What do you guys think of them? Did you attend yours?

I've gotten emails from a few people that I hung out with asking me to go but I dunno... There's only a handful of people I'd care to see, and I don't want to have to be fake to the people I don't want to see and pretend I care about what's going on in their lives. Hmmmm, what to do what to do!
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I havent gone to one yet, well I guess I really have only had my 5 year, my 10 is soonish.

But if I dont keep in touch with them now, I dont really care to act interested in ppl i didnt like the first time around

No. I don't need people to ask me what the hell happened to my once so promising career. I'm asking myself that question daily.

Didn't go, never would. The few people I want to talk to from HS I still talk to. I don't wanna see the people I roamed the halls with, it's bad enough when I run into their asses on the street or in a store not to mention I'm antisocial as hell. Reunions are NOT for me

But if you can go & have fun w/ it, do it girl! Have a drink & have fun w/ it But there will be some fakery involved, so be ready. People who remember you & you don't know who the fuck they are THAT'S the worst

I skipped mine. Don't think I'll ever go to one in the future. No one I really care to see again and if there was I'd rather see them somewhere other than a reunion.

i have mixed emotions --- i did not recently go to my 20th reunion ! ... damn i feel really old when i say that ....

i DID go to my 10th reunion and had a blast ... my core bunch of friends i hung out with --- they went too ---- and we just hung out at the bar and chatted our asses off for hours!!! ... but now - sadly .... all my core buddies have moved away .... and i DO NOT even get an invite to my reunions ... which is kinda sad cause i am still relatively local and easy to track down ....

i would probably go ... if i knew some of my friends were gonna be there ... and we could have FUN ... of course my wife is probably NOT into goin too much .. so that is another reason ... i did not .. . or have not ... made it a priority ... like u said --- i keep in touch with the people i reallly liked in high school (alot)...

I wanted to see who was on the list so I had to register to classmates.com. God that's so cheesy. There were a few people who I would like to see but definitely not all of them. I"m hoping they will just email me instead.

classmates .com is a unique place ... did u actually pay the fee ??? i was always curious about that .... i just did the free thing ... but it is interesting ... not only for the classmates u graduated with ... even friends from other schools , etc ... keepin in touch ...

lol ... it is cheesy tho ....

I went to my 10-year reunion two years ago. It was a lot of fun. Everyone in my class is still pretty cool with one another. We also hooked up on Classmates.com. Corny yes, but it was a good way to get everyone together.

MisterMan38 said:

No I didn't pay. I just left a comment for a select few to email me and left my email addy.

oh --- so u "beat the system" ...

if u woulda just paid the simple fee .... u could find out who has been checkin out your profile .... he he ...

in some odd way - that sounds so voyeuristic ! i love it !

CarrieLee said:

just go! I felt the same way about my 10 year reunion "I don't wanna see those people" but really...it was fun. It was nice to catch up with you're old friends and believe it or not...the people you thought you really didn't like...are just people too....10 years out of high school...is 10 years out of high school...it's not high school anymore..everybody has a life of their own and aren't so concerned about your life or mine...ya know? go..eat the food have a drink and have a good time.

Our 15 year is this year, and a couple of us are trying to plan a reunion. The hard part is finding everybody. Luckily our class was less than 40, but our school closed after we graduated in 1990, so being able to start from school records is out. I've already tried classmates.com and found about 8 classmates, and heard from six of them, so that's a start. Can anybody recommend other ways of tracking people down, or getting the word out without spending money through people finders?

I want to see my class. Everybody was generally cool, cliquey but nice. My issue had to do with peeps in other classes like a year or two ahead or behind who made my life hell.

agree totally with SHORTY on your 10 yr assessment --- that was ME !!!

also - with funkyslsistah ---- my wife is currently planning a reunion ... and she is using some "fishing techniques" ... in other words ... track down 5 or 10 people in your class ... and then see who they have kept in touch with .... it works pretty well ... even by tracking down parents, etc ....

simply put- i have 3-4 core friends from high school ... they know 2-3 others ... and expand it that way ... maybe they know someone who knows "so and so's" parents ... etc ....

in a week .. she compiled alot of names and addys .... (my wife did )

the internet is also good ... with telephone books , addresses , etc ...

I avoid the town where I went to high school, in part because it freaks me out to see people I went to school with. Horrible! Bad memories. . . want that period of time to fade away. . .

CarrieLee said:

Whether you liked high school or not it's a life experience that shouldn't be missed. I didn't paticularly want to go to my 10 year but I went anyway and it was actually a lot of fun. Even people I didn't paticularly know or like seemed pretty cool. It's probably like prom I didn't go so somewhere inside me I kind of have this feeling like I missed something even though it probably wasn't all that great.

tackam said:

that's very sad! sorry you have such terrible memories..

When I started highschool, it was in a different city than where I went to gradeschool, so I didn't really know anyone. And in the 4 years I was there I was very shy and only really hung out with a handful of people.

Our 10 year reunion was last year, and my friend was bugging me to go with her, but I passed. All the people I liked in highschool I've already kept in touch with and still hang out with most of them. All there was to see at the reunion were the snots and douchebags I never liked anyhow... wasn't worth it.

I say you should go, Carrie. You never know - you might wind up having fun. You won't know if you don't go. And you might always wonder "What would have happened if I went?"
You might also meet the love of your life - maybe unrealistic, but it can happen.
Plus, if there was anyone who was mean to you- maybe you can get some satisfaction at their low station in life now, hee, hee.
And you don't have to talk to or be bothered by anyone you don't feel like being around. After all, you're an adult now, not a teenager.

Tom said:

like I said...10 years out of highschool is 10 years out of highschool...all those "snots and douchebags" are probably over themselves by now. You should have went...you might have learned something...but oh well...there's always the 15 or 20 year..

1sexymf said:

I dunno, we'll see. And I won't find the love of my life there I already gots me a good man! If I take him I bet everyone would be scared hahahaha.

CarrieLee said:

They'll probably be jealous too!

1sexymf said:

A lot of them are married and have kids....haha ok maybe they will be jealous

CarrieLee said:

dress all hawt and bring your new man and have a good ol' time...don't be scurred

I went to mine and found that everybody had grown up. Nobody was the same person they were in HS and the stories that some people told were really heartwarming. It was reaffirming to realize that the ideas I might have had about these people were off base and dated. I had a fun time and actually will look forward to the next one.

I attended mine just this past Thanksgiving weekend and it was great to see my friends after 21 years (we missed the 20 year mark) and I would attend every one coming up until I am gone. Catching up with friends, seeing how their lives have progressed and everything was cool as hell. Have a peek.

I am just upset that more of my people didn't show up....I really think most blacks have this thing called "Life" severely messed up!!

Have a peek!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.co.../my_photos

CarrieLee said:

I've never been to a reunion...my school years weren't the best so I didn't want to see any of them

If there are people you'd like to see Carrie and you think you'd have a good time...GO FOR IT

I never wentto mine. The people I was friends with at school, I'm still good friends with now. So I don't see the need to go to them and try to have small talk with people I either hated or didn't know that well anyway.