I graduated in 1973 from Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah. Every five years since there has been a class reunion. When we lived in Roosevelt Tom and I went to the reunions--three of them. Then we moved away and I haven't attended one since. As my sister-in-law, Louise Lemon, was in charge of this year's reunion I gave some consideration to attending, but Tom's mother's 80th birthday celebration was the same day and I concentrated on that and forgot about the reunion. Then at my nephew's reception yesterday Louise showed me a photo of all those who attended this 35th year reunion. I could hardly recognize any of them, and some of them I didn't remember at all. I was thinking, darn, I should have attended because I look so much better at this age than most of them do, and that would have made me feel really good to show how well I've aged! But as I have continued thinking about it I realized that most of them probably wouldn't have cared whether I aged well or not. I never really fit in that crowd. Sure, there were those in the photo of whom I have fond memories, such as my cousins, but I had association with them as family and not just as fellow students. Three of the cheerleaders were sitting together in the front row, and it did me a lot of good to see that even cheerleaders can't keep their cute looks forever. So after giving it more consideration, I realize that it was probably best that this was one place I didn't return to report.
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I've often wondered if I will go to any of my reunions. I've only kept in contact with like three people from HS and those are the people I care about being in contact with...so in other words, I don't think I'll care enough to go. Maybe if we're living in Utah.
Yeah, I think I should have had a reunion this year. I don't know if it happened or not, but I have had almost no contact with anyone from high school since I graduated. I think it would be pretty boring to go see people I don't know anymore. And boy I'm trying to get over bitter feelings from high school, so going to a reunion would just bring all those feelings back.
I am definitely NOT going to my HS reunions. For some reason we didn't attend Richard's last year (something about having newborn twins?) but it sounds like we missed a good time what with the booze flowing and all. Ah, well, they'll have a 15 or 20 year one, right?
I think that people who come from small towns embrace the reunion idea better. But although we attended the first three reunions while we lived in Roosevelt, they were not wonderful experiences for me. It's just that I kept getting chosen to help with them and I did my part to make them successful but I didn't enjoy any of them. I didn't fit while in high school so why would I think I'd fit later? But I surely would like those people to see how much smaller my gut is than theirs...
Hehe, isn't it awful? I think the best reason to go to my high school reunion is to show off my husband and show all those dumb people from my senior year that I have a handsome, charismatic husband who saw me for who I am. Then I can laugh at the guys because they're single. And the girls because their husbands aren't half as good-looking as mine.
Yeah, I'd like revenge on all those guys for making me so mad because they treated my daughters the way they did. Seeing that you all ended up with men better than anyone else you ever knew in high school would be the kind of sweet revenge I'm looking for! I love all my sons-in-law and daughters-in-law and am glad that none of you married someone you knew in school! You got the best of the best!!!!
He, he, he, Mom. Sometimes I forget you are a real person and not some super-human embodiment of niceness.
I still want to mail a copy of my degree with "magna cum laude" on it to my fifth grade teacher who called me "stupid" on a regular basis. But really, it doesn matter. Sounds like you made the better choice.
This is so fun for me! I love having these places where we all have a chance to get to know each other better and to have a dialogue on issues that we might not have gotten around to discussing at a family wedding or other get-together. I am much better at expressing myself in writing so I'm glad you all have an apparent desire to read my ramblings and make comments about them. In this one post here, with all your comments, we have all learned something about each other that we might never have known otherwise! Thanks for sharing!
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