Would you go to a school reunion?

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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?

Exactly feel this way too.

I would. I'm still in touch with a lot of people and now we're in our 50s, I think the competitive edge has worn off those who had it, and people are just happy to catch up.

Yes i would

The majority of comments put paid to the claim that your schooldays are the best days of your life!

I went to one a few years ago. I have a couple of good friends from my school days and they persuaded me. It was okay. Not a great night and not awful. It was making polite conversation with people I knew a long time ago. I wouldn’t be really eager to go to another one, but if the date suited and I have nothing better to do, I probably would go.

No. Not if my life depended on it. I hated the school, hated the kids who mercilessly bullied me throughout the miserable time I was there. I can't even look at the school without feeling sick, and that's 40 years later. It ruined my education, ruined my social life and gave me life long anxiety. The school and the bullies can burn in hell.

I would.

I married my 'high-school sweetheart' and our close friendship group comprises about 20 of our joint school friends and their partners.

I'm Facebook friends with probably about another 30ish school friends.

It would be great to catch up, but I do feel it's not so relevant with social media these days.
Between me, DH and our best friends we're probably all in contact with enough people from school that we know the major life events/gossip about most people we went to school with anyway.

And that's before all our parents are thrown into the mix!

No, definitely not.

This.
I think up to your late 30s, it's still very competitive. By the time you've got to 50, you accept some people are grandmothers, some are mums to toddlers, a fair few people don't have children.
Some are still with childhood sweethearts, some are several relationships on.
We aren't in each others pockets but share a past - went to an all girls' school so not sure if that makes a difference.

This is exactly how I feel about school reunions.

I went to the first one but now I wouldn’t. I have some best friends still from school and bump into the odd other person when I am back ‘home’ or at a pub. Always happy to say hi to anyone I sat by in a class, but I am not a fan of organised fun at the best of times and… just no.