Did you attend your 10 year high school reunion?

[TaterBaby]

If so, are you glad you went? Was it worth it?

If not, do you regret it?

[kugrrly]

I did not go. The tickets were quite expensive. I do not regret going at all. I keep in touch with the friends that I had then.

[bellaprincess]

No, I didn't attend and I don't regret it. I was attending a wedding overseas that weekend, but even if I was available I still wouldn't have gone.

[MLA]

I went with my BFF. It was okay. We saw some folks who it was nice to get caught up with, but most of the people we were really curious about didn't show. So, while it wasn't a complete waste of money and time, it wasn't a "must do," in my book. And it would have been terrible if I'd gone w/o my BFF.

[fuzzy]

Nope. I live 12 hours away from home so the flight plus the tickets were just too much. I keep in touch with my friends from HS, so it'd mean paying a lot to see people who, honestly, don't mean much. I don't regret not going.

[kari]

Yep, I went. Glad I did.

[Happy1]

Our class seems to have forgotten about a 10 year class reunion. That was supposed to be in 2006 and as of yet, no one I talk with has heard anything about another reunion (this is the same class that opted to have a 6 year reunion though so maybe they're skipping the whole idea of a 10 year altogether).

I had a small graduating class (72 people) so if they do have another reunion somewhere down the road, I think I'll wait until the 20 year one. My class was quite bad with cliques and if I wait a little longer I'm sure those will dissipate.

Quite honestly, I'm more interested in just getting a hold of the people I used to hang out with in high school and going out and having dinner with just them. The rest of my classmates I really don't care about too much.

Nikki :D

[BethIrish]

I also went with my BFF,and honestly - it sucked. I would rather have just gone out for a nice dinner with her and skipped the reunion all together!

[PookiePrincess]

Nope. I don't regret it one bit because I don't talk to anyone from high school and I like it that way!

[MidwesternGal]

We actually had a 5 year reunion! In a graduating class of 32 though, I suppose that's normal.

I skipped it.

I do plan on attending my 10 year though.

[MLA]

I also went with my BFF,and honestly - it sucked. I would rather have just gone out for a nice dinner with her and skipped the reunion all together!

Yeah, that probably would have been better in my case, too.

[honeygirl]

Yes, and I'm glad I did. However, I don't mind that the next one isn't for another 10 years. ;)

[endymion411]

mine is this year over thanksgiving weekend. i am planning on going if i'm going to be going home to visit my family anyways

[imagirliegirl]

Mine wouldn't be until 2009 and I don't know if my school would even have one, but if they did I would not attend. I never want to see those people again. :)

[May27JnJ]

Mine wouldn't be until 2009 and I don't know if my school would even have one, but if they did I would not attend. I never want to see those people again. :)

Me too!
Mine will be in 2013...yes, I'm young. :rolleyes:

If they have one, I probably won't go. I don't care about seeing anyone that I don't talk to now.

[shopaholic]

Mine wouldn't be until 2009 and I don't know if my school would even have one, but if they did I would not attend. I never want to see those people again. :)

Ditto. I have myspace so if I want to get in contact with someone I am sure I can that way.

[PinkMartini]

Mine wouldn't be until 2009 and I don't know if my school would even have one, but if they did I would not attend. I never want to see those people again. :)

LoL Same here. I haven't kept in touch with 1 single person from H.S. so there's no point.

[bookworm]

I went and I had a great time.

(But I don't think I'd go to another one.)

[Niobe]

No power on this earth would get me back into my high school.

[Rosebud]

I went to mine (5 years ago... yikes!).

I was apprehensive in some ways about going. I had just been laid off a few weeks before, wasn't married, hadn't had any really brag-worthy achievements in my life at that point and I wondered if everyone was going to be doing the "my life is so great... how about YOU" thing all night. Fortunately, it wasn't like that at all and I was SO, SO glad I went in the end.

First of all, everyone had grown up. The people you didn't really like back then, the ones you had catty disagreements with, the ones who were kind of losers or stuck up... it just totally didn't matter. Everyone was nice, everyone was genuinely excited to see each other. I spent ages talking to some people I hadn't thought of in years and was thrilled to see old friends I hadn't kept up with. I was really impressed with the very different ways people had gone about their lives and was so curious to hear their stories.

For me, it was a great time and a wonderful way to come full circle with the high school experience.

[tlew12778]

I went. I flew back to the US for it. I went with my HS BFF. It was awesome! It was at a bar so no tickets to shell out big bucks for.

My HS graduating class was over 700 people. About 400 came to reunion.

[salysaturn]

Mine is this year, on Black Friday. I live 3 hours away, and work at Target PT...Fat Chance I will be able to take that day off!!

I went to my 5 year. I had a class of 200, about 50 or so there.

[Kimberland30]

I went to my reunion, and although I can't say that it was worth it, I'm kinda glad I went.

Tickets were $300 per couple, I took my HS boyfriend who I had recently begun dating again. I borrowed a gown, he rented a tux for the formal event.

The social on Friday night was a ton of fun, but my BFF (who also graduated with me) and her DH fought all night because she was "flirting". Then my BF got into it with me because *gasp* I was talking to a GUY.

The formal was a complete dud. The food was gross, and the bar was expensive. We left (both couples) within an hour of getting there and went to a local bar instead. We had MUCH more fun there.

[myshel]

I couldn't go to my 10 year reunion, because I had given birth to DS two days before. My sister went (she's currently married to a guy I graduated with-- not for long though), and she said it was interesting. There was only 101 people in my class, so it was a good catch up for some people.

Two things *could* keep me from going to my 20 year reunion.

1. Some girls haven't changed, and I don't want to deal with them again.

2. I'm married to Latino man, thus our son has an "ethnic" look. My sister took a picture of DS with her to the reunion to explain why I wasn't there. Apparently, a few people remarked that DS looked like a "monkey" and many people asked my sister if I married "one of those people." Does that statement smack of rural small town Iowa or what? :rolleyes:

My dad recently went back for his 40 year reunion and had a good time. He brought back the memory book which was cool to look at. I was surprised that out of his class of 80 at 40 years out, only 5 of his classmates had passed away. In my class of 101 at 12 years out, we've already lost two (one to ovarian cancer and one to a house fire in my hometown).

[Ribbit]

I went. It was okay...a little pricey for the quality of the event overall. There was an "unofficial" get together at a bar the evening before, and I actually had more fun there. Many people went to that instead of the formal reunion. I think that's what I would do next time.

[ysolde]

We were supposed to have a 20 year reunion, but it ended up not happening. Too many people gave opinions, and when it came down to it, no one wanted to organize it. Which pretty much sums up what my (32 person) HS class was like. Nothing changes, I guess.

[snowzilla]

Nope, didn't go, didn't regret it. At least 95 percent of my graduating class can kiss my butt. Ever seen Mean Girls? ;)

[wendalah]

No, one of my best friends got married the same day and I was a bridesmaid, so I couldn't go to the reunion. But I did want to go and was disappointed I couldn't.

I don't really care much about the 20-year one (it's coming up pretty soon, too--2009 for me).

[Medako]

My 10 year is coming up in September and I'm not real sure I want to go. It'll be pretty informal and I got along with most of my class, it's just that I'm not real keen on the idea of getting back together again for whatever reason. Plus, DH has tickets to a huge college football game that day, so I'd be going by myself (and DS).

We had a 5 year reunion and even though I helped with some of the planning, I didn't go to the get-together itself. I almost wouldn't mind doing the same thing time too.

[TX Sweetheart]

We actually had a 5 year reunion! In a graduating class of 32 though, I suppose that's normal.

I skipped it.

I do plan on attending my 10 year though.

We did too... I live 1400 miles away from my hometown and the only person I wanted to see wasn't going because she was 8 1/2 months pregnant when the reunion was, so I didn't go. I may go to my 10 year reunion, but I've still got 4 years to decide LOL

DH's 10 year reunion was about 3 years ago and I think we were on our honeymoon at the time so we didn't go... he wasn't planning on it anyway.

[Kate&Joey]

I was apprehensive in some ways about going. I had just been laid off a few weeks before, wasn't married, hadn't had any really brag-worthy achievements in my life at that point and I wondered if everyone was going to be doing the "my life is so great... how about YOU" thing all night. Fortunately, it wasn't like that at all and I was SO, SO glad I went in the end.

This was exactly why I didn't go. I had just started grad school, wasn't dating anyone seriously, etc. I only keep in touch with a few of my HS friends. Two of them went and were begging me to go, even at the last minute, but I refused. I do kind of regret it (not that I'm losing any sleep over it or anything ;)). I heard all the stories and saw pictures and it did sound like a lot of fun. I will definitely go to the 20 year reunion.

[j*east]

No. We have a small class and I'm in touch with enough people on my own, plus the reunions always seem to happen at an inconvenient time/place. I'll go to one sooner or later, just out of curiosity.

[Toonces]

Didn't attend; don't regret it. We had almost 700 ppl in our graduating class and this would've been the year for our 20th reunion but no one planned it. Doh! The 10 year must not have been that stellar. :p

[kdotp]

Mine is coming up in a few weeks and we are going. I also graduated with a small class (100) and don't really know how many people will actually return for it because it was kind of short notice.

Friday night is socializing at a bar and Saturday night is a prime rib/chicken dinner. I am both nervous and kind of looking forward to it at the same time. I would like to catch up with my classmates -- we all pretty much grew up together -- even if it is at a somewhat superficial social event.

[lovebugs2003]

We didn't have one, and i was never bothered to go, but after seeing everyone on facebook now, i think it would be fun

[Asha]

i did not enjoy my high school reunion. i thought the cost was too high considering i wasn't going to partake in the open bar and the only food was really bad appetizers. most people didn't remember me bc i didn't attend that high school until my junior year. almost everyone was sloshed, and it was no fun being sober among all the drunken folks. it was disappointing when some of my guy friends who i hadn't seen at all didn't seem to want to talk to me once i told them i was married, and went off to flirt with the girls who we had not been friends with. all the girls looked better or the same, and i was feeling kinda down bc i had gained some weight since high school, so i felt worse.

i did have fun going out to dinner before the reunion with my good friends from high school. i have been good friends with them since high school, and i realized really don't need to go to another reunion bc the people i want to see are the people i am still in contact with.

[kk junebug]

i went. but i easily could have passed.

im still friends w/my group since high school. so i see them enough. as for everyone else i really could care less about. the people watching was ok. some looked worse, some looked better.

my reunion was the same day as my precana class for my wedding, which was ALL day...so by the time the reunion came i was burnt out! not to mention it was held at a country club, which was ok. but a bar would have been much better. i guess that's what happens when one of the geeks plans it. ...oops

[diam124]

I couldn't go and I was really bummed about it! I look a heck of a lot better than I did in HS and I had a blast at our 5 year reunion (even though I went by myself and NONE of my friends from HS went). It was a huge ego-boost for me. Looking forward to my 15th in a couple years! (although our school has an annoying tradition of holding reunions Thanksgiving weekend and we always spend Thanksgiving with DH's family - 7 hours away from where I grew up).

[laura]

No, I didn't attend, and no, I don't regret it. We didn't attend my husband's, either, and he is quite happy about that. We live 2000 miles away and 3000 miles away, respectively, but I don't think we would have gone even if we were semi-local.

[PG-rated]

I did, and I'm glad. Mine was somewhat unique in that it was a weekend's worth of events held on campus (I went to a boarding school), so I mainly went to show DH around and see a couple of my favorite teachers. I skipped the dinner since we were in the middle of wedding planning and had to meet with a vendor, so I didn't get to see as many classmates as I would've liked. But I did run into a few people and found out they were still assholes, so I don't know that it would've been much of an evening. If it had been only about seeing people and catching up, I probably would've skipped it.

[Standrea]

Ours won't be until 2009, but I'm not sure if we'll have one. If we do, it will be my circle of friends that plan it, since most of us held an office senior year. They're the only ones that I really care to see anyway, and i see them once a month.

If i really wanted to see anyone, i could go to a bar in town that everyone hangs out at...

[SunnyAB]

I went and really enjoyed it (but I helped organize it) :D We had a small grad class though - 42, and although we had cliques, we didn't have CLIQUES, and I pretty much got along with everyone, so it was great to catch up with everyone. I think there were 3 people who didnt show - only one that said he didn't enjoy anyone's company in school, why would he want to see them now? :eek: :rolleyes: which kind of surprised me. I know he wasnt a jock or anything, but I didnt think it was that bad - but you never know - so I just said Im sorry we wont see you and left it at that. I was really glad I went though - the best thing is the group pic we took with everyone in the same spot as our grad class group pic. We kept it affordable and a more relaxed event, but again, easier to do with a small group. We also invited some people who didnt graduate with us - either because they dropped out or went somewhere else - just the ones who had been with the same group for quite a few years. We even had some of our teachers show up. (Did anyone invite their teachers or were we weird?) I still see a fair amount of people because I didnt move away from the district yet - and one girl keeps asking me when the next one is (this is one of the 'you do the work, I'll take the glory girls') and I say as soon as YOU send me the invitation! Ahh.. I can still be a bit catty. :p But really, we had a great group and it was good to see everyone - but I really dont know if I would go to the next one. Guess it depends whats happening in my life at that time.

[AttyGrl74]

I hosted my 10 year and I'm hosting my 15 year this weekend. It makes me really sad to see what a crappy turnout we get - even though the events I've done are extremely inexpensive.

[phoenics]

I did not go. My ex-fiance broke up with me right before it was going to happen and beyond that, the tickets were way too expensive. What was crazy was that a classmate from the reunion called me right after to badger me about not going and I hadn't talked to her since we graduated. It was weird - especially since I wasn't trying to talk much about my engagement being over. What a tough time, lol.

I hope to make the 20 year one though.

[Lila55]

I attended my 10 year reunion with DH and a few good friends. We had a great turnout and a good time. It was nice to see old friends and catch up.

[sixlets]

My 10 year is supposed to be held over Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays this year, and weather pending, DH and I will be attending since we will be visiting family. I'm looking forward to it for the time being-I only talk to one or two people that I graduated with, but I want to see what everyone is up to. DH's reunion 10 year is next year (if they have one), and we plan on going to it as well. (we graduated from the same highschool, one year apart)

[young lioness]

I thought about going but, once I got the invitation, decided not to.

I live out of state from where I went to HS. The reunion organizers decided to hold it at a Quaker Steak and Lube (http://www.quakersteakandlube.com/), with a cash bar and "pay for your own appetizers". The fact that they put so little effort into organizing something nice made me not want to put the effort and money into coming from out of state to go to a reunion at a beer & wing joint.

[nylons73]

I was voted the 'class rep' at the end of our Senior Year, thus I am the official 'contact person' for our class and the "reunion organizer." I planned the entire thing and, if I do say so myself, it was super fun ;)

We rented out the basement of a Polka Bar (hilarious) and we ended up shutting the place down. We had a phenomenal turnout with people coming from as far away as Sweden to attend! :) I loved every minute of it.

[sea74]

I attended mine (and it's almost time for the 15 year :eek: ) and I'm glad I did. It was a lot of fun.

[Tandis]

Heck no! I barely liked those people when I went to school with them, so why waste my time?

That said, from what I heard it was a joke anyway. Four people paid to come to the $60 a head dinner, so they canceled and moved it to a local bar. No invites, just an annoucement in the local paper, so hardly anyone knew it was happening.

Maybe they'll learn from their mistakes and do the 20th reunion "correctly" but I won't be attending that either.

[miaclear]

I did and am glad I did. Plan to go to the 20 year as well....yikes!

[Tracie]

I went to both my 10 year and 5 year. I enjoyed my five year a lot more for some reason - and met back up with a friend that I had lost touch with. The ten year one was kind of weird, but I guess I'm glad I went. I'm not sure I'll go to a 15 year if they have one (in 2009 - wow!), but I would probably go to the 20.

[Scooter]

We still haven't had a reunion, it's kind of weird. I had planned to go if we had one, but only if it was inexpensive. The people I liked I mostly still see or am in touch with, but there are a couple people I lost touch with that I wouldn't mind seeing again.

ps Tracie, we must be the same age, our 15th is in 2009, too! :)

[Etoile]

No, I did not go--they wanted $110 for tickets, it was at a restaurant in my hometown but what that $110 was for I do not know, as it did not include food or drinks. I'm not spending $220 for my husband and I to socialize with people who as a whole treated me like s*** for 4 years.

The only two people I really care to see from high school, I see on at least weekly basis.

Ah--I sound too bitter. I guess there are a couple people I'd like to see. But, Geez, $110???

[kalogrias]

DH (then BF) begged me to go to my 5th reunion so that he could see what all these people who I had complained about for years were like...and he was shocked to see that I had not exaggerated one single bit. Some had evolved, but most were snotty and bitchy, and I had a girl come up and ask DH (infront of me) if she could date him when he and I were through :eek:

Needless to say, I did not attend my 10th reunion this year, and had my name taken off the alumni mailing list. My one friend from HS did go to the reunion, and she said it was nice -- people finally grew up. Maybe I'll go to my 15th if my curiousity gets the better of me, and if I am in the area.

[Walton]

I just went to mine in June and really enjoyed it. It was a pretty laid-back affair - family picnic during the day and a buffet dinner in the evening. It only cost $25 pp, and then there was a cash bar. I thought that it was great since it wasn't cost-prohibitive. The only disappointment was the low turnout. It surprises me how many people seem to have had such negative experiences in high school that it still affects them so much years later.

[LIZNKEITH]

I actually have my 10 year this Saturday. I do plan on going, but I'm not sure how long I'll go for. TPTB decided to have it at some club in Buckhead (the party district of Atlanta). Not really where I'd choose to go at 5 months pregnant.

It should be interesting though to say the least. I'm going with a few girls I knew in high school that a I rarely get to hang out with.

[Lydia]

I went and I had a blast. I wasn't really popular but wasn't a total loner either...

We had such a good turnout we are having a 15 year reunion as well!

[jmvan74]

I went and it was okay. I guess I'm glad I went. I'll probably go to the next one, just b/c I'm curious.

[roberta]

No. I am not sure they even had a 10 year reunion for my class.

[eli1126]

I don't think my class had a ten year reunion, it would have been in 2005. I wouldn't have went even if they did because I hated high school and most of the people in my class.

[juliemag]

Mine was a couple weeks ago, and I didn't go. It was $65 a person and I couldn't justify that price for seeing people that I didn't really care to see! Nothing against them... but I have other things to spend my money on right now. :) I would consider going to my 20 year reunion though.

[Sazoo]

I did not go, but I would have if I wasn't a bridesmaid in my friend's out-of-town wedding that same weekend.

That said, I don't feel like I missed much. I keep in touch with a small group of high school friends already and from what they told me it doesn't sound like there was a very good turnout at the reunion. I do hope/intend to go to my 20 year reunion, though (this year is 15 years for me, but I have not heard anything about a 15-yr reunion).

[Ericka_Jarett]

Ours was too pricey and at a noisy bar (I am not a drinker). I didn't really talk to many in my class, only a few select people and as of 2 yrs ago I have actually gotten in contact with one of my good friends, that I hadn't talked to since we graduated. We contacted each other through classmates.com so glad we did to. She surprised me and came to my baby shower last year even in the midst of her family having bad news about her Uncle. We hadn't seen each other in 13 yrs at that point, we have been in contact ever since. Found another friend just by chance about 4 yrs ago, we emailed for about a yr or so, we don't really talk anymore now though.

[JenniferEC]

I went to mine because I am still friends with a couple of people from high school. The reunion was over a weekend - drinks on Fri night, dinner/dancing on Sat night and a picnic on Sunday. I only participated on Fri and Sat nights and had a pretty good time. Not sure I will go to a 20th reunion, if there is one.

[zhannushka]

I was going to attend, but my DH's cousin had his 30th birthday party that same day, so - that's where we went instead. My best friend did go and she said it was a waste of her time and money - so, I definitely do not regret it!

[jenahdawn]

Haven't read all the replies.

Yes, I did go.

It was a complete waste of time. I won't go to a 15 year.....20 or 25, MAYBE, but it was a waste....

[quest]

Yep, went to my 10, and had such a good time that we had no doubt about going to the 20, too. Less people turned out for the 20, but it was still a really good time.

I'm sure the tickets were pricey (don't remember exactly how much), but there was food, alcohol, dancing, 80's music, and friends, so how could you go wrong? ;)

[K&H's mommy]

I did. I had fun because there were a couple friends there that I was glad to meet up with again. But for the most part, 80% of the people there were not people I hung out with or were friends with. Would I have gone if I knew that? No. Would I go to the 20-year reunion? Eh, maybe. It depends on where it was and how much it cost.

[Myra]

Mine was a week before my wedding, which was in DC (where I lived), and the reunion was in Philly, so I didn't go. My class had a website where we could post updates, so even without attending I was still able to confirm that my life was superior to theirs, and that's the point of reunions, right? :D

[FallingforPhil]

I went to my 5-year, and it was awful.

Needless to say, I will not be attending my 10th, which happens to be tonight. :rolleyes: I went to a very rural school, with a graduating class of 91. I think I'm the only one not living in my hometown with a million kids.

Maybe my situation is different, though, as I moved when I was a junior, so I only attended the school for 2 years, and hadn't gone through elementary school with the same people.

[docoNY]

I went to my 10, 15 and my 20 yr (was last month). I went to school with a good group and we always have good turnouts and it was fun catching up with people and seeing how they turned out.. 1 guy came in from Seattle & another from LA

[IrishMeg]

I organized our ten year reunion which was held this past weekend. I thought it was going to be awful because we had so few people RSVPing.

On Friday night we had an informal GTG at a local bar. By 11:30, we were having so much fun we moved next door to the "dance club" where we danced until 2:00am. People had so much fun, they decided to pay to come to the event on Saturday night. After the reunion, we all went back out to the local club and closed the place again! I didn't get home until 4:00am and I'm still sore from so much dancing.

We had more fun than I ever thought we could and now people want to do it every year!

[coquelicot]

I went to my 10-year reunion. I don't regret going, but once the dinner was done, I felt sort of out of place. The music on the dance floor was waaaay too loud, and they didn't play one stinkin' slow song after the dinner. Plus DH and I aren't drinkers, so it was just weird being around all these people slowly getting drunk. The only ones who didn't appear to be drinking were pregnant. It was good to catch up with people, but honestly, most of the same people who didn't talk to me back then, didn't talk to me that night. I did talk to a few people that I didn't really know back in HS, but in general, it was just HS 10 years later.

It was a bit gratifying, though, to see that quite a few of the snobbish jocks had let all that muscle go to flab, and their hairlines were almost all headed north. DH would have been considered much more awkward back in the day, but I thought that night, he was much more handsome than they were, receding hairline and all. And I had put on a lot less weight than many of the girls, including the "popular" ones. :) But almost everyone had gained some.

There was supposed to be a picnic the following day (Sunday), but it was cancelled due to lack of interest. Um, considering most of us don't live in town anymore, it's called a travel day, people. Plus a lot of us didn't have kids. Had they held it earlier in the day on Saturday, I might have gone.

That being said, I probably won't go to the 15-year unless they come up with some different activities that don't revolve around bumping and grinding and getting drunk.

[mindy75]

I planned to go, but in the end the tickets were more than I wanted to spend. I still hang out with the only people from hs that I would be interested in seeing.