<p>I had the 40th HS reunion this past week. Of those attending, we had kids late, kids are in their 20’s doing all sorts of things, no one too badly out of shape and no obvious lifts or botox. My neighbor still has blond hair and her youngest D (21) going through her first breakup-called during dinner, 3rd time that day. </p>
<p>Except for those in the medical field, everyone has done several careers.</p>
<p>OOOHHHH … you’re old. 
I have my 30th this fall. Don’t think I’ll go, though. I didn’t particularly care for high school (understatement). Hope YOU had fun at your reunion!</p>
<p>Do they usually start them at 10 years or at 5? I graduated a mere 2.5 years ago.</p>
<p>Our high school reunions are held every 5 years. Went to 35th a few years ago.</p>
<p>We have already had a number of deaths in our class–at least 3 by suicide–in a class of about 600. I was surprised about that.</p>
<p>I had my 35th this past June. It is really a wonderful thing to reunite with friends and acquaintances from high school. If nothing else, it allows you to be with people who remember you at 16 – and to see people that you knew when you were 16. And then … to see where we’ve all gone…and what we’ve all accomplished in the last 35 years. It was an amazing experience and I’m glad I was able to make it to reunion.</p>
<p>On top of everything else, it gives us a vision of what our kids can do!</p>
<p>My class – of 50 girls and 120 boys – is so scattered. We are around the globe and in many different professions! We, also, have lost several classmates. Cancer, suicide, 9/11 etc.</p>
<p>LongPrime, let’s hear it for the 40th reunion! Mine will be held in the fall, and thanks to the wonder of the internet, I have heard from old classmates from all over the globe–some of whom I was very friendly with, and some who I barely knew.</p>
<p>I haven’t lived in my hometown since I left for college, but I will be returning for that weekend. I find that as I get older, there is a lot of value and comfort in being with people who knew me when I was young(er); sadly, there are fewer and fewer such people in my life.</p>
<p>4% of the classmates are dead and confirmed. We are indeed mortal.</p>
<p>No one could drag me to my h.s. reunion because I have virtually no happy memories of growing up in that place.</p>
<p>I was a shy, nerdy kid, who also was the only black student in my class in my Upstate NY village of about 6,000 people. I lived for the day in which I wouldn’t stand out like a sore thumb, and when I would be asked on dates and asked to dance at dances (believe it nor, I never was asked to dance by a guy). One of the happiest days of my life was when I left to go off to college.</p>
<p>I was looking on-line at pictures taken of my classmates at their 36th reunion, and even now, I would stick out like a sore thumb, and not just because of race. They look sorta like folks who live in rural areas, and I look sorta like a black, artsy hippie. If I were to go to a reunion, I visualize my classmates turning en masse and asking if I’ve somehow stumbled into the wrong room or gotten lost and ended up in the wrong town. Story of my life in that small town.</p>
<p>My HS had a group “sort of 35th” for the 3 classes around my grad date. I wasn’t able to attend but saw pictures online … without names. I couldn’t have identified a single one of those old geezers, but they surely weren’t people I went to high school with!</p>
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<p>No, they would all rush up to you and say “Wow, hello Northstar, you look great, I’d have known you anywhere.” while you struggle to figure out who the heck is pumping your hand. </p>
<p>There were only about 20 black kids in my class of 500+ and I can still remember them all. (or perhaps they stood out because most were bussed in to the 'burbs from the Central Distract on a hand-picked student ambassador program. All dynamic, smart, attractive and articulate… I have only recently realized that while the program may have helped the kids involved it robbed the inner city schools of their leaders.)</p>
<p>Most of the people whom I saw in the pictures of my class’s 36th h.s. reunion also looked really, really, really old. Some were wearing what I’d consider grandparent clothes, and had granny hairstyles. I know that most people try to get in shape for reunions, so I wondered what they looked like before getting ready for reunion.</p>
<p>I know this is snarky, but I was teased and ignored throughout middle school and high school, and I get quite the sense of schadenfreude to see how my classmates have evolved, and to realize that what they considered a fun event seems deadly dull to me.</p>
<p>My class’s photo montage looked like the Beach Boys family reunion. Plenty of folks looked good, some really fine, but still - Who are those old people???</p>
<p>I’m sorry you had such a hard time in high school. I didn’t realize until my own were that age how fortunate I was to have had such an eclectic group of friends. I could flow between groups (well, except the cheerleaders} pretty well… I have a lot of respect for those who managed to get through school without a support groupl</p>
<p>My 35th is at the end of this month, but I’m not sure if I’m going. I had a blast at my 30th.</p>
<p>It is amazing what people remember from their high school days…and what they don’t. I had someone who came up to me when I went to my first reunion (the 25th) and said, “I have been hoping for the past 25 years that you would show up to a reunion. You really affected my life in high school and I wanted to thank you for that.” There was NOTHING in my memory about anything remarkable that I did for this person!</p>
<p>^That must’ve been a nice feeling
“Wow, I’m nicer than I thought I was!” =)</p>
<p>It would have been a nice feeling except that I can’t really feel like it was deserved. I guess I was not particularly sensitive to those around me. Typical teenager, I guess…</p>