Reunion Conundrum
My 10 year high school reunion is coming up. It is a fairly last-minute, low-budget, laid back affair, which is fine. I wouldn't want to pay a lot to share a fancy dinner with people I haven't seen in a decade.
I feel like I should go. I mean you only have one ten year high school reunion. My high school and hometown are only a couple of hours drive away, so it would be possible to make the trip.
On the other hand, I already have plans to make the drive to my hometown and my parents' house for a family event the weekend following the reunion. I don't want to make that trip two weekends in a row, especially given the cost of gasoline.
Furthermore, I already had other plans before I found out about the reunion. I know I'd enjoy these events, whereas I don't know how great it is going to be to make small talk at a bar with people I don't really know well anymore. Some of my classmates, I wouldn't mind catching up with, but most that I'd really like to see aren't available to attend. It's really a wild card at this point what the interaction would be like.
If I wasn't already going to my parents' house the following weekend, I'd probably go if only out of curiosity. I'm just not sure it's worth the cost of gasoline and the commitment of an entire weekend.
Anyone attend their high school reunion??? Why or why not? If so, how was it?
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Most folks I know who go to their reunions say it's worth it. I missed mine, but kinda wish I'd gone. You'll recoup the cost of gas. The chance to see people... who knows, could go either way.
I wouldn't go. It's only 10 years, anyone you liked you are probably still in contact with anyway. Hold out for the 20th.
I didn't go to mine because of the expense (travel to TX) and that it was the week after a long vacation. I don't regret it. My friends that did go said that nobody they wanted to see was there. I did go to Matt's, and that was kind of fun, but probably because I didn't know anybody and thus was able to drink and chat without all the drama. I had more fun than he did.
I guess I'm the opposing opinion. Mine (for the most part) was great... although I keep in touch with a few people who went, and then they keep in touch with other people, so we had a hodge-podge group of people together. It was SO much fun, and I wouldn't have missed it. Our 15 year reunion is coming up, and I'll be going to that one too... it all depends on who you're with, I guess.
Thanks for the input. I'd like to go. I'd be happy to catch up with even those people I didn't know well in high school. However, it just does not fit well with my schedule. I already had plans to attend an event here that I've been looking forward to and then the plans to travel the following weekend. I will wonder what I missed. I've had impromptu reunions running into people at the one popular bar in my hometown the night before Thanksgiving, for example, and it was enjoyable, but not that great...I'll have to hold out for the 15 or 20.
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