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Would you go to a school reunion?

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F0XCUB · 09/09/2023 14:44

I'm 48 and we have one coming up, I'm really in two minds about it. I'm only in touch with a couple of people from school and they want to go. I just think it might be a bit cringe. Would you?

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TheyDidWhat · 09/09/2023 18:57

I went to one in 1999 and I wouldn’t go to another. It was a nice evening but all you will discover is that there’s a good reason why you have lost contact with them.

fetchacloth · 09/09/2023 19:13

Kay286 · 09/09/2023 16:15

absolutely fine by me ! …. probably too busy working out who is getting the next lager top in and who has cheapest council house.

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Womblegreen · 09/09/2023 20:35

I went to our 25th anniversary of leaving. A night in a boarding house with the ‘girls’ I had boarded with for 7 years. It was a great night, wish they would host us again at bigger years!

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F0XCUB · 09/09/2023 21:08

A lot of negatives! I still can't decide!

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WaltzingWaters · 09/09/2023 21:11

No, definitely not. I mean, I’ve moved quite far away from the area now, so it would be a big hassle to go. But even if I lived close by, nah. I still speak to the friends I want to keep in contact with.

TheChosenTwo · 09/09/2023 21:13

100% not! I left school and Facebook was almost immediately around, there’s a reason why, in 20 years, I haven’t made Facebook friends with them (okay well I don’t actually use it anymore but you know what I mean!) and if I saw any of them in the street I’d give them a wide berth. No issues with anyone I went to school with but no desire to see or speak to any of them!

Floralnomad · 09/09/2023 21:15

Absolutely no way .

Araminta34 · 09/09/2023 21:17

I wouldn't, but I love watching Joyce Grenfell's 'Old Girls' Reunion' monologue.

dearanon · 09/09/2023 21:17

No

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 09/09/2023 21:19

No way, not ever, I can’t imagine anyone wanting to.

TicTacNicNak · 09/09/2023 21:20

Yes. Went on one a few years back and we've had a couple more since. We're hoping to do another bigger one over the next 12 months as we will all be celebrating a big birthday. This is my secondary school class and it's been great meeting up and finding out the different paths people have taken. We have our own FB page too to keep in touch and share photos and memories.

Some people have done very well, others have had very hard lives, but there is no judging or jealousy that is apparent. It's been great catching up with old friends.

UmbrellaSoldiers · 09/09/2023 21:21

Nope. I went to a posh grammar school and failed miserably, I have no interest in knowing how rich and successful my old classmates are while they judge me for being a fat loser

HelenaJustina · 09/09/2023 21:27

I think I would now (aged 39) but wouldn’t have done 10 years ago. My life diverged from my peers in my early 20s as I got married and had children young, but if I met old school friends now, I’d be the smug one with older children while they still have broken nights and toddlers. And my job/career has caught up with theirs. Interesting…

LemonLimeDivine · 09/09/2023 21:32

Absolutely not.

DeadButDelicious · 09/09/2023 21:33

No. My year had one recently and I didn't go. The person organising it was a complete arsehole in high school but seems to have rewritten her time there and now thinks we were all good chums. Dunno what school she thinks she went to but that's certainly not how I remember it.

I already keep in touch with everybody I want to keep in touch with from school, the rest I don't speak too for a reason. I have no desire to socialise with them and make believe that they didn't make my life miserable.

ell87 · 09/09/2023 21:34

Not unless I went through a huge makeover first and looked absolutely stunning and perfect upon arrival 🤣

Meowandthen · 09/09/2023 21:36

Never. I was chased to attend a couple but not a chance. There are good reasons why I don’t keep in touch with people I went to secondary school with.

xogossipgirlxo · 09/09/2023 21:38

Bleugh, no. I’ve seen these faces long enough😂 If I wanted to stay in touch with someone, I did. No need to see others.

xogossipgirlxo · 09/09/2023 21:40

Oh that’s true, I would love to meet my teachers, but only if someone guaranteed that it’s not school reunion so I don’t have to meet my class.

fiddlesticksandotherwords · 09/09/2023 21:44

I haven't seen or kept in touch with anyone I was at secondary school with, and have no desire whatever to meet any of them ever again. One or two were okay, but I was bullied by a group of them and ostracised by nearly everybody else, so fuck 'em.

timetorefresh · 09/09/2023 21:49

The only people I'd want to see I'd just invite to meet up. Most of the people I went to school with I have no interest in seeing again

hby9628 · 09/09/2023 21:55

I went to one a few years ago. It was fun for a couple of hours then it got a bit dull so I went for chips & went home. I did reconnect with a couple of people though so that was nice.
So I summary, yes, I would go to another

Thatsshallot1967 · 09/09/2023 22:02

I would not, now or in the future, EVER wish to meet or associate with the women in my class at my all-girls school in the 1980s. It was horrendous and I've never forgotten the time I had there. There was a reunion a few years back which an old school pal went to and I was told that I'd had a lucky escape.

Mumsmet · 09/09/2023 22:03

I didn't go to the 20th anniversary one. I was overweight and felt unsuccessful, so didn't want everyone to see me. I saw the photos afterwards and everyone looked in great shape, so I was glad I didn't go. If there was one now, I'd probably go though.

OnTheSofaAllNight · 09/09/2023 22:09

I couldn't think of anything worse. I've got a small group of friends from senior school who I speak to every week but I'm not particularly interested in meeting up with anyone else.

I didn't really fit in at school and I just can't imagine standing there chatting polite shit to people I didn't particularly like with a plastic cup of warm white wine in my hand.