I did, but undercover. It was hilarious!
A lot changed in my life after graduation, including my first name and my surname (the latter due to marriage, the first thanks to deed poll, I always disliked the name my parents gave me…).
A few dear old friends from school knew about me living abroad, about all the other changes going on in my life and since all of us were the weird folks back then, we decided to prank everyone else big time.
So, I went there as a friend of one attending. Fricking no one recognised me. Not a soul. But they kept asking why person x was the only one no one found contact details of online, or any other way of contact. The person they knew just disappeared into thin air after graduation.
A big mystery no one could figure out who wasn’t in on the ruse. Some great theories we’ve overheard that evening included, but were not limited to:
A) dead
B) in prison
C) became a hermit
I stood right next to those people I went to school with for over 10 years, some I knew even longer.
It was a fun challenge for me keeping a straight face for the entire evening while drinks were also involved. Not one person could figure out they knew me in the first place. :D
I went to the first one and didn’t enjoy myself. Saw the assholes are now cops and most of the self-proclaimed cool kids were now shilling one MLM or another. Everyone still hung out in the same groups they did in high school. They held a moment of silence for the popular dickhead who got drunk and drowned in a river after high school.
Never once. I still talk to the only people from there I care to know.
No.
I’d moved out of state by the time the first one came around. Seemed like a lot of bother and expense to see people I didn’t keep in touch with otherwise.
Nope. Hell I’m not even sure there was one.
The venn diagram of “people who organize and attend high school reunions” and “people I want to ever see again” are two circles drawn on different pages in different books on different shelves.
I cannot physically escape my high school reunion in this lifetime.
I went to a fairly small school and I was the only one who graduated that year.
So every moment of every day for the rest of my life is my high school reunion.
On the upside though, I was the valedictorian, a fact which has actually helped me get jobs.
Never got invited lol. Not that I’d go, I have no interest in mingling with white supremacists. I grew up in a fun area.
I’m so relieved to find a ton of other “no’s” in this thread!
I always felt like I was being a bit antisocial not to go to one. I’ve never been to a college reunion either. I’ve kept in close touch with only one person from high school and a handful from college. Add to that: 1) I don’t feel like I have much to brag about; 2) I would feel icky bragging even if I did. And that’s what I imagine reunions to be, if you haven’t kept in touch generally: just a bunch of near-strangers posturing to each other to feel better about themselves. I just don’t have any interest in that. It’s much the same reason I got off of social media about 10 years ago (minus the link aggregators/forums).
Yes and I even volunteered to plan it. We didn’t have one until 20 years and it was nice to see how people all kind of become normal. Even the kids that were assholes were reasonable to talk to and several apologies were made.
I went to a smallish high school (a handful more than 100 per grade) and all of us were together since kindergarten. Some people flat out said they wouldn’t come and I think they missed out.
We had some teachers show up that were still in town. Some dude was like “hey dream_weasel I’m sorry I used to pick on you here’s why I did”, and some ancient crushes and gossip got revealed. It was on the whole pretty fun. I think we will do one for 25 years now.
Edit: All the “no” in this thread is wigging me out. Morbid curiosity would have made me say yes at some point.
No. High school for me was spent with people with which I have nothing in common, so I didn’t keep in touch with anyone there.
I still stumble into people I once knew, and I of course say hi and engage in some chitchat, but nothing beyond that.
I did not. If I wanted to keep in touch with people I would have.
Invites were probably on Facebook and I don’t give enough fucks to login.
I’m in my 40’s and have never gone to one of my own.
It’s pretty simple. I had one really good friend in high school and about a dozen friends I hung with often. I was in the rebellious out group and didn’t really like the vast majority of the people at my high school, and thanks to social media, I already get to see how boring or train wrecky their lives have become if I ever get curious.
So there’s just no need.
The entire purpose of highschool reunions was rendered irrelevant as soon as social media was invented.
No. I kind of forgot they existed. With modern communications, I don’t need to meet up with a bunch of people I don’t care for in order to keep in touch with the handful I do.
