I Aged 10 Years Overnight  

Ummm... NOPE!

And sadly, I used my out-of-state location & my son as my reason for not going.

In reality, it was my recently pp figure, and DH's work schedule that would prevent him from attending that kept me from going.

I went to mine...That was so wonderful and I loved seeing everyone even though I was not popular I had always taken time to care and be nice...I was the girl in the back ground that did not offend anyone...My family was not rich, I was strange looking and odd behaved...but I was always nice...I was happy about the fact I was a mom and a wife sadly while I was there my ex did things no guys should... He did not go so he could be slimey...ugh whatever though it was fun...
PS you are tip top this week on my blog in honor of your big bday bash =)

I missed mine, as I no longer live in the same country as most of my classmates. There was no way I was going to pay $1500 to fly out there. I was curious, though, to see the "women" I'd come to know again through FB. It would have been interesting, as I am VERY different from the HS-er I was (I think it's safe to say that nothing is the same, not even my name!) :) I'm sure you'll have a great time.

If you are aging 10 years overnight? Do I need to try and talk to DH about trading you in?

And 10 year reunion, man I only wish I was that young. I feel so much older today because of you. Thanks

I hope Duke loses this weekend and how could you pick W. Va. against your own team? TRAITOR


How is DH's bracket looking?

I would go to mine, for sure! You have a lot to be proud of... go, have fun!

I was so bummed that I missed my 10 year... we were in Vegas for a wedding. Now that was almost 5 years ago... I am feeling very old!

I am still in contact with the group of guys & girls that I was friends with in high school, so I don't feel like it has been that long since I graduated.

I loved high school and would love to see all of the people that I grew up with and plan to go to the next one.

Mine just passed and I didn't go. I wasn't that close to too many people in school. I did more outside of school...plus I really wasn't looking forward to a drunken showcase of the successes and failures of those I went to HS with. No regrets in missing it. In fact I just had a little mini-reunion with one of my good friends from HS last night, haven't seen her since we graduated...that was perfect.

I went to mine last summer, and it was just ok. It was too expensive to justify my husband coming along, so I went with my old high school BFF and she left her husband to hang out with mine. She's really the only friend I still have from high school. High school doesn't hold many super awesome memories for me, it was just something I had to do. I wasn't a popular chick and didn't have a ton of friends, but the ones that I did have were good ones.

I'm glad I went, only because it was nice to see that I ended up as normal as everybody else. Hope you have a good time at yours!

Love your title for your post!
I think if I could do it over again I would have gone to mine, at the time though I had just had a baby and was feeling ick and fat! I guess our high school reunion though didn't have a big turn out and all the people that went I knew...oh well!

Hey, I was YOU in high school! Except replace "swimming" for band, billions of honor societies, and academic olympics. yea, I was that kind of nerdy. And cool :)

I don't think we'll ever have a high school reunion because our class president is/was a pothead. Oh, and our school does 5/10/15/20/25/30/etc. all at the same time now (and thank the Lord they don't have my address!) 3 years till ten years for me, but um...we'll see if we go. The school has to find us first :)

I did [although it was a 5 year reunion..so I'm not sre that it really counts! :] but I was very glad I did. I wasn't sure that I would go but ended up having a really great time. I plan to go to the next one too.

Yes, I did attend mine. I only went because I now live in NC and I went to HS in Kentucky. It was good to see everyone again but the hubs felt a tad out of place because he didn't know anyone. I guess I had my hopes up that it would be more fun than it really turned out to be.

Best wishes with your return to the past.

I have never attended a reunion before (college or hs), but maybe someday. I live too far away, and as you have said, have been able to reconnect with folks from the past and communicate enough.

I've got 2 years to go until mine. I'm at that stage you said you were, I'm not sure if I'll go or not. Hubs can't wait for his though so we'll definintely be going to that one!

I REALLY wanted to go to mine but couldn't as we were in Germany. I plan to go to my 20 year if it works out. It will be fun. Especially since I do communicate with about 25 of my classmates on Facebook :)

I was a swimmer too :)

Mine is this year too. I haven't decided yet whether to go. I did NOT have a pleasant high school experience, so the only reason I would go is to see if the girls who tormented me got fat. Unfortunately there will be little satisfaction in that if I'M still fat. Therein lies my dilemma.

I did not attend my hs reunion. One, because I was oodles of miles away and poor and in seminary with my husband. And Two, because there were only a handful of people I was interested in seeing, and I've since seen them and had our own reunion.

But one day, when I'm rich and famousy I'll show up in my helicopter or limo.

Wow you are so young! LOL I went to my 10 year reunion 3 years ago! I went because hubby and I hooked up our senior year and a lot of people said we wouldn't make it. So we showed them! :-)

I totally missed my tenth without even realizing it. Went back to visit a couple of weeks after the event and was literally attacked by some girl (who was never a friend) for not going.

My 20th is coming up this summer (please don't remind me how old I am, thank you!) and they couldn't pay me to go (lets not mention that I'm now preggers and most of my classmates have kids starting highschool!). We'll just use geography as my excuse.

I will not and have not gone to high school reunion. High school was terrible for me and have completely blocked it out. In fact, I don't think that I even went to HS. ;)

Girl, I am closer to my 20th reunion than I am to my 10th. *sigh*

I didn't go to my 10th. It was way to expensive and I had a baby who was even more expensive.

young pup!!! I would be on my 19th this summer...oy!

I never went to my 10th, I had a BADDDDDDD high school experience. NOt a single person I would want to see from there.

Now a UNiversity reunion would be great!!

You will have a great time!

Nope ... never went to a reunion- BUT, I have caught up with a few folks via internt- always nice to hear someone is doing well ;-)

Okay, I'm really aging myself here, but I went to my 20th reunion in October and I LOVED it!!! I went to a small school (161 in my class). I had lots of friends in the "popular" group and lots that weren't in the popular group. At my ten year reunion, most everyone was normal. HOWEVER, there were still a few of the "mean girls" still showing themselves, but most of us had grown up. At the 20th, it was GREAT! I loved seeing everyone, even people I hadn't been good friends with in school. I think everyone grows up and realizes that we are all just people - same or different - we're all just people.

You should definitely go. You will have a great time and probably connect with people you never thought you would. Marriage and motherhood give you something in common.

Party hard for me!

So I found your blog through Jenny and have been reading it for a couple weeks now. I graduated from HHS in '99. So I had my 10 year last summer. I went and LOVED it. I would highly recommend going.

For me it was just so fun to hang out with all the people from HS without all the HS drama. I didn't have to worry about who my boyfriend was or what anyone thought me because I am who I am. I am married, but didn't bring my husband since most of my HS friends are still single or weren't bringing their DH's. I strongly recommend going!

I can't say I went to my 10 or this year... my 15 year reunions. And I'm sorry I didn't at least make it to the family picnic organized for my 15 year. Enjoy!!

only 10yrs?
you are a youngin' :)

i go to all mine
my graduating class was like 38 people and we just go hang out back home
many still keep in touch as they still live in their hometowns...but i moved away (1 hour) and it's good to catch up
plus...all that crazy cattiness is gone and we are all just friends
of course it's usually only like 10 of us :)

I hated HS. I barely ever went. LOL. When my 10yr came up a bunch of friends and I decided we would go, together.

I remember that day. We were all SO nervous. And to top it off, I was pregnant so I couldn't numb myself from the pain like everyone else.

I am so glad I went. I ended up having SO much fun and reconnecting with a lot of old friends. Now we all can't wait til our next one. Although that would mean we aged another 10 years, but it will still be fun!

Nope. I didn't bother with 5 years (so you went to the college you said you were going to when we graduated and then finished and haven't really had time to do much else yet? $50/person for that - not so much.)

I think we had a 10 - but late. I didn't bother. I had moved a couple hundred miles away and just wasn't interested then.

I don't think we had a 15 (if you're claiming liver spots on 10, I'm feeling REALLY old)... maybe... I probably wouldn't have gone.

I'm not at 20 yet. The idea that I could (EVER) be 20 years out of high school is too upsetting for me to consider going.

I went to my 10 yr reunion. I had fun at the second one. I went to two different high schools. I had a better time at the reunion where I only went to the HS for a year compared to the HS I went to for 3 years!

I also helped plan the 1 yr HS reunion. :)

I think Facebook makes reunions a little bit easier, and that's a good thing. I don't think I would go to mine (in a few more years) without Facebook. At least you still kinda know everyone & what they're up to :)

I didn't go. My BF had just died and I had already seen the people I wanted to see at the funeral. It was sad.

I am planning on going to my 20 year next year and I am really looking forward to it!!!

Ummmm, first thing I have to say is you are such a young thing! We should of had our 25th last year! I went to my 5, 10, & 20...it was all the same. I went to school with most of my classmates from K-12th...small town! I am in contact with lots on FB so not sure if I will go to our 30th...we'll see!

I don't even know if my high school had a reunion! I only went there for grade 12 so I didn't know a lot of people. I do keep in touch with a couple of people through Facebook but I'm not sure I would go to a reunion.

I went to my 5-year high school reunion because my best friend really wanted me to, so I went to keep her company. It was just "ok". About how I expected. There were a few people there I was happy to see, but most were just still too much like they were in high school for me to want to see them again. Not enough time had passed for them to mature, I guess. I won't be going to my 10-year reunion next month because we're out of town for something else, and I can't say I am all that disappointed in that fact, either. My guess is that enough time has STILL not passed for me to want to see a lot of these people. Some, yes, but probably not the majority.

I actually didn't go to any of mine..and all for good reasons..pregnancy first..then an illness..I was in the hospital getting some treatments...but I did want to go partly because we ended up moving back to my home town, present address, and I happen to see so many all the time, around town..and the interest to go was lost..I wont go to next one either...Im 48..Lolol..the thrill is gone..!

noo...

my high school years were not very good for me. I don't want to remember them...

I will never go.

I too, was an AP student with a 4.O GPA. I wasn't popular and was usually buried in books during lunch time...

Life sucked for me, so no. I'll never go.

I love my life now. All the people that mattered to me then, are in my facebook now, so we keep in touch that way.

Hah, we're the same age! My ten year would be this year too, except...I was homeschooled! :-) I'll have to tell my Mom she hasn't aged a bit since graduation...lol

My husband and I both just had our ten year high school reunion last summer. It was fun, but with facebook and blogs, it wasn't that exciting because we already knew what everyone was up too :) It was still fun seeing everyone in person though, and not fun realizing how old we are now.

I finished high school early, so I don't really qualify for a reunion. I would have to say that I was the closest to kids who were older than me....I would love to go to some of their reunions!! In fact, they would be having their ten year reunions this year...maybe I should just tag along with you to yours =)

I didn't go to my reunion and I don't regret it at all. I hated high school and I think going would have been harder than what it would have been worth.

My 20 year reunion (GASP) is this year. My high-school best friend called me and told me I am REQUIRED to come. I haven't decided yet.

I didn't go. I had made other plans and our reunion was kind of thrown together at the last minute. I have kept in touch with a few friends from h.s. through Facebook. I will say, I hope to never have to see my h.s. senior yearbook pic again.

I didn't go to mine. I was living in NC and my reunion was in PA. I had a baby and was pregnant and I just didn't feel like it was worth the effort. There's a 15 year reunion picnic this summer, but again, that's way to far to go.

Maybe someday I'll go to one...I did go to my 10 year college reunion. That was fun.

OMG So I went to my 10 year ahhhh 2 years ago... (lets pretend it was this year eek!).

I too was a 'academic' and 'jock' and I had my friends in various groups but not at ALL popular.

Here's the awesomeness..
YOU CAN DRINK!

I seriously would have loved HS if I had wine during it! It makes you much happier and friendlier...and I also went with an awesome friend and before we walked in we both pumped eachother up on all our accomplishments so while everyone else was complaining about their lack of whatever, we were rocking it and trying to make THEM feel better.

awesome...
it will be fun!

It's interesting, watching our plans unfold. If the dates work for us, we're definitely going. Funny how this blog world (that didn't exist 10 years ago!) has reunited us, isn't it? Would love to see you, girl! :)

P.S. I don't remember much about HS either ... selective memory or late twenties amnesia?

Totally skipped my ten year a couple years ago!

Mine is in a year, and I really don't think I'm going to go. I talk to everyone I want to from high school. I WAS one of the popular girls, and I'm actually not that proud of it because most of my friends weren't all that nice - I don't really want to reminisce about what little brats we were!

How awful is that?!?

I didnt go to mine. There just want anyone that I was interested in seeing.

Go and enjoy yourself!!

I didn't go to my 10 year because a, it was on a Friday and I live two hours away now, and b, I was about six months preggo with my second son and the thought of having to buy a dress and look good was just too much for me to handle. LOL

Your 10 year reunion huh? That means we graduated the same year, 'cause my 10 year is this year as well. And I do not plan on attending.

I don't have great memories of school. I was bullied since 4th grade when I moved to a new school, and that continued into high school. Those who were brave enough to be my friend, I'm still friends with (one of which I actually married!) and therefore have no desire to see how those who bullied me are doing.

I skipped my 5 year and will probably skip the rest. Anyone from those days I want to know is on Facebook!

Hubby's high school reunion is this summer and he says we're not going. I totally want to go! I'm like, "C'mon! Don't you want to show off your family?" Plus we dated in high school so I know many of his classmates.

As for my 10 year reunion, which will be in 2 years, I'm DEFINITELY going!

Okay, first, we have to wait until I stop crying because my 10 year reunion was 6 years ago. I did not realize you were just a BABY!!!! :-)

Second, I was not popular AT ALL in school -- not elementary, not jr. high, not high school. I worked on my reunion though, and had a blast! AND. For those that are married with kids, things have changed. That's all anyone talked about. It was the single ones that stole from the memory table. True story!