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I am going to a class reunion next weekend. I am over 100 lbs overweight, (I wasn't in HS) and frankly, I am scared of the shock some might have at seeing me. I know that is terribly vain, and I have started weight watchers, but it will take over a year to lose what I want to lose. I was thinking of a black dress, and nice makeup and just going and have fun and to heck with it, but I just am ashamed of how I look. Silly, I know.:rolleyes:
And no, I was not a snotty person who made fun of people either. Just a regular student.
momfromTN,
Don't be ashamed to go! I hated both of my reunions, but for different reasons. I wasn't real outgoing in high school and have changed so much since then that the few friends I had were weirded out by me now :-) But, if you had alot of friends - go! If they really care about you, they won't care if you gained 500 lbs or have purple hair!
Libby
Ture, I know it is silly.
I have my 20th in Sept. I have no desire to go and listen to I have this I have that stuff. I was popular in high school but I look back and think politics, politics. It starts in school. Classmates has the reunion listed and who has RSVP to come or not and I am surprised at who is actually going. Some of them I would love to see but I dont even know where to start after 20 years.
My 10 year was last summer - I was never popular so I kind of had it stuck in my mind I was only going to see how fat the b*#$%es got - but once I got there it didn't even dawn on me to see people and their weight - it was actually nice just to talk to people I had not seen in 10 years. Just go there with confidence and that will make you look your best!
I had some strange desire to go to the 10th, which turned out okay. Then when the 20th came up, I didn't want to go, then my best friend - the one that has remained my only friend from high school decided he wanted to go. I honestly had nightmares before going. It's just I wasn't in the "in" crowd, and the few memories I have, no one else seemed to remember. It was like paying $85 to hang out in a room full of strangers.Quote:
Originally posted by wubbywa
I have my 20th in Sept. I have no desire to go and listen to I have this I have that stuff. I was popular in high school but I look back and think politics, politics. It starts in school. Classmates has the reunion listed and who has RSVP to come or not and I am surprised at who is actually going. Some of them I would love to see but I dont even know where to start after 20 years.
I have vowed not to go again - I have great friends that I met since high school that mean SO much to me, why bother with the people who didn't care then and care even less now? It just saddens me that I have that whole four years of time that I have memories of and no one else does and I have no one to share them with really (except Steve, mentioned above).
Libby
Ya'll have helped me a lot. I am being silly. Who cares? I will bet I am not the only one who has gained weight. I am sure there will be a LOT more wrinkles, saddle bags and bald heads than I think. I was not an "in crowd" person either. This was a performing arts school and I attended for 2 yrs. I did not graduate from there, but they want anyone who attended the first 10 yrs of the school's exsistence. That would include me. I have a lot of good memories from there. Heck! I am going to pack my new dress, and go!
I totally know where you are coming from! My 10 year reunion is in October. I was chubby and un-popular in HS, then after I lost weight & was so proud. Well, I have put all that weight plus some back on. I have been busting my butt, because I have to loose 35 pounds by october. If I don't I won't go. So, are you being silly, maybe, but so am I, LOL! I think its just a part of human nature. In reality, I'll probably go anyway, but I am going to do everything I can to loose this 35 pounds first.
May we both have fun, and not stress about appearances.
My 20th is coming up in July and I'm not going. The people in the clicks back then still live there and still hang together. I have no intention of driving 8 hours to see people who act as though they don't want to talk to me when I go in for visits. I feel that if I was that good of friends with them then I would have kept in touch with them all these years.
It's not silly at all. Like harlow said, she wanted to go to see how fat the mean girls got. LOL BUT she also said that once she got there, it wasn't even on her mind.
Here's a Dr. Phil-ism: "You wouldn't worry so much about how people think about you, if you knew how seldom they did."
I think it makes sense. Sometimes we're so busy worrying about ourselves that it doesn't dawn on us that maybe others don't even think about us like that.
just go and have fun! To hell with what anyone thinks. :)
I just wanted to say that even though you are having doubts-I think its awesome that you are showing the confidence to go anyway. You should be proud of yourself for that.
Just go and have a good time. Sit back when you first get there and give everyone else a good look-over. You will be surprised in the changes, especially in the males. The boys who were not so good looking in high school matured into great looking men. The people who were nice then will still be nice now and if it is terrible you can leave. You will never know if you don't go. Have fun.
I did not go to my 10 year. My 20 year is in 2005 and I'll NOT go to it either! WHY? None of those people wanted to talk to me back in 1985! Why should I go see how their lives turned out! I don't give a Flying Fark! I'm happy with my life JUST FINE!
Of course, if you want to go to yours, you should go and have fun!;)
I refused to go to my 10th. And I will probably refuse to go to my 20th. Why? Becuase of the 36 people in my graduating class, 1/2 are kin to me and I see them too much as it is, part of those left are total butts and I refuse to acknowledge their existance if at all possible, some of the people(guys) I hung around with are now married and their wives wont let them speak to me in the WalMart, and the rest, well, I talk to them as often as I please adn thats all I need.
Plus, I dont need to hear all the BS abotu who is doing what and who has what and who is so perfect, especially since the Owensboro paper prints bankruptcies with names AND amounts. Betwen this and other legitimate sources, I know more about some of these people than their own parents do. I also dont need th aggravation of people snickering at me because the guy I went to the senior prom with is now in prison and I am married to a man 25 yrs older than me. I get enough of that from the idiots that are my cousins that I see at family reunions. If my grandfather wasnt dying, I wouldnt go to those either.
You wouldn't be talking about the reunion in Iowa, would you???
Bwahaha MY 20 year reunion is coming up then, too. Not going either. You couldn't pay me enough to go to Iowa in July. Or June. Or January for that crowd. ;)
YOU GO GIRL! I started WW 8 weeks ago and have lost 14 pounds. I joined because my reunion is coming in November and I was 50 pounds overweight...now I'm doing it 'cuz I need to do it for me. If WW teaches you anything, it is that your health is the MOST important thing. Go to the reunion if you want or, if you're really really uncomfortable, don't go. Plan for your next one!Quote:
Originally posted by momfromTN
I am going to a class reunion next weekend. I am over 100 lbs overweight, (I wasn't in HS) and frankly, I am scared of the shock some might have at seeing me. I know that is terribly vain, and I have started weight watchers, but it will take over a year to lose what I want to lose. I was thinking of a black dress, and nice makeup and just going and have fun and to heck with it, but I just am ashamed of how I look. Silly, I know.:rolleyes:
If you want a buddy to talk to/lose with...email me at [email protected].
lol i know about the owensboro papers:rolleyes: :eek: :o :p lol im from lewisport so trust me i know;) :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by cpbaby
I refused to go to my 10th. And I will probably refuse to go to my 20th. Why? Becuase of the 36 people in my graduating class, 1/2 are kin to me and I see them too much as it is, part of those left are total butts and I refuse to acknowledge their existance if at all possible, some of the people(guys) I hung around with are now married and their wives wont let them speak to me in the WalMart, and the rest, well, I talk to them as often as I please adn thats all I need.
Plus, I dont need to hear all the BS abotu who is doing what and who has what and who is so perfect, especially since the Owensboro paper prints bankruptcies with names AND amounts. Betwen this and other legitimate sources, I know more about some of these people than their own parents do. I also dont need th aggravation of people snickering at me because the guy I went to the senior prom with is now in prison and I am married to a man 25 yrs older than me. I get enough of that from the idiots that are my cousins that I see at family reunions. If my grandfather wasnt dying, I wouldnt go to those either.
:D
You are pretty close to me. Still aint going to any of my reunions though. Well, unless I win the lottery and lose LOTS of weight and get my Masters degree.
I have a 20th reunion for the school I graduated from in 1985 in 2005. I hope to have my big ol' butt reduced by then a little.
MomfromTN, I'm glad you're going to your reunion. When I went to my 10th, I looked like who did it and ran!! I had just had a baby and had gained a lot of weight and all that good stuff. I went anyway and ended up having a great time. I also went to my 20th reunion and had a ball. The funny part is that I was one of the "unpopulars" and most of my friends were from another town. The thing I noticed is that most of the people finally grew up and it made it very pleasant. As a matter of fact, at my 20th, one of the guys that used to pick on me constantly, actually came up to me and apologized for treating me the way he did! I was floored. And it turns out that he is a nice person and we sat and talked for a long time. Kind of restored my faith in human nature a bit. I missed my 25th this past November because I moved out of state and couldn't afford to go. :(
Just go and have fun. It's a night out!
if i won the lottery you better believe id go!!!! they say money shouldnt change people by heck itd change me:D ;) :rolleyes: :cool: :DQuote:
Originally posted by cpbaby
:D
You are pretty close to me. Still aint going to any of my reunions though. Well, unless I win the lottery and lose LOTS of weight and get my Masters degree.
but since i havent won the lottery i wont be going to any of mine lol. i didnt wanna see most of the people while i was in school, so i dang sure wouldnt pay to see them now.
im not tryin to discourage the OP. class reunions etc. are just not MY cup of tea. lol
i hope you have a wonderful time.:)
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Originally posted by wubbywa
I have my 20th in Sept. I have no desire to go and listen to I have this I have that stuff. I was popular in high school but I look back and think politics, politics. It starts in school. Classmates has the reunion listed and who has RSVP to come or not and I am surprised at who is actually going. Some of them I would love to see but I dont even know where to start after 20 years.
wubbywa, what part of Michigan did you go to high school? My 20th is in Sept. too and it is also listed on Classmates.com. My high school is in Sterling Heights, MI.
I have no desire to go to any of my class reunions, everyone that I wanted to stay in touch with after highschool, I still talk to, and the others well....... LIFE GOES ON! But if I really wanted to go to a reunion, all I would have to do is go stay at my parents on a friday night, head out to the local bar and see almost everyone I went to school with! and of course they all act like we were best buds in highschool too! to me it is soooooo funny because they all thought I was some stuck-up snobby person in school (which I wasn't!)and now that some are able to talk to me here and there, just can't get over what a nice person I am and feel bad cuz they never talked to me...... and of course I still get the gossip queens telling me about so and so and what they are up to and all...... and yes some of them did gain some weight.... but who dosn't gain weight when you get older???? it is just a part of nature! I wouldn't worry about what any of them would think, cuz if they liked you before they will like you now no matter how much weight you have gained. I will have to admit that there are a few I would LOVE to see how their lives turned out, like the class sweethearts and such, but then again, I am really not that interested in the DRAMA! if I wanted that I would watch the Young and the Restless. - lol
actully im with witchy gurl..none of these people had the time of day for me then in 91, why would i wnat to have time for them now..i missed my 5 purposly..and ignored my 10 2 years ago..i wont do the 15 either..unless i can make joe go..then i may do it just to show off my hazle eyed good looking husband to all thoes bit#@$ who thought i was such an ugly girl in school..i know my hubby is 10 x more good looking than thiers..ive seen thiers..and they may have richer..but i got sexier..ok i feel better now.lol
Well me class reunion is this weekend. We had a get together at a bar last night and I am SO glad I went. I found that everyone had changed...in looks and in personality. I had a wonderful time and cant wait to go to the rest of our things today and tonight.
And no I was never a popular one in school and I didnt have many friends.
My 20th should be this year but no one has put anything together. I can't say that I am sorry either! LOL I moved back to my hometown and the ones that were snobby then are still snobby now and the ones that I would really like to see wouldn't come either soooo... lol. Have a good time if you decide to go to yours though!!! :)
Betcha Liz Taylor would go if she was fat or if she was skinny. It only matters woho you are inside
I didn't want to go to my 10th. Well, I went....Boy, was I SHOCKED. Paid the fee to go to a "swanky" restaurant. Still wasn't married. I was the ONLY disabled person in my entire school and in my graduating class.
Was popular sometimes and sometimes not. Just depended on what was going on at the time. Graduated in 80.
10th year................went kinda boring. No one I really wanted/cared to see. No one had really done what they'd said they were going to do w/their lives yet.
I felt all dressed up w/no where to go!!!!!
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20th 2000..............That was cool. Lots more people came. People had really changed and made themselves for better/worse JMO.
Kicker of the entire ......I MEAN REALLY. I was standing w/a girlfriend just talking and catching up. We see each other about once a month. We grew up together same neighborhood, schools, apts. colleges.
This attractive woman walks up to me and says "hi". I responded. I didn't recognize her AT ALL but, kept talking just to be nice. She knew A LOT ABOUT ME. We're talking A LOT HERE. Didn't have on a name tag wouldn't introduce herself.
We went and sat down and ate and I noticed the way she was eating. She was a lefty and was ambidextrous................I mentioned that I thought that was " :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:" and that I knew someone from years ago that was the same.
The night went on and I kept thinking that I knew the walk, talk from somewhere. I couldn't remember where though. I'M SERIOUS......... DUH.
Finally, they played this song called Beth by Kiss and this woman came up to me and ask if I remembered that song. I told her yes. Then, asked how SCOOBY WAS AND HOW OLD WAS HE NOW??????, how'd mom (called her by her name), did I still have this pearl bracelet that someone had given to me on my 13th birthday and had spent the entire previous summer mowing lawns to get the money to pay for it. I said yes. BTW: I was wearing it, too.
I WAS FLOORED.............It was the guy that I'd dated thru jr. high and all thru high school til I was a Sophmore in college.
At one time we were seriously going to get married. Different dreams as we got older.
Needless, to say someone besides my girlfriend showed up that I REALLY WANTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. I guess I found out...............Check this out she still remembered my birthday, mom's Scooby's (he was there when he was born), where my momma lived, when we started dating and what the first gift he ever gave me was. I still remembered too.
I say go. You NEVER know what you will see/find out about people. I never dreamed in a million years this would happen and I would have a great time.
BTW: I thought this was funny.........We were leaving and she was leaving to go to her car as well. We were saying goodbye and she told me "You are the first/last girl" I ever really loved. Also, I was his first and last if you get what I'm saying, too.
Wasn't really sure how to take that. Then, she called a couple of weeks later and said that she'd always felt "different" and never knew how to really tell me back then. I understand/understood. His parents would NEVER go for it.
Needless to say he will always have a special place in my heart and I will never forget him. We now do lunch about once a month or so and talk about the "old times". Looking at pictures is really strange.
You have to see this: She is 6'8 natural blonde, blue, heavy voice........looked just like a young Jon Voight.
Great looking woman I'm jealous. Tall, slender, great clothes, hair, makeup.
There's my reunion story. I know some of you are either on the floor or LYBO.
I still think it's funny and so does he. DIRTY DOG for not telling me who he was.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO