The Stumble Inn The place for social chat for our M.S. community. The Stumble Inn

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-16-2012, 05:08 PM #1
Blessings2You's Avatar
Blessings2You Blessings2You is offline
Elder
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Vermont
Posts: 6,726
15 yr Member
Blessings2You Blessings2You is offline
Elder
Blessings2You's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Vermont
Posts: 6,726
15 yr Member
Default High school reunions

They're starting to plan my class's 45th reunion . I sorta kinda wanted to go to the 40th, but just couldn't.

Do you stay in touch with any of your high school friends?

All of a sudden, everybody wants to be Facebook friends and "keep in touch". I know I sound bitter, but I can't help but think: My parents lived in the same house for thirty years after I graduated from high school, with the same phone number, and nobody tried to get in touch with me.

On the other hand, now we're older and wiser (?), and I think the "let's get together and catch up" is sincere. Just not sure how I feel about it.
__________________
*
*
*

**My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26)
Blessings2You is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (01-21-2012), SallyC (01-16-2012), Twinkletoes (01-21-2012)
Old 01-16-2012, 06:53 PM #2
Kitt Kitt is offline
Grand Magnate
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,440
15 yr Member
Kitt Kitt is offline
Grand Magnate
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,440
15 yr Member
Thumbs down

Never went to mine after the 30th. Now anybody I cared about is dead. So I do not go.
__________________
Kitt

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"It is what it is."
Kitt is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-16-2012)
Old 01-16-2012, 07:40 PM #3
aussiemom's Avatar
aussiemom aussiemom is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 556
15 yr Member
aussiemom aussiemom is offline
Member
aussiemom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 556
15 yr Member
Default

No way! I wouldn't go if they paid my plane ticket. I guess I never got over the HS crapola. I know where they are, and I don't care to ever see them again. One more reason I don't do fb.
__________________
Barb
aussiemom is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-16-2012)
Old 01-16-2012, 09:11 PM #4
TheSleeper's Avatar
TheSleeper TheSleeper is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: About 35 miles southwest of Cleveland Ohio
Posts: 499
15 yr Member
TheSleeper TheSleeper is offline
Member
TheSleeper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: About 35 miles southwest of Cleveland Ohio
Posts: 499
15 yr Member
Default

I didn`t go to my graduation or any of my reunions, I knew people that could throw much better parties.

I have one friend I keep in touch with from junior high and high school, we were tight.
__________________
ditched the witch
.
TheSleeper is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-17-2012), Jules A (01-17-2012)
Old 01-16-2012, 10:28 PM #5
SallyC's Avatar
SallyC SallyC is offline
In Remembrance
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 17,844
15 yr Member
SallyC SallyC is offline
In Remembrance
SallyC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 17,844
15 yr Member
Default

Have never been interested in keeping up with school chums. The one special friend I still have, I went through grade school and high school with and we are still friends today.

I was popular in HS too, but most of them were just chums and didn't turn out to be life long friends, partly my fault-partly theirs.

The sweet thing is, that my kids went to high school with some of their kids..
__________________
~Love, Sally
.





"The best way out is always through". Robert Frost



~If The World Didn't Suck, We Would All Fall Off~
SallyC is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-17-2012), Jules A (01-17-2012)
Old 01-16-2012, 11:41 PM #6
doydie's Avatar
doydie doydie is offline
Elder
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: southern Indiana
Posts: 5,533
15 yr Member
doydie doydie is offline
Elder
doydie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: southern Indiana
Posts: 5,533
15 yr Member
Default

I have NEVER got an invite and I graduated in 1968! I know that they have had them but if I would suddenly get an invite, no I would not go. I wasn't in the right crowd.
__________________

.
doydie is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-17-2012), SallyC (01-17-2012)
Old 01-17-2012, 09:13 AM #7
kicker's Avatar
kicker kicker is offline
Grand Magnate
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ellicott City, MD
Posts: 3,834
15 yr Member
kicker kicker is offline
Grand Magnate
kicker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ellicott City, MD
Posts: 3,834
15 yr Member
Default

My best friend from 14 to 43 - we raised our kids together but I moved 100's of miles away, kids grew and we fell out of touch. I hooked up with 2 old HS pals on FB. After an initial flurry of activity, we ran out of things to say. An old boyfriend (I was 18, he was 19) contacted me. All I could think was he was old and fat. Am I? Now I remember we disagreed a lot. We still do.

There's a reason those of your past stayed part of your past.
__________________
Kicker
PPMS, DXed 2002 Queen of Maryland
Wise Elder no matter what my count is.
kicker is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-17-2012), SallyC (01-17-2012)
Old 01-17-2012, 09:18 AM #8
Kitty's Avatar
Kitty Kitty is offline
Wisest Elder Ever
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Deep South
Posts: 21,576
15 yr Member
Kitty Kitty is offline
Wisest Elder Ever
Kitty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Deep South
Posts: 21,576
15 yr Member
Default

There are only a couple of people from HS I wouldn't mind catching up with. Most of my classmates were not close friends.

My best friend throughout elementary and high school still lives here and I even talk to her mother sometimes. We don't stay in close contact but we know how to find each other if we need to.

To answer the question.....NO, I would not go to my HS reunion.
__________________
These forums are for mutual support and information sharing only. The forums are not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment provided by a qualified health care provider. Always consult your doctor before trying anything you read here.
Kitty is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-17-2012), SallyC (01-17-2012)
Old 01-17-2012, 10:29 AM #9
mochagirl13's Avatar
mochagirl13 mochagirl13 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Chicago
Posts: 340
10 yr Member
mochagirl13 mochagirl13 is offline
Member
mochagirl13's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Chicago
Posts: 340
10 yr Member
Talking Bad girl gone good

I go. I mostly go to rub their noses in my prosperity. I once had a classmate tell me I was gonna end up a hooker. Besides I was a mean girl in H.S. and I want them to see that this Leopard has changed her spots. H.S. was horrible and I didn't even have a date for the prom. Now when they see me they can't believe I was a classmate of their's. I keep in touch with a few people, 3 to be exact. Sadly to say about 50% of them never left. Another 25% only moved a few small towns over and haven't really done anything with their lives. I love to hear the rumors of my misfortunes and the look on their faces when I tell them the truth.
mochagirl13 is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Blessings2You (01-17-2012), SallyC (01-17-2012)
Old 01-17-2012, 01:38 PM #10
wkikta's Avatar
wkikta wkikta is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Boynton Beach, FL
Posts: 441
15 yr Member
wkikta wkikta is offline
Member
wkikta's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Boynton Beach, FL
Posts: 441
15 yr Member
Default

Only one I have gone to, 40th last year, a big mistake. It seemed like I didn't grow up with any of those people. Won't do another.
__________________
Bill
SCUBA, the true meaning of Life
San Francisco Maru 2009
USS Monitor 1996, 1997, 1999
Andrea Doria 1996, 1998
USS Wilkes Barre 1991
wkikta is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Bets (01-17-2012), Blessings2You (01-17-2012), SallyC (01-17-2012)
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
High School IEP or 504 sdmama Myasthenia Gravis 4 07-27-2011 07:01 PM
Ts and high school aseret Tourette Syndrome 1 12-08-2010 10:20 AM
What were you like in High School???? Motors Mommy Social Chat 51 07-02-2010 04:41 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:19 PM.


Powered by vBulletin • Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

vBulletin Optimisation provided by vB Optimise (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2025 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
 

NeuroTalk Forums

Helping support those with neurological and related conditions.

 

The material on this site is for informational purposes only,
and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment
provided by a qualified health care provider.


Always consult your doctor before trying anything you read here.