Would you attend your high school class reunion?

2015-07-05T08:41:46-04:00

Some people loved their high school days. Others did not. Summer is a big time for high school reunions. Would you attend yours? Why or why not? Did you attend one? What was good about it? What, if anything, soured your view of high school reunions? Is there any other reunion you would attend?

Response by PVT Robert Gresham made Jul 5 at 2015 8:47 AM

2015-07-05T08:47:22-04:00

I actually attended my 30 year reunion while I was living in Germany. I loved the fact that I was recognized as being the person who had come the farthest to be there.

Response by MSgt Brian Welch made Jul 5 at 2015 8:50 AM

2015-07-05T08:50:59-04:00

I'll attend. I'm back to living in my home town and working for my old high school. Next year will be my 30 year reunion; seems like just yesterday I was sneak a bottle of Boone's Farm into the prom.

Response by COL Charles Williams made Jul 5 at 2015 11:12 AM

2015-07-05T11:12:39-04:00

Nope... I attended my wife's 10th, my 35th just passes... usually, I was away somewhere... when they happened... CH (MAJ) William Beaver

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2015 2:07 PM

2015-07-05T14:07:44-04:00

I did on the 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 45th, and 50th

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2015 3:02 PM

2015-07-05T15:02:12-04:00

I haven't made it to one yet. After graduating in 1992, I was in Alaska in 2002, Iraq in 2007, and NTC in 2012. The Army doesn't seem to think I need to go.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Jul 5 at 2015 7:57 PM

2015-07-05T19:57:07-04:00

CH (MAJ) William Beaver, I had a great time in high school and have kept up over the years with many of my high school buddies. Our senior class president was and is a super organizer and really kept things going almost from the time we left high school. We have a website, and a fairly complete data base of graduates, and he created a non profit corporation very early to deal with the needs of the alumni organization.
Our class meets quinquennially, and although I've missed many of them, going to see my high school friends at our high school reunion is always a treat.

Response by SSG John Jensen made Jul 5 at 2015 9:39 PM

2015-07-05T21:39:04-04:00

having been the tall skinny least athletic kid in the entire school that was picked on for early growth spurt, early voice change, and early acne; I went back for the 5th on leave from the 82d Abn, to hear all of the jocks whisper to each other "don't mess with him he'll kill us"

Response by MSgt Aaron Brite made Jul 6 at 2015 12:10 AM

2015-07-06T00:10:07-04:00

I tried to attend the last couple of them, even the "make up" dinner and every time it's either on drill weekend OR some mucky muck is coming in and drill gets moved. some day I will get to see who "won" the game of life. ;)

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 6 at 2015 10:26 AM

2015-07-06T10:26:25-04:00

CH (MAJ) William Beaver Last year was my 10 year HS reunion. I graduated in a class of 12. Our reunion had 9 people show up. I considered it a great success lol.

Response by Capt Mark Strobl made Jul 6 at 2015 12:17 PM

2015-07-06T12:17:30-04:00

Didn't go to my 10th (deployed). Didn't go to my 20th (didn't know about it). And probably won't go to my 30th (Indifference). Facebook = Saving $1,000's in class reunions for those that left high school in the rear view mirror.

Response by SrA Edward Vong made Jul 6 at 2015 12:21 PM

2015-07-06T12:21:24-04:00

My high school has closed down so all reunions have been organized by the student body. So far I have not attended any because of military obligations. I may go to the next one whenever that is.

Response by SGT Roberto Mendoza-Diaz made Jul 6 at 2015 12:22 PM

2015-07-06T12:22:48-04:00

I did twice on the same month back in 2010

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2016 12:25 PM

2016-05-25T12:25:34-04:00

Nope, any of the people from my high school I would care to see, I already do. I was the smartest guy in the class, back in the days when it wasn't "cool" to be smart so I caught a lot of flack. I went back once about 10 years ago for the funeral of a friend's mother and many of the people didn't even recognize me. They were like, "who is this guy?". And when I told them who I was they were like "No way". Though it is fun to see some of the "big shots" from HS on FB and they are still living in the same small town, working at the same minimum wage job 35 years later.

Response by SPC John Dodge made Nov 22 at 2017 7:51 PM

2017-11-22T19:51:00-05:00

Fuck no.

Response by LTC Robin Gronovius made Nov 24 at 2017 1:53 AM

2017-11-24T01:53:04-05:00

I was out of the country for my 5th and 10th, but was very close (100 miles or so) for my 20th and I did go. I had fun. It was strange seeing classmates with children as old or older than they were when I last saw them.

I was surprised that many of them were no farther along at life than they were as teenagers; choosing to stay in a dying small Vermont town. I had gone away to college on Long Island, knocked down the Berlin Wall, gone to SWA twice and been stationed in over a half dozen states in those twenty years.

I missed my 30th reunion because it was my daughter's high school graduation. There was a 35th reunion this past summer, but I followed it on facebook instead of going. I didn't go to my 25th because I was training up to go to Iraq, but the rotation was cancelled.

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Dec 21 at 2017 12:33 AM

2017-12-21T00:33:51-05:00

I attended my 10 and 25. Would have tried to get to the 20 year but was overseas. I was not the most popular, nor was I an outcast. I have found that people have matured and changed to a large degree. It was fun to catch up. It is a room of potential surprises. Some of the encounters....one guy I didnt remember now produces pornography, seems happy. An old friend was a District Attorney then left for private practice. Another friend who seemed directionless was the he VP of a Bio Engineering firm earning dual degrees in electrical engineering and biology/pre-med. a good friend started as an RN and is now an MBA and a VP of a medical device company. Another friend became a mechanical engineer and she is head of construction for a supermarket chain. A few of us served. There are a few that had promise that went no where. Some Al Bundy's, peaked in their Polk High Football careers. 99% were kind functional adults that seemed genuinely interested in sharing their experiences and indulging in mine. All were genuinely thankful for those who served.

Like it or not, the people you went to high school with, you are uniquely bonded to. Not like in the service, no where near that close, but more intimate than most people.

Most of my classmates had not left the immediate area. Because I left the confines of the the I 495 loop it was like I died. My class was about 325. Small enough that you know about everyone but not so small that you stand there and listen to each other blink during the reunion. I enjoyed it. The last one was not as fun because I couldn't get it so my wife could go. My wife was funny at the 10 year. She grabbed one of my friends and interrogated him about which girls I went out with or had a crush on.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 21 at 2017 9:27 AM

2017-12-21T09:27:47-05:00

I pretty much kept to myself in high school so it would be weird for me to attend a reunion with people I was never united with. My school didn't have a 10 year and from what I could tell probably won't have a 20 year next year.

Response by SFC William Stephens A. Jr., 3 MSM, JSCM made Dec 21 at 2017 9:42 AM

2017-12-21T09:42:12-05:00

I got my 30th class reunion coming up we are knit tight group and a lot of are still around from large class from 1988. Mater of fact I was asked to speak at this this one this year because I wrote a book LIFE TIME ACHIVMENT for me.