School: 10 Year Reunion

inflames

So as I'm sipping on a fine glass of vino I'm writing this post.

In 20 minutes time I need to go to my 10 year reunion. Mixed feelings and all I want to go.
I have kept close contact with 5 people out of the matrix class of '99.

I'm going for one reason, see if the cool kids is still so cool 8)
Who made a success of their lives and who turned out not so successful.
I don't mean successful in the money kind of way, career wise.

Who is married, who is divorced who has children.

On a lighter note, I will be keeping an eye out for this one dude that used to pick on me!
I'm going to walk up to him and say "Not so tough tonight are you batman?" ?

There were allot of talk on facebook, people saying that they don't want to go. It is a part of their lives that is over.
Good to you all, you will never have this chance or experience again (more free booze for me).

So who of you has had a 10 year reunion, and how did it go?

PS. Carine told me to leave my high school sweethearts alone :?

Cheers to you all, have a fantastic weekend :goodtimes:

Sean

Do Carine a favour and leave her at home. I went to my wifes 10 year reunion last month, and if it had not been for one guy I knew from way back (and was able to chat to about guitar gear), I could easily have slit my wrists with a broken beer bottle out of sheer boredom.

Wizard

I'm busy contemplating whether to go to my first school reunion on the 24th.
In my case it's not the 10th though ... it's the 30th ?

DonovanB

I didn't go. In fact I was asked to help organise it but why would I want to make sure that I see a whole bunch of people I don't want to see.

My reasoning is that I am in touch with a lot of my friends from school. And those I keep in contact with, even if it is a rare occasion are all I need. Some of the guys I was at school with were not pleasant then and are even worse now. I don't want to end up moering someone.

As we get older our values change. I don't value money as much as others do. Yet people always feel the need to tll you what to value. I only ever want to surround myself with people who are good for me, according to my values.

Sean wrote Do Carine a favour and leave her at home. I went to my wifes 10 year reunion last month, and if it had not been for one guy I knew from way back (and was able to chat to about guitar gear), I could easily have slit my wrists with a broken beer bottle out of sheer boredom.

Amen. It must Suuuuuuck hearing other people's inside jokes et al

Riaan-Combrink

I went to a 25th this year -Class of 84. ?

It was pretty weird. The funny thing was to see how some people were carbon copies of what they were in matric, and others completely different. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it. Was a bit stiff, but I can't really put my finger on why. I suspect it is what Donovan described - if you wanted to keep in touch with these guys you would have ...

I took the wife along, which I wouldn't recommend. She spent the whole evening fishing out who my high school girlfriends were (and giving me her impressions of my taste, etc ?). It was kinda weird seeing that my matric/prom dance date had put on as much weight as I have! This seemed to please the missus no end (being 11 years younger than the rest of us) ?

All in all, not sure if it was worth going. But it's almost one of these 'must go' things, isn't it. But I've just received a 20 year reunion invite of my university faculty class - and I RSVP'ed 'no thanks' - so maybe there's the answer.

Wizard

Riaan C wrote All in all, not sure if it was worth going.

Thanks Riaan - your post has done it for me.
I've been on a tipping point of go / dont go. (to my 30th)
Your words resonate very well.

I don't think I'm going to go - especially since it involves a trip to Jo'burg.
(if only I could convince the wife that the saved airfare could go into my new guitar fund) ?

This guitar forum is useful on many different levels.

inflames

I have to say, if was fun! 10 years is not a long time and got on pretty well with every one.
We partied at the school until 02:00 in the morning, then went to Cornerbar.

Most people there got pretty smashed!

Would I go to the 20 year? Answer is no!

Cannon

Hey bro....dont 4get to tell them who was behind the bar when u got there!!!!!

Riaan

if you wanted to keep in touch with these guys you would have ...

Exactly my problem with reunions and meeting old friends on Facebook. After the initial trivialities one soon finds that you have very little in common and that's why the friendships didn't last anyway.

However, the nice thing about reunions is to see how old, fat and bald my old mates have all become....hehehe...! And how old and ugly their wives are...well most anyway!

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Hey, hey, hey! >☹ I'm old and fat and bald... Are you saying I shouldn't go to one of these things? ?

Actually, I have no intention of ever going to one. Hahahahaha

inflames

Yea Craig, at least I got smashed at my reunion with my favorite club owner Dino and barman Craig ?

I have to say, there were some hot ladies! Hey Graig?

Cannon

Oh hell ye!!!!!

dee

My 10 year is coming end of this month. I'm a bit sceptical about going, but some of my friends will be there, so it should be a good party regardless.

Like someone else mentioned, if I actually wanted to see the rest, we would have stayed in contact.

Spyke

It's my 10 year this year too... but I haven't heard a thing about any reunion. Guess that's the best bit about an all boys school, none of this nancy "ooh! we must get together!" rubbish

CDee

I didn't go to my reunion (Also 10 years this year)
Main reason is that most of my friends from school are living overseas and weren't coming at all. There were 2 or 3 of my other friends there but them I see every now and again for a round of golf anyway. Why bother then? ?

Bob-Dubery

Riaan wrote
if you wanted to keep in touch with these guys you would have ...
Exactly my problem with reunions and meeting old friends on Facebook. After the initial trivialities one soon finds that you have very little in common and that's why the friendships didn't last anyway.

I tend to agree with such sentiments. There are some cases where I am glad to have not kept in touch with people, some cases where I have kept in touch.

In most cases there's no real reason for not staying in touch with guys in my matric class, but we simply haven't, and we would have very little in common now. Friendships are built on shared experiences. There are people I might bump into at a class reunion (if I went - I probably wouldn't) who I haven't bumped into for more than 30 years, forget actually sharing any kind of experience with them. If we ever did have anything in common beyond being in the same class in the same school we won't have anything but that in common now.

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I have to agree with alot of the comments about not wanting to go.. I couldn't be bothered and probably won't go to mine.

I made my best friends and University staying in Res anyway...

I only knew and was friends with school people cause what else where you going to do with only 8 guys in a class in a private school? I got nothing against them. But yeah... If they where "friends" you would still be in touch!

School sucked anyway... ?