I'd have to fly in to my 10 year HS reunion. Trying to decide if it would be worth it to go.
I'd have to fly in to my 10 year HS reunion. Trying to decide if it would be worth it to go.
Depends..
If you think the best days of your life were in high school, by all means go.
20 year reunion coming up in a couple of years. I won't be there. Haven't made it to one yet and still don't feel like I'm missing a damn thing.
Geez, Don't get so pised off about it. Just wondering if people had a good time. HS was not the best time of my life, that is now. I haven't talked with anyone from my HS class aside from 1 friend since graduation day and live 1000 miles away. Its also a good excuse to get back to my hometown that I haven't seen in 8 years and run on the old trails that hopefully still exsist.
i went to my 10yr somewhat kicking and screaming. friends of mine just dragged me there. i was recently divorced, had no desire to go as i only kept up with a few guys, all of whom dragged me to the reunion. i had a blast. good to see some people i never would otherwise see. some people are still the same aholes they were in high school, but for the most part, it was nice to see many others.
by all means go. you can always leave if it is a waste of time.
it was great- I even got to bang my old hs girl friend. I enjoyed it because I enjoyed HS (and college.) However if you were unpopular, didn't have any friends, and only spent all your time running, you'll hate it.
I also was pretty much dragged to the reunion by a few friends that I had kept in touch with. I flew to it as well. I was very, very skeptical. It was a complete blast, though the first 15 minutes were like the strangest experience of my life. It was great to meet with some of the old xc team guys, and the kids I always screwed around with in class but were never really friends. And for the most part the chicks looked hotter.
I would say definitely go.
p.s. I, for the most part, hated high school, only liked running and was semi-unpopular (though well known for my running).
I went to mine and it was a waste of time BUT I would tell you to go. Mine was a waste because no one went...that was due to the fact that most of them still lived in the same town and did nothing with their lives. It is fun to see people that you have forgotten about, and if you were the quiet type (like I was), here is your chance to show everyone that you have changed. I would tell you to go and remember the great times you had and find out what others have done with their lives.
Justin Case wrote:
I'd have to fly in to my 10 year HS reunion. Trying to decide if it would be worth it to go.
When in doubt, go. Five years is the best time to go to a reunion. No matter what, it won't be boring. I skipped my five year reunion and I've always wondered what it was like. I went to the ten year, which was pretty interesting, but compared with what I heard from my friends about the five year it was anticlimactic.
10 yr reunions are all about who had sex with who back in HS.
20 yr are all about who whas kids and what the kids are doing
30 yr are all about divorced people looking for new spouses or those that made it big flouting it.
No, don't bother...just do a long run very late in the evening or very early morning, time it so you are finishing just as the sun rises. Remind yourself, as you watch the sun come up, of just how far you've come since HS.
There is a reason I haven't kept in touch with these people.
After 10 years, everyone is still young and too many of the guys are cocky and want to prove what a big shot they are now...or were back then. A lot of people are too worried about coming across as having 'made it'. So you get no real conversation, just a lot of people saying, in essence, "look at me! look what I did!". Anyway, in short, if you're a single successful guy and like to flaunt it, go for it...otherwise wait another 5 or 10 years when folks chill out a little.
5 year reunion I would pass on. 10 year got better 15 was really fun. Go.