[Michael G.]

Many in tv land come from great high schools and colleges out of state.
Do you go back to attend any reunions when you get a chance?

[villagetinker]

Missed the last 2 (high school and college) due to the pandemic and a conflict, probably will not go to future ones due to cost.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Maybe a couple of big ones, like my 50 and my 100th

[vintageogauge]

I've gone to most of them, next year is our 60th and I'll try to make it. Don't know how many of my classmates are still with us, can't be sure of myself being here a year from not either.

[Michael 61]

Went to my 10th, and that was it - lost contact with everyone from High School, except my cousin.

[manaboutown]

Went to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 55 HS. 60 (class of 1960) was scheduled during the pandemic and so was canceled. Our class maintains a FB site and some class members hold zoom meetings. After #55 I lost interest but maintain contact with a few. I enjoyed all the reunions so I kept returning to them as I reconnected with old friends and connected with some folks I did not know well. Our HS class had about 600 members.

Went to a couple college reunions when I was young. They included other classes and were not well attended.

[justjim]

Small H.S. Class of 92 graduates. Attended 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 45 and missed 50 with emergency bypass surgery. Made 60th! Lots of fun especially for those of us that live over 1000 miles away. A group of my classmates meet once a month and I’ve made that “party” three or four times over the years. I had four living in The Villages a few years ago. Only two now. Wife went to a different and larger H.S. We have attended four of her reunions. Again, great time. We graduated from the same large university. Attended some alumni gatherings over the years. We both left out home towns shortly after H.S. As they say, “different strokes for different folks”.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I went to my 15th high school reunion. Most of the women I knew in HS were married with several kids. Most of the men worked blue collar or had vague job titles like "manager" or "senior associate" at generic offices. That's all well and good but I really had nothing in common with them anymore, other than our shared high school education.

They asked me lots of questions about my life, seemed fascinated that I drove off after college to try and live in Canada because I liked it there and had to turn back because I didn't have a sponsor. They were befuddled that I was a street and subway musician for six years, it just didn't compute in their minds and they had no idea how to respond to it other than "oh cool" and "isn't it dirty in the subways?"

I left before the reunion finished and found out the following week that I was voted most improved, and that one guy had a crush on me since 4th grade but never made any attempt to get to know me better.

Disappointment, and a night that would've been better spent watching reruns of All in the Family.

[JMintzer]

Went to my 10th, 20th & 30th HS reunions. The 30th was a multi-year reunion. Never went to one for College... Big State school... Too impersonal...

At my 20th, a girl came up to me and confessed that she had a crush on me. I asked her "Why didn't you tell me? I spent waaay too many Saturday nights at home... I was terrified of asking girls out...

Once I got to college, I got better...

By my 50th HS reunion is coming up in 2 years. That one should be interesting...

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

At my 20th, a girl came up to me and confessed that she had a crush on me. I asked her "Why didn't you tell me? I spent waaay too many Saturday nights at home... I was terrified of asking girls out...

So glad that I wasn't the only one. .

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

So glad that I wasn't the only one. .

I also learned that there were many really cute girls doing the same thing, since guys were too chicken to ask them out...

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by orangeblossombaby

i went to my 15th high school reunion. Most of the women i knew in hs were married with several kids. Most of the men worked blue collar or had vague job titles like "manager" or "senior associate" at generic offices. That's all well and good but i really had nothing in common with them anymore, other than our shared high school education.

They asked me lots of questions about my life, seemed fascinated that i drove off after college to try and live in canada because i liked it there and had to turn back because i didn't have a sponsor. They were befuddled that i was a street and subway musician for six years, it just didn't compute in their minds and they had no idea how to respond to it other than "oh cool" and "isn't it dirty in the subways?"

i left before the reunion finished and found out the following week that i was voted most improved, and that one guy had a crush on me since 4th grade but never made any attempt to get to know me better.

Disappointment, and a night that would've been better spent watching reruns of all in the family.

i think you have a much better story to tell us.
Think small edited bios
would make good reading.

[Mardys]

Absolutely!!

[Worldseries27]

My all boys south bronx high school was a few blocks from yankee stadium . After the first reunion experiences , some of us came in better prepared for the next one

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Many in tv land come from great high schools and colleges out of state.
Do you go back to attend any reunions when you get a chance?

I went to my 25th college reunion and was appalled by how middle-aged everyone looked. I skipped my 50th high school reunion last fall, but I saw the photos and the official video interviews. They looked so old! Many I wouldn’t have recognized. Most I wouldn’t want to meet now. I find that I do much better these days making new friends in The Villages, as I didn’t know them when they were younger, so I’m used to how they look now. I have a handful of grade school and high school friends on Facebook, but I don’t see them in person. It’s easier to deal with at a distance. And I also look in the mirror as little as possible.