LSHS 10-year reunion; class of ‘97
I just got a call from Sarah Loughrey regarding the organisation of our 10 year reunion. Whoa.
She's going to email me with details, and I'll pass on any information to her about the movements of people that I still keep in touch with. So far it's penciled in for October 20th.
I’m busy that night.
Good. I’ll go with Em then.
… do you normally take partners to reunions? I guess in your case Mark it doesn’t apply. What about Jack though? How does he pick which girlfriend to take?
I think you have to take whatever accessories prove that you’re a success and hopefully the biggest success. If that includes your partner and/or mistress then I’d say you have to take them. If your partner brings you shame then you’d have to come up with a brilliant cover story, and hire a wicked suit. If you’re single then you have a few options though depending on what niche you want to hit.
If you thought I was going to stop here, you’re mistaken.
So if you’re trying to hit the honorable but desperate/sad route then you could hire a kid and go as a widow that couldn’t get baby sitting. Maybe you don’t really want quite that desperate so you could lose the kid and wear a ring so people will ask where your wife is. Maybe you lose the ring and wait for it to come up in conversation, it’s a reunion, it will. The marriage route has a lot of variations, even if you’re single.
I think I will stop here though, this could potentially go forever and in the end it’s just a story going on inside my own head. If you let too many people know how nuts you are I think you’re probably going to have issues later. I like my brain.
Anyway.
As for the reunion, cool … I’ve lost contact with all but one of my high school friends, I never really got high school. However if I was with someone it wouldn’t cross my mind that i wouldnt’ be taking them.
I disagree with Aaron based on my experience as listed below..
From the survey I’ve conducted amongst my school friends and their partners, the partners think they’ll be bored as batshit (different if the partners went to the school obviously).
The non-partners (ie the original participants in the reunion), are only going to the reunion mainly for the free food and beer, based on the fact we all see each other regularly now.
Our exact plan (as last organised), was boys go to reunion, girls go out, all meet after reunion and continue the party. Of course that may change between now and then, but that’s where it got to in our group.
I just think a reunion is for the people involved, and partners really aren’t a huge fan of meeting people:
a) they’ll never see again
b) they never knew, so can’t compare them
c) are probably unknown/not current friends for a reason :)
In your case with Maggie, I would expect that she knows or has met many of the people there, however the conversation will probably revolve a lot around old times or people that they don’t know. i.e., not the best environment for a good time. If you haven’t been going out that long then they would probably be bored to death.
I’d say it is best to invite partners and then let them decide.
Way to pass the buck, Mark :)
I’d say maybe it’s different when there are people at your reunion you quite literally never even heard of even when at school. Maybe you guys stuck together a bit or know each other? I foudn it quite easy to forget my HS days…
Moral is I guess it really depends on the situation but if I was to have a reunion and I had a partner I’d want them to come if I even wanted to go.
I got a letter in the mail about my reunion and I’d have to say I cant be arsed going mainly because I dont see or speak to the people from my classes, group of friends, we left school and were still friends though-out college/tafe/uni etc, once we hit the real world of work everyone went their separate ways and grew apart and most became no hopers.
Depends on your personal preference too, I have no interest in finding out what those people I went to school with are doing.
I guess for those people who are still in touch and are really interested in what they are up to it may be for you.
It might end up being one bit brag fest and showing off whos better than who.
That’s wicked! Cos I’m the best!
Go and rent Romy and Michelle.
I had my ten year reunion last year, and NO ONE brought their partners along. Which was good because they would have been so bored listening to the ‘do you remember that time at band camp..’ style conversations.
The funny part was that the most interesting people weren’t there because they were busy out living their interesting lives. (Yes, i realise what that says about me, as i went).
But Im glad I went, if only for the ‘you look the same as when you were 17′ comments. nice ego boost! :). Plus it was amazing to see how many kids some of my old friends now have.
*Snaps* to Hale - that film rocked :P
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gossamer_monster/419377692/
Similar conversation ensued about this re: Garden State…