, etc, that seems to be the overwhelming sentiment which kind of leads me to believe the people most vocal about hating high school reunions are a small number of people who were picked on and tormented in high school.
I wasn't popular, I wasn't picked on, I just was an average guy who blended in but attending my ten year was very cool, everyone was nice and friendly, people acknowledged they probably weren't their best or the best people in high school, we shared memories and things that happenned at school, caught up with what we were doing now. Ten year is an interesting period some people have careers and kids and families and others are at the tail end of their partying 20s or still figuring out life.
I don't buy the idea that Facebook replaced high school reunions, sure you maybe have a loose idea of what people are doing today but its not the same as talking face to face, you're only getting a very superficial picture of someone's life. I also don't get the idea of I don't talk to these people so why would I want to see them, that's precisely why you would want to see them because its a unique opportunity to see them. Out of those who attended none of the people who attended were really my friends or closer acquantances but it was intersting to see how people turned out regardless.
If you're on the fence I'd encourage you to go if its not too costly or inconvenient there's really no excuse not to.
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Had one more thought, it's funny how your on vacation across the country and strike up a convo from someone who grew up in your town and you might have a really long convo talking about the town, remember this bar that shutdown, this place used to have the best pizza, etc, common we've all been there doing this. Your willing to do this with a complete stranger but have no desire to do the same thing with someone you sat in history class with for 4 years during a formative period of your life? Evne if you weren't friends, didn't hangout you have a lot in common sheerly by growing up and attending school at the same place
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People today whine about the lack of community and here's an opportunity to have some community and everyone dumps on them. Whether you liked or didn't like high school the reality is you shared 8 hours a day for years with these people at a very formative time in your life. You grew up in the same town, shared a lot of the same memories even if these weren't friends and just people you passed in the hallway or sat next to in math class.
I don't get how everyone online who comments on high school reunions hates their town, hates everyone they went to high school with, were picked on, etc, that seems to be the overwhelming sentiment which kind of leads me to believe the people most vocal about hating high school reunions are a small number of people who were picked on and tormented in high school.
I wasn't popular, I wasn't picked on, I just was an average guy who blended in but attending my ten year was very cool, everyone was nice and friendly, people acknowledged they probably weren't their best or the best people in high school, we shared memories and things that happenned at school, caught up with what we were doing now. Ten year is an interesting period some people have careers and kids and families and others are at the tail end of their partying 20s or still figuring out life.
I don't buy the idea that Facebook replaced high school reunions, sure you maybe have a loose idea of what people are doing today but its not the same as talking face to face, you're only getting a very superficial picture of someone's life. I also don't get the idea of I don't talk to these people so why would I want to see them, that's precisely why you would want to see them because its a unique opportunity to see them. Out of those who attended none of the people who attended were really my friends or closer acquantances but it was intersting to see how people turned out regardless.
If you're on the fence I'd encourage you to go if its not too costly or inconvenient there's really no excuse not to.
***EDIT***
Had one more thought, it's funny how your on vacation across the country and strike up a convo from someone who grew up in your town and you might have a really long convo talking about the town, remember this bar that shutdown, this place used to have the best pizza, etc, common we've all been there doing this. Your willing to do this with a complete stranger but have no desire to do the same thing with someone you sat in history class with for 4 years during a formative period of your life? Evne if you weren't friends, didn't hangout you have a lot in common sheerly by growing up and attending school at the same place
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