Anybody ever check out these classmate and reunion sites?

Jstas

You know the ones that try to get you to pay to keep in touch with people from school?

Well, I saw someone I went to school with a little while ago and it got me interested in seeing what was going on with all the people from high school and such.

It's been almost 10 years. I know there is talk of a class reunion happening 'cause the guy I saw said something about it. I don't think I was invited though 'cause I haven't seen an invitation and he said that they already went out. Not like I care or anything, I just found it odd that people would still hold the same petty hang ups for 10 years. Those hang ups being that I was never one of the "in" crowd. They were into sex, drugs and alcohol and all I wanted to do was race my Mustang. So I was always picked on and such and never got invited to parties or anything. My twin sister was but not me. It's just amazing that after 10 years people can still be so petty.

Anyway, that wasn't the point. The point is that I am completely stunned at how poorly all these people have made out in thier lives. One guy who told me I'd never amount to anything has been hopping around the country from law school to law school and near as I can tell, is still doing so. Another girl I asked out and she shot me down and laughed at me about it, she got pregnant about a month before graduation apparently and now has 5 kids and is divorced. The one guy I talked to has been hanging out in a local bar for so long that they gave him a job as the doorman. He has been going to paramedic school for the past 5 years and failed his paramedic test 3 times and is going for a 4th.

This is how the stories go through 75-80% of the class. I mean, a few people have even served jail time. I used to think I wasn't doing so great for a 27 year old guy but looking back, I've achieved all but two of my dreams in life and those are very near my reach at this time in my life. Infact, if things go well, I will have achieved them before I am 30 years of age. So I guess I am experiencing the Jerry Springer Effect. In other words, if you ever get down on yourself and think your life sucks, turn on Jerry Springer and you'll realize that your life may not be peaches and cream right now one thing's for sure... at least I ain't THAT GUY!



Another thing, I think these website to contact all the **** from your childhood are a racket. They charge you to even look at an email address.


Wish I thought of that site idea first. I'd be a rich man by now.

Danny Tse

Hehehe

I am having my 20th high school reunion next year (boy, that's painful to say). While I could care less about these people who made my teenage years a living hell, I do want to see whatever happened to some of these jocks and cheerleader-types. Maybe just my curiousity.

Hmmm....just remember the varsity football team's quarterback had his locker right next to mine....surprisingly, he didn't have an inflated ego about himself and was actually a nice guy.

Bonham

The majority of my friends now have been my friends since I was in gradeschool really. I think I only have three friends that I've met since Jr High.

So all the people I really gave a hoot about... I still hang out with to this day.

Frank Z

I've only seen a few people that I went to school with since I graduated (1980). No big deal for me, they did their own thing and I did mine. I have to laugh at the condition of some of those I've seen. Two words for guys, large and bald. Two words for the women, large and larger.:D I didn't have anyone that I really hated or anything like that, just never got into the cliques I guess. There are some folks around that went on to college and are now teachers at the same high school we graduated from, somehow that seems a bit pathetic. Guess they never found anything more interesting than high school.:rolleyes:

Neither my wife or I had any desire to go to our respective reunions, and I can't see that changing either.

BTW, We are both very proud of our "Jerry Springer" qualified relatives.:rolleyes: We hope to ride their coat tails when they get on the show!!

Strong Bad

I have more stories about high school than I care to write about. I was the tall skinny kid that got picked on. I wasn't THE person that got all the heat, but I had my share of getting picked on. I graduated in 1985.

Got a story...

Going back about 3 1/2 years when I worked in an office building in downtown Baltimore, I ran into a guy from highschool. We recognized each other right off, said hello and chatted for a few minutes. He did well for himself. Degree, nice $$$ job, wife and 2 kids. After about 5 minutes of talk, he then looked me right in the eye and said he saw me at a happy hour a few months before, but didn't come over to say hey. He was happy he ran into me now because he wanted to appologize for anything he ever did to make things harder on me in school (he was a jock). He then told me how he went home that other night he saw me and talked to his wife about seeing me and feeling bad about not going over to talk to me.

As he talked to me, I could see in his eyes how tears were sort of brewing, but he held back. He appologized several times and I simply told him not to worry and that we were all just a bunch of stupid teens. He kept insisting that he should have known better and was sorry. He then said now that he has kids, he looks back at how he was in highschool and prays that his kids never do what he did AND are never on the receiving end of what was done to me.

I had always held a huge grudge against certain individuals from HS and wished I could get even for what they did. After running into him, the grudge sort of faded away for the most part and I realized it was time for me to grow up and remember that we were all just a bunch of stupid kids!

Some people do grow up and regret their mistakes.


John