Comments on: My 20 Year High School Reunion–To Go or Not To Go? THAT is the Question https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20516 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:18:54 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20516 In reply to sdhopeful1.

I did go and it was wonderful. Funny how age helps you see others so much more clearly. ((HUGS))

]]> By: sdhopeful1 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20515 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:06:07 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20515 I say go. It will give hope for the rest of us. I even share that same sense of awkwardness you felt back then. The people I went to school with were into all hot music and clothes of the time, while I was into Bruckner and Beethoven, writing and news radio. I wasn’t very athletic and told off a few times by one girl. As I hit my senior year I grew into my looks style only to fall into a deep depression and gain a few pounds. People were surprised I ended up at the local college. Even the most popular kids went there. That a was very rough time. I’d see a lot of them at the local hangouts. We’d talk briefly in passing, but I still felt like the outsider. So I’m nervous to go back. Maybe I tried to hard to be accepted by everyone. I’m sure you felt the same way, even in some ways now. As you said previously you can either laugh or cry. So go Kristen. Go. I can’t wait to hear what happened. Especially to the popular kids who got kicked in the backside by the trials of everyday life.

]]> By: jasonf26 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20514 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:29:30 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20514 Man does this hit home. I graduated in ’96 by the skin of my teeth. Had some great memories, good group friends. Got to know a few of the people outside school I usually didn’t hang with on through acquaintance. But now it seems there all light years ahead of me. Anything I’ve tried hasn’t panned out. I worked in news radio, self-published a novel and book of poems that haven’t gone anywhere and done several odd jobs. I moved from CA to SD in search of work and making a new life after loosing everything in an apartment building fire. So you can imagine how I feel. Coming up on my 20th HS reunion in 2016 and I’m gay and still single, not well to do and am juggling two jobs while trying to write music in my spare time. I am happy, workout/bike, have four tattoos and am trying to keep my costs down. I still feel like I’ve missed the mark. Should I still go to my reunion.

]]> By: Basil Rousos https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20513 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:55:47 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20513 I won’t be attending my 20th high school reunion in a few weeks. Instead, I will be attending my wife’s med school reunion. Darn. These days it’s easy enough to find the people that you want to keep in touch with.

]]> By: Deb Jurkovac https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20512 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:39:20 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20512 I won’t go. I wasn’t popular, never participated in the class activities, wasn’t a partier, wasn’t married in school and was not the class clown. They are the popular ones at reunions.

]]> By: Kristi Stanford https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20511 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:34:23 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20511 I’m only commenting to say GO. Go to them all or just one- who cares?? More people your age (and mine too- 43) need attitudes like yours. Maybe your hysteria will rub off on someone and make them laugh too!

]]> By: athenabrady1 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20510 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:54:16 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20510 Hi Kisten, which school did you enjoy the most and learn the most at? Go to that one, go to the places that make you feel good and hold the happiest memories, good luck! Let me know how you get on.

]]> By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20509 Tue, 29 May 2012 11:56:44 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20509 In reply to rupy.

Rupy, no worries. I read all the comments, for what that is worth. Thanks for taking the time to comment and give your opinion and such a nice compliment :D.

]]> By: rupy https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20508 Tue, 29 May 2012 02:24:51 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20508 Wow I had to go miles to get to the bottom of this list … (hmm, actually feels a bit like high school!)

Me, I wouldn’t do a reunion in a fit. Like some others here, i didn’t much like some of the people, and I have no doubt the feelings were mutual.

The only thing I missed when I left high school were the holidays, so for my two bobs worth, i’d give anything resembling a reunion the wide berth it deserves.

If you wanted to be in contact with those people you still would be. And going for bragging rights (as deserving as you are), is trivial.

]]> By: merlinspielen https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/my-20-year-high-school-reunion-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/#comment-20507 Mon, 28 May 2012 17:31:06 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6981#comment-20507 I went to my reunion. It was like going back in time and discovering my worst nightmares were still alive. Only worse now with receding hairlines and expanding waistlines and hyper-inflated egos. And of course the gang that I used to hang with did not show up. So no-one actually remembered who I was. In the end it was nothing at all like I thought it would be! The best part were the old photos on display from the photography club – of which I was a camera-carrying geekie member. Dozens of my photos were on the table as I had processed and printed them with my hand-written “humorous” year-book caption underneath.

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