I am bad at reunions. I've been out of high school long enough to have had the opportunity to go to two "major" reunions, and blew them both off. Even worse, my high school has started having multi-year reunions, so I could go ANY August, and I still blow them off.
Why? I don't know. It's not that I don't want to see people. It's not that I'm not curious what they're up to. It's not even that I worry about how I've aged relative to anyone else, or if my life stacks up well. I've figured out at age forty that anyone can look good, we all look lousy at some point (usually upon waking), and everyone's life has it's ups and downs. So I guess I can only chalk it up to sheer laziness.
But now an old friend from high school is organizing a "supper club" for alums who live in either the Triange (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) or the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point). The theory is that we'll get together every three or four months at a restaurant, alternating between the Triangle and the Triad, very casual, whoever can make it makes it.
The first one was last night, and given that the restaurant was about 15 minutes from my house, AND my friend was emailing me every day or two reminding me, AND she was threatening to come and drag me by my hair, I went.
It was a blast! We wound up with about a dozen or so people (some were spouses and at least one was a kid). The first folks showed up about 6, and I think the last finally left around 11. The thing that struck me was that there were 4 or 5 classes represented, ranging over 7 or 8 years, yet there was no "clumping" together by class -- we all hung out, talked, and caught up. Of course it helps that I went to a very small, k-12 school, so the guys that were basketball stars in '79 were quietly being idolized by those of us who were still in elementary school! And, of course, younger and older siblings help bridge the gap, as well.
So, I've stuck my toes into "reunion water". Given my reactions to blogging and facebook, I hope this isn't another adiction..... ;-)
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This was so funny! You left out that some of us have gotten horribly FAT along the way (having a child, eating lots of good food, not exercising...LOL)!!! I was off of the Reunion thing too - until August - I went saying, "oh what the hell". So what if I'm fat now! Let the skinny cheerleaders make fun of me...and you know what? I had a blast! My 4 year old danced the whole night away too. I almost stopped by the reunion dinner on my way up to Chantilly, VA but I had dinner with, guess who? Suzanne Riley Flores!!! Yes, Lynn's sister. We've been talking almost every other day for about 6 years now. Her and her husband moved from CA to VA last year. She's an absolutely good cook! Anyway Meg, I miss you! I love your blog and I'm living in CLT and will come to the dinner when it's in GSO. So - Write me! Nancy Winiarski Reynolds (I'm on Cullowhee.ning - send me a note!)
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