Class of '87 20 year reunion report

[stephbg]

Well.



I think dot points are the only way to approach this.

* Far too many of the women were thin and beautiful :-(

* Most of the boys had let themselves go :-)

* An awful lot of them seemed to smoke.

* There was a great deal of drinking.

* Our one famous classmate Justin Langer did turn up.

* Everyone I spoke to except one had multiple children. Almost everyone was married (I didn't find any unmarried parents). These Catholics, breed like rats.

* Quite a few of the kids went to the same schools, and some had made friends only to discover afterwards that their mothers had been friends.

* Some had become teachers and were teaching their former classmates' children.

* I quickly got the conversation opener down to "Married? Children? Career? Mortgage?" with a side order of "Isn't this weird?" and "Everyone looks the same".

* Did meet the ex. 'Twas fortunately not nearly as awkward as I feared it might be, but I'm in no hurry to repeat the experience.

* Found an old friend who's now a medical physics/radiology specialist and might even be involved in BB's treatment.

* Of the people I spoke to, I've been married the longest. Most seemed to average 8-10 years. We've clocked up 14.



* I found the whole exercise quite pointless and will happily return to the arms of the people I choose to be with. Love you flist!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/]

Well done you, for going.

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

Well done on going. I plan to never attend another. At the 10th I told people what I had thought of them in high school, so my bridges are burnt.

But, honestly, what can we possibly have in common? Other than a few memories of the worst years of our lives.

[fred-mouse.livejournal.com]

this I found quite interesting. Must admit, I'm hanging out for someone to organise one for my year group, as I have a huge quantity of curiosity to find out where everyone has ended up. Mind you, I'm going to have to find my year book before then, so I have the faintest chance of remembering half of them!

then again, I lost track of lots of people I really liked because of the awful depression I had at the beginning of uni, so didn't lose track of them because I didn't like them...

(and I would *love* to meet the exs!)