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I was shocked by how many had passed at such young ages and in various ways...car accidents, plane crash, motorcycle accident, boating accident, drowning, not to mention of course, various illnesses.  Also sadly, dozens and dozens of divorces.  Funny, when you're a teenager, you never even think about such things happening.  (Mine was not HS but a long standing very active YMCA)

Ducky

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I have never been to one of mine.  I still know my old school friends and the rest of the experience was a total nightmare with the exception of grade three.  I can't bring myself to go back.

Ducky

Fish...."LET" When did that happen and why? Fishgirl, fishfry, and now this? Why, I just can't keep track of your adventures. :)

Went to one.  Skipped one due to a Hurricane. Who knows about the next one.  I guess I'm just not that curious.  We'll see.

We held my school reunion between the bar and the funeral parlor, all my friends are either in one or the other..

I've never been to one, not likely to have a reunion now as i'm sure a lot of them are resting in peace. plus my high school has been demolished to make room for housing, i would have loved to have had one.

I never went to one. Two months into the freshman year I quit school and went to work, and then joined the Navy at 17. But, every now and then, out of curiousity I run across one on that Classmates.Com website. There's definitely a whole range of stories! One kid murdered his whole family, and another one I just saw on the televison the other day, that is probably on the verge of becoming a billionaire...life's strange sometimes!

I went to my 20yr and amazed to see how much the men aged but the women looked pretty much the same which was good.  Was disappointed that the same clicks were still in place.  The only students I was really happy to see were my elementary school classmates we all exchanged #'s & still keep in touch. Have not and will not go to another.  But if you have the chance to go to one you should go....it's quite an experience.

Ducky

Contacts didn't even exist when I went to school and I got glasses at age 8. Guess I was lucky...I had dates...AND a dog!! :)

When I left high school, I left everyone behind. I've never been to any of the reunions. Never felt the need to.

It was so darn dark in there , I couldn't tell who anybody is. But, if  you go early, you're likely to see people who you recognize and can sit with . One place to really connect with old classmates.....if you're  female is.........the ladies room. That's where all the talkings going on.  :-)

I only went to the pre-party the night before. It was really cool we had it at a piano bar on Fort Lauderdale Beach. I did have an ex-girlfriend that was surprisingly still into me. I didn't really know how to treat women back in H.S. yet. Took a while to learn that.

My 40th was in 2010 and I didn't want to go. My class wasn't very close in general.  My best friend and I went to dinner and I talked an elementary school classmate NO ONE had seen in OVER 40 years to dine with us.  It was a great time.  The three of us then hit the reunion (cold sober) for the last 1/2 hour.  We were all greeted like royalty, especially the MIA who everyone thought was dead. Those of us from elementary school (about 12) glommed together and planned a brunch for ourselves the following weekend when Mark was going to be in town from out of state. 
The high school reunion meant nothing to me.  The elementary reunion the following weekend was outstanding. THOSE people are the ones I enjoy seeing; those people are lifelong friends. 

Ducky

Isn't it great to still be able to connect with people who have known you, your whole life? There is nothing to explain...they know.

I have reconsidered...I would like to go to any of your class reunions and get ultra dramatic when nobody "remembers" me.  That would be fun!!!

Colleen

Hahaha, that would be funny.

Ducky

A lot of people don't go because they believe that no one will remember them. High school insecurities I guess. :(

Ducky

I'm not good at pulling off a prank without laughing my head off but that would be funny!

After graduation I left the state, not to return for 20 years. When I went to the reunion, I found out there was a rumor going around for years, I was dead. Murdered.It was a H3LL of a shock! They had a good laugh, don't know who started it. I should have dressed up like a zombie and scared a few.

Never been to one. We dont have highschool reunions in Germany.

Went to one,(my 30th),it was ok,seen some old friends,had a good time.My 40th is coming up next year,don't know yet if I'll be going to that one even tho I already got the invite.There were 900 in my class...

Attended many on regular basis college reunions untill I couldn't because i was oulawed for about 30 years - defector from a former communist country, When I did again at the 45 year reunion the saddest thing was to learn how many have died. The other, the fact that at least five changed beyond recognition. 

I did go to one some years ago, some very tedious speakers bragging about their lives and a lot of faces I couldn't recall, the meal was great though!!