School and University Reunions

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Would you take a partner to a reunion if they had never been part of the ‘original’ gang?
I’m organising something for lots of years on from when we first all met and have been surprised at the number of ‘plus ones’ people are bringing.
Some couples were together back in the day, but most wont know anyone there, or have met a handful of times across the years.
Is it just me that thinks it’s a bit odd?

We had one wife come because they had travelled from overseas and she wanted to meet some of his friends.

And another who brought along her new boyfriend.

Didnt matter to be honest. Although maybe if it had ended up 50/50 the conversation would have been less about the past and more about now.

I think it's really nice. I'm coming due for a 'big year' reunion and one of the things I am looking forward to is meeting people I've sort of 'known' from facebook but haven't met. It does depend on the general feeling of the group though.

The group is quite conflicted to be honest. But it’s hard to say no partners once that has been breached by a few, and I wouldn’t want to be so dictatorial!

I've got a 20-year Uni reunion of close friends coming up this year and we're all bringing partners and kids. Most of us have kept in touch and seen each other at least semi-regularly over the years and a lot of our partners and kids are friends, so it would make no sense to exclude them. We're a mixed group though and it won't be an evening pub/party type reunion - more likely a day at the beach with a meal afterwards - so maybe not quite the same sort of event.

We are all old enough now to have children of our own doing what we did at Uni, so no child care to factor in.