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Class of '87 20 year reunion report
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!
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!
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But, honestly, what can we possibly have in common? Other than a few memories of the worst years of our lives.
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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!)