On Friday, I will be stepping back into the time warp known as high school as I “celebrate” my 10-year reunion with a bunch of people I haven’t thought of much since May of 2003. Sounds fun, right?
Honestly, I wouldn’t even be making the trip, yes we’re talking a plane ticket here, if my cousin wasn’t getting married during the same weekend in the same city — and the couple of people I’m still friends with and talk to on a regular basis from high school weren’t pushing me to go. See I fall somewhere in the middle of camp I loved high school and camp I hated high school, but I have always stated that you couldn’t pay me enough money to relive those four years of education. College? Now that’s another story. But the fact that I would hardly consider high school the best time of my life is why I’m just a little bit less than enthused to participate in this weekend’s festivities — which at this point is only going to be a football game on Friday night.
As cliche as it sounds, we have Facebook now and the truth of the matter is the mystique of “I wonder what so and so has been up to all this time” is gone. A quick look at my page will tell you were I live, who I work for, and what I do darn near on a weekly basis and the same goes for seeing that Kathy, Jim, Terry, and Monique are now married, just had a baby, live in San Diego, or ain’t doing ish. In other words, I know what y’all are doing and therefore I have no burning desire to run up to you when I see you, arms wide spread with a smile on my face and ask, “so how life’s been in the last 10 years?” when I pretty much already know.
I’m sure at this point someone is wondering, why don’t you just stay your butt at home, and although that has become an increasingly plausible option, one of my closest friends has gotten me with the “I’m just going to be nosy” excuse, which, I must say, isn’t half bad. Social media really only tells so much — usually the good stuff — but seeing someone in person can reveal a whole other side you had no clue about. There’s also the possibility of someone unexpected/you forgot about/who doesn’t believe in social media showing up and making your attendance worthwhile. I’m crossing my fingers on that possibility.
Still, as I took a poll around the office about attending high school reunions, mostly everyone hit me with a look of WTF — as in, “why the f&*% would I go?” along with the implication of where dey do dat at? Hence my question now, how do you feel about high school reunions in this day and age? Are they still necessary? Would you go to yours or have you?
