I suffer from an incredible lack of curiosity concerning my high school classmates. I graduated 32 years ago, and I’ve never attended a single reunion.
“Being unpopular and the victim of bullying in school, I don’t give a rat’s @$$ where my classmates are or what they’re doing.”
Susan, it’s good to see someone else who feels as I do. When they called me for my 10 year reunion, I said You weren’t interested in me then, why should I be interested in you now. Don’t call me again. At least they got the message.
True story – decades ago I was called into the IRS to take care of some very old unfilled taxes. The guy I met with really hated working for the IRS; we mostly talked about our common home town and we shared pictures of our cats we carried in our wallets!
Every time my best friend from high school sees me, she has to first check to see if all my roots are gray before any other conversation. When I had to attend my brother-in-law’s funeral and she was there, she commented on my gray roots. I told her I would have done my roots that morning, but I had to drive a long way to the funeral and that I do them every third Saturday, and that was the third Saturday. Her response was equivalent to “Yeah, right!” “I just bet you do.” “You aren’t telling the truth.” Negative body language along with an “Oh, uhhhhhahhhh.” Get the picture? Some people never change after high school.
wow all you people getting invited to your class reunions, I got asked by a go-worker why I wasn’t at my 10 year, only she wasn’t in my class…she married someone who did. they never invited me
A year ago I attended my 55th.How old everybody got!I got six turndowns for the Senior prom – really irked at the time – but they did me a favor – having seen them now!
A class several years later had a man that if they had a nomination for LEAST likely to succeed – would have won hands down!A multi-millionaire today!(Got in on ground floor of Amway!)
Re: bullying..I was bullied at school between the ages of 11 and 14. At first it was because I had an Australian accent, then because I just didn’t fit in..After I left school, those bullies were better friends than the “nice” kids as they no longer fitted in and had come to understand the way I felt. Some apologised and one even said “Thank you” because I spoke to him and all his old friends no longer wanted to know him as he was addicted to cocaine.
I went to one reunion (the only one) but there weren’t many there.
Yeah, some kids hang on to past resentments so it poisons their present.“forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been different.” Oprah
Additional note: My HS graduating class had 54 students.Among the 54 were 4 sets of twins!Diane and Deane DaughertyBill and Bob FrazierCarol and Connie HeubnerVery hard to tell apart!But I did learn how to tell the Miller twins apart.(Mary Lou was much cuter than Larry!)
[my grandfather was a twin, have twin sisters and now twin granddtrs – seems to run in nthis area]
Swalb%515 almost 11 years ago
You said it, Garfield.
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
I’ve some high school chums on Facebook. Get yourself an account, Jon, and maybe they’ll request you.
hsawlrae almost 11 years ago
They’re probably living a life, Jon.
Llewellenbruce almost 11 years ago
They’re probably doing a lot better than you are.
E.S.K. almost 11 years ago
Lyman. Where is he now? What is he doing now?
AKHenderson Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Maybe instead of showing photos to cats, they’re posting photos OF cats online.
Jacob Cha almost 11 years ago
DUH.
pcolli almost 11 years ago
They’re probably not doing much better than anyone else.
Wren Fahel almost 11 years ago
I suffer from an incredible lack of curiosity concerning my high school classmates. I graduated 32 years ago, and I’ve never attended a single reunion.
sbchamp almost 11 years ago
Nah, pix of their lunch…
I Quit almost 11 years ago
“Being unpopular and the victim of bullying in school, I don’t give a rat’s @$$ where my classmates are or what they’re doing.”
Susan, it’s good to see someone else who feels as I do. When they called me for my 10 year reunion, I said You weren’t interested in me then, why should I be interested in you now. Don’t call me again. At least they got the message.
jessegooddoggy almost 11 years ago
True story – decades ago I was called into the IRS to take care of some very old unfilled taxes. The guy I met with really hated working for the IRS; we mostly talked about our common home town and we shared pictures of our cats we carried in our wallets!
Willow Mt Lyon almost 11 years ago
Every time my best friend from high school sees me, she has to first check to see if all my roots are gray before any other conversation. When I had to attend my brother-in-law’s funeral and she was there, she commented on my gray roots. I told her I would have done my roots that morning, but I had to drive a long way to the funeral and that I do them every third Saturday, and that was the third Saturday. Her response was equivalent to “Yeah, right!” “I just bet you do.” “You aren’t telling the truth.” Negative body language along with an “Oh, uhhhhhahhhh.” Get the picture? Some people never change after high school.
Me3000 almost 11 years ago
wow all you people getting invited to your class reunions, I got asked by a go-worker why I wasn’t at my 10 year, only she wasn’t in my class…she married someone who did. they never invited me
tuslog64 almost 11 years ago
A year ago I attended my 55th.How old everybody got!I got six turndowns for the Senior prom – really irked at the time – but they did me a favor – having seen them now!
tuslog64 almost 11 years ago
A class several years later had a man that if they had a nomination for LEAST likely to succeed – would have won hands down!A multi-millionaire today!(Got in on ground floor of Amway!)
Number Three almost 11 years ago
Was Jon the geeky one?
Most likely…
xxx
pcolli almost 11 years ago
Re: bullying..I was bullied at school between the ages of 11 and 14. At first it was because I had an Australian accent, then because I just didn’t fit in..After I left school, those bullies were better friends than the “nice” kids as they no longer fitted in and had come to understand the way I felt. Some apologised and one even said “Thank you” because I spoke to him and all his old friends no longer wanted to know him as he was addicted to cocaine.
I went to one reunion (the only one) but there weren’t many there.
route66paul almost 11 years ago
It is always nice to to have losers to look upon. Makes you feel better when the wife starts in
ruizuno almost 11 years ago
Yeah, some kids hang on to past resentments so it poisons their present.“forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been different.” Oprah
tuslog64 almost 11 years ago
Additional note: My HS graduating class had 54 students.Among the 54 were 4 sets of twins!Diane and Deane DaughertyBill and Bob FrazierCarol and Connie HeubnerVery hard to tell apart!But I did learn how to tell the Miller twins apart.(Mary Lou was much cuter than Larry!)
[my grandfather was a twin, have twin sisters and now twin granddtrs – seems to run in nthis area]
Hoosier22 over 8 years ago
Does anybody remember Wheezer? He was one of Jon’s high-school chums.