Only went to the 10th...wouldn't bother after that. Although my husband and I were both 1965 graduates of the same school we were still practically unknown..same cliques existed. Saw pictures of the 50th, about 30 or so had already died. (We have lived in another state since 1981)

I've never been to one. We move away literally the day after I graduated, and I never had any contact with anyone. They just had our 35th, and from the pictures I saw, there was a group of cheerleaders, a group of jocks, and some other folks. Not much has changed.

I guess they just had our 35th. I just don't have any desire to go to that. Those people are of pretty much no interest to me. I lost touch with everyone that I was friends with in high school. I went to the 10th and after that, I didn't care to go anymore. I may look to see if anyone posted pictures...just to be nosy and see how old everyone looks. HA!

I keep up with a close few via birthday and Christmas cards.

I went to my 45th several years ago and decided never again. I went to large high school, with more than 600 in the graduating class. I attended that school for only three years, not enough time to make long-lasting friendships.

Glenda, my older brother went to his 60th a couple of years ago and he had a wonderful time! I think you should go, absolutely, especially since you have remained in contact with some classmates.

I've traveled up to central NYS for a few reunions in the past and will darn sure make the 60th when it comes around!

If it's local, I would definitely go. I went to my 35th and it was amusing to see everyone. I haven't been to one since. My Dad passed and I would have to stay in a motel....not worth it but I think I would consider it if it was local.

I agree with Rhizo, I think you should go.

ha ha....not for me. It might be different for you.

I was placing a cement order & the guy remembered me from HS. He couldn't understand why "I" didn't remember him. I asked him if we had any classes together....no. Had we ever spoken to each other before....no. I'm guessing...just guessing....he was on the football team? ha ha

I wouldn't go to a high school reunion. Not for all the money in the world. Not for all the tea in China. I feel a panic attack coming on just thinking about it. I have not kept in touch with one single soul from the not so good ol' days.

I go to mine every time they have one, which used to be every so many years, now it's been annually for the past four years. It's surprising how many people still live in the area and I seem them occasionally about town or at events. But yes, I still have to ask sometimes, "Now who is THAT?" And to myself, "Boy, do they look old". lol

I have kept in touch with only one friend from high school. I have touched base with a few through Classmates.com. But after the initial "how did you turn out" questions, things fizzled.

I envy people who had a good high school experience and look forward to these type of reunions. I'm not one of them.

Interestingly, they have reunions every five years for my DD's. My older went to hers, youngest didn't bother. I think nowadays, with all the social media, they feel that they can keep in touch easily and don't need an event to seek out old friends or not.

I am looking forward to attending our 60th high school reunion this summer.

I keep in touch with quite a few.

By this time our class feels happy to be survivors.

I see I'm not the only one who didn't think much of high school, My husband (of 47 years this month) is the only really good thing I remember about it.

I went to several HS reunions. Can't remember which years now. The last one was a Cruise, followed by a day at Disney World. I'm very glad I went. Glenda, if you go, I expect you will always be glad you went. If you don't go you will always wish you had!

I went to my 30th and it didn't seem worth the effort. I decided to give it one more try and so I went to my 40th. That was enough for me. I have a few longtime friends I'm still in contact with from before high school, one from during, and the rest from after. I have no negative feelings about that period in my life and I wish them all well but I don't need to go to any future events.

Never been to one. Never been invited to one. But then, nobody knows where I am. Only keep in touch with one high school friend. High school doesn't bring back great memories. No interest.

Annegriet: I have to agree with you. I'm not sure I would go to any of mine. I am younger than most, if not all on this forum. I graduated in 2011 and we have not had a reunion yet but I have not talked to a single person from my high school since the day I graduated.

I live 35 miles from where I grew up and went to high school. Several of my close and not-so-close high school friends and I have remained in touch over the years as a result of reunions. It was the mid-60's and we had a great small-town experience I guess and didn't have all the clique-ish behavior. Once all our kids got older and married and we started having grandkids, and as some of us retired, we started meeting for lunch now and then. E-mail made things easier to communicate too. I've been with DH to his in Ohio where I didn't know a soul but was made to feel welcome.

We've had class reunions every 5 years and they are always well-attended. Just had our 50th last summer. Some people came who had never attended previously & they all had fun and wished they had come before. Glenda, you should go and have fun with it. Most people are beyond all that clique stuff now and have moved on.

Glenda, OutsidePlaying is right. You may be surprised that the snobbiest, most popular kids in high school who never gave you the time of day or made fun are no better off than you, plus it's been my experience that they will the first to come up and give you a hug and welcome. People change.

I attended a township HS remote from my home. Enrollment was 4000 the year I graduated. We were on double shifts my junior and senior years. A second HS opened after I graduated, then a third one, close to my home. I participated in yearbook and school newspaper, but didn't enjoy school-based social events. I attended my 10-year reunion and was quite surprised how many people wanted to talk to me, while I had to really reach (or bluff) to place them. I'm in touch with a few people I knew as classmates *before* HS.

There's no problem with the classmates. I was in a club, that group of us started back in middle school, into high school. We formed a "sister" club when we graduated and to this day, the club still exists, going on 60 years.

Same position as the OP.

I didn't take schoolbook photos and didn't attend graduation. Mom had to call the school superintendent before they would even give me my degree.

After graduation, I did bump into a few ex-classmates, including those of the distaff side that I always wondered "what if??" Ah, those willowly blond Latvians!

The most well-known grad in my class was pleasant, studious and whipsmart. But as an academic manque, it might only depress me further.

I went to my 50th - had not gone to any previous ones as I no longer lived in that town. It was important to me to go back to the 50th - had my DD take me as neither of my children had ever seen where I grew up from age 8-19 (parents moved at that time - no reason to go back). I just needed to see if things were as I remembered them. They were! My classmates had not changed in anyway except physically - it was still HS all over again! I was one of the few who had moved on in my life. I had little in common with them when I was in HS - even less now. I didn't go back for the 55th.

My husband was so looking forward to going to his 50th from boarding school - we had gone to his 20th and 25th. It would have been our son's 30th from the same school and boarding schools make a BIG deal out of reunions (so they can shake the money tree!). Unfortunately, he did not live to attend it but DS did and did go and talk to many of my DH's classmates - very thoughtful of him to do this. At these reunions, all the reunion classes are there at the same time but do some events separately as a class, and some things all together.

DH only went back to one Yale reunion - said he'd never go again. He had a small group of friends with whom he kept up and they were really the only ones he wanted to see. "Bright college days" was but a distant memory - Yale is not the same school at all anymore.

Either my high school class never had a reunion, or they didn't know where to find me, or they deliberately didn't try. :-)

But I went to my husband'd 55th college reunion (as a widow), and again to the 60th, and had a wonderful time. The 65th--last one--is coming up next month. I want to go, but question whether I'm up to it. I'm back on Lyme meds, and have to be careful to pace myself. The reunions are 4-day events. Both other times I went for only three days, and even five years ago I was exhausted at the end.

I should be ashamed to admit my exhaustion because the class members are all at least 12 or 13 years older than I. :-)

Grew up on a farm near a small village - two grades, about 35 - 40, in each of two rooms ... we knew one another well, and though there was some minor cliguishness, not too serious.

I moved a couple of thousand miles away during my fourth, senior year (grads went to a fifth year in the city) in 1946.

The school closed in 1949.

By the time of the 50th (related to the closing) I had moved back to this area, wanted to attend the reunion, and had a great time, with perhaps 50 people, some who had travelled quite a distance. There was a lot of talk, stories and laughter along with the dinner, music and dancing.

An interesting situation, different from reunions not related to a specific grad year, was that, due to the school having been closed through those years, we were the centre of attention, not a small group lost over in a corner somewhere.

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