“I drank what?”

Tangentially related: I’m a highly educated and trained healthcare worker and educator. I didn’t receive mystery seeds, but I did have some carrots start growing in my garden that I didn’t plant. “Wow!” I thought to myself, “volunteer carrots!” One day while my then-boyfriend was at work, I harvested some veg from the…

My high school reunion was online and made it to the New York Times as a result. It was nice because we actually all got to talk to each other instead of just breaking into cliques, and we had 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence for George Floyd.
On the other hand, my classmates are Johns Hopkins directors and Emmy…

I grew up in a small, terrible town where I never fit in, and one of the few things that made my high school years tolerable was my friendship with my classmate, Russell. We had one of those relationships that was two parts teasing, one part unrequited crush, plus a decent amount of genuine affection and affinity.

Ten year HS reunion with my best pals. As I arrive at my friend’s house, the first “casual” get together night, I notice her mom’s neighbor has a racist lawn jockey in their front yard. I am incensed. We proceed to the bar and get all kinds of messed up, having a great time, but still stewing. At about midnight, I…

My 31st class reunion back in 2012 was the first one since the 31 years I had graduated. Some of us locals and a handful of those who moved away after graduation talked about organizing one, so we did.

On the other hand, you missed the chance to barf in the Reagan library.

Holy shit, you win

The commenters on here have been pretty influential in my life. It was a Jezzie who gave me this idea! The way she wrote her response was so chill, mature, and direct. I wish I’d saved it, but I remember feeling very envious of a person who could casually write a response and then block the person.

Legit. Every time someone who bullied me, was cruel to me, fucked up my body image, made fun of me for wanting good grades, tries to friend me I remind them of it. I don’t care if you had a come to jesus moment (they didn’t, they feel guilty that shitty stuff happened to me and they want to feel good about feeling…

I don’t go to reunions for two reasons:

At my 10 year reunion everyone seemed to be sizing each other up to see who was more or less successful. I was one of the few unmarried people and felt judged.

This was a roller coaster.

This reads like the pilot episode for a new Netflix show. 5 stars!

Well. My high school class was famous for a waterside accident 10 days before graduation that left several students injured and one beloved classmate dead. Our graduation was marked by students being wheeled in gurneys over the stage and reporters shoving microphones in our faces.

10 year high school reunion out in my boonies hometown. Traveled in from another state. Like 15 people showed up. We all got too drunk and decided to go to the local strip club. Not only were people we graduated with working at the strip club, my high school nemesis and his wife invited me to enjoy a lap dance with…

My high school reunion was supposed to take place at the Reagan Presidential Library, but not enough people RSVP’d so the planning committee lost their deposit and they ended up just all going to the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. I always knew I would not be attending, but that might have been the most…

Wait ... people actually go to those things ??? I’m grateful for the education I received in school but I am not paying money to hang out with any of my former classmates. 

We all know they’re still going to vote for him, right?