Reflections on my 20 year high school reunion
This weekend I went to my 20 year high school reunion.
It was more fun than I expected, and I expected I'd have a good time.
I've added the pictures to my online photo album.
Everyone looked great and it was a real kick talking to everyone about all the stuff they'd been up to.
Basically all the conversations were variations on:
1) How have you been doing? What are you doing?
2) Where do you live now?
3) Do you have kids, are you married, and is this your significant other?
There was also a bunch of questions regarding whether or not you've seen or talked to this or that person.
All in all I'd recommend you go to your reunion. I enjoyed it most because no matter how insecure I was in high school, it really made me realize that I did have a lot of friends in high school, that they are all mostly normal and fun to talk to, and that they thought well of me and remember me as fondly as I remember them.
Having said that, it is one of the more surreal things you'll probably do. Once you get past the "catching up" questions it's really just a group of people standing around making slightly awkward small talk.
The nice part is when you reconnect with a person or three that you got along well with but, for whatever reason, didn't keep in touch with. I found those moments the most enjoyable, though of course a distant second to talking with those friends that you did keep in touch with and just haven't made the time to hang out with lately.
