What I AM having a problem with is that I STILL just don't fit in. Our reunion committee once again picked a place that is out of my league, in a price range I can't afford. It's Homecoming and Prom all over again. Instead of having a decently priced venue that could be semi-formal, this is definitely a "go all out" type of event. I would have to buy a special dress just for the night. The tickets, per person, are $100. Wow! I hope the people I graduated with are doing better financially than I am.
What would be wrong with a pot-luck picnic at a near-by park? We could move our reunion from July to October so the weather would be more friendly for that type of gathering. What about decorating the gym and having a buffet meal? I know, I sound old fashioned and perhaps even stodgy. Just call me Maxine! Seriously, though, do we always have to be showing off?
When I posed this question to the reunion committee they said that the venue was the best bang for the buck. Somehow I just don't believe that a high-end hotel in one of the most expensive cities around us is really the most cost-effective choice. My class wouldn't know how to do a pot luck if it bit them in the.... well, you get the picture.
The funny thing is that I recognize the names of the people I graduated with, but beyond that I really don't know any of these people. I was in a graduating class of 833 students. Of those, I am connected with the ones I remember best through Facebook or email. Sure, there are a couple I would like to find, and there are a few I would really like to see. For the most part, though, those people who I'm not connected with are just memories that don't need to be sparked anyway.
I'm not a big drinker, I don't dance at all, and the music would probably be too loud to carry a conversation. Or maybe I'm just getting hard of hearing. Either way I don't think the atmosphere sounds enjoyable. And I certainly don't want to pay $200 to sit around and make small talk with people I'm not sure I remember. I'd much rather bring our families to a park and give us something genuine to talk about. Maybe I'm just a big party pooper. I never was into the big celebrations and gatherings.
I'm linking up to Time Travel Tuesday with Sisters From Another Mister!
12 comments:
I'm with you on the potluck in the park idea. That sounds great for a reunion, why make it so expensive and formal?? $100 seems ridiculous to me just to catch up with high school friends.
I totally agree with you; that is an outrageous cost! That was also a big class you graduated from! I went to my 15-year reunion and that was enough for me, LOL. My hubby went to his 10/20 and that was enough for him. His mom wanted me to wear one of her expensive diamond rings to the 20th to so people how well he had done, LOL. He had done well on his own, I didn't need to prove that he had, so I refused to wear the ring :)
I agree with you; a simple gathering in the park would have been more user friendly and less expensive!
betty
Hey why don't you invite the people you still talk to on Facebook to do your own reunion at the park in the fall? Then you can all save the $200 bucks and still celebrate the milestone.
I actually suggested that, Tara. It didn't go over very well. I think maybe some relationships are best left to Facebook.
I didn't like high school.... And when we had our 10 year reunion last year I had no desire to go...
I feel that if there is anyone that I want to stay in contact with I do... and I don't need to reconnect with anyone else now... If you are not comfortable with the venue or the idea, I would just skip it (and then stalk it on facebook and chuckle at everyone's pictures)
Yep, sure sounds like high school all over again. Something informal would be way more fun. I've heard some classes do both. The big party at night and the next day something more informal at a park and maybe even family friendly. Having said all that, you wouldn't catch me dead at any high school reunion!
MA, I remember going to one of my dad's reunions in a park when I was a kid. The benefit to being in a small town, I think, is that he still knew a lot of the people he went to school with. We had a great time that day.
I totally agree with you! I am not going to spend $200 to be with people that I don't talk to. I don't care who has the best job, biggest house or traveled the most. I would much rather have a get together where you don't have to spend a bunch of money to listen to lies. Sorry, but I keep having this debate with one of our friends. She wants me to go but I don't want to. I would rather go to dinner with friends that night then a bunch of strangers! If you decide to do a park thing in the fall let me know.
I will definitely let you know if I decide to do it. Unfortunately it would be a lot of work that I'm not sure I am up to. We'll see how the first month of school goes, then I'll decide. I would love to get our old little group together with our families!
This reunion thing is such an American phenomenon .... if you have not stayed in touch with folks, it is probably because you didn't want to in the first place right? ;) Thanks for linking to Time travel ... love reading the old posts I missed.
hey me again ... trying to punt your post on twitter and facebook ... but cannot find you ... let me know ok!
Especially with this day and age where we have FB, Twitter, and the like, Sisters. It's so much easier to keep in touch than it was 20 years ago!
I don't have my blog on FB or Twitter. Just my blog.
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