Nope.

There were something like 1400 people in my high school graduating class, and I was only friends with maybe a dozen or so of them. I'm not in touch with anyone from high school, with the exception of one guy. So I have zero desire to waste the time and money to attend a high school reunion. To me, that would only appeal to either the folks who peaked in high school and desperately want to relive their glory days, or for the true "social butterfly" types who knew damn near everyone at their school and just have a burning desire to know what everyone is up to now. Or perhaps those who had a tiny graduating class (a couple dozen or less) who were all fairly close friends.

And now I live and work in the same city as my university, and regularly go on campus for stuff like events, guest lectures, and job fairs, so there's no need to make a special trip to a college reunion or homecoming to "revisit campus to bring back memories" or whatever. I can see it whenever I want. Plus I didn't know 99.9% of the many thousands of people in my overall graduating class, or even among the several hundred from my specific college. Nearly all my college friends were from other areas of study, or other years.

We don't have formal reunions for other various academies and training programs from which I've graduated, and I wouldn't see the point of attending even if they were offered. I still run into folks semi-regularly from many of these, since there's a relatively small pool of LEOs in the area. That's fine for a "Hey, I know you from..." and maybe a quick "You remember that time when..." But there'd be no point in making a big formal ordeal about it for hours on end.

Nah...you're not alone.

Class of 1979 West Monroe High School. I moved 6+ hours away to Houston in 1984 after graduating college. Out of a class of almost 500, I keep in semi-contact with only 1...ONE...individual. We were best friends through college and would catch up through the years when I had an overnight in the city in which he and his family lived or if he came to Houston on business.

I attended our 10-year H.S. reunion and haven't been back for anything else. I'll probably go to my 50-year, which will be in 2029. I have NEVER attended anything from my university; Northeast Louisiana University Class of 1983...before the name was changed to University of Louisiana at Monroe, which pissed me off.

Never went to any of them. Only one that was interesting was the 20 year one, but that was when FaceBook was new and a lot of people were posting. And it was fun to see where people had ended up. 30 was right before COVID, and out of a class of 450ish, there were maybe 30 people there.

Every conversation starts with, "Do you remember when....."

Class of '68, something like 200 kids.

Of them, there were 4 that I hung out with. 1 is a total druggie burnout and probably dead by now, 1 was killed in Viet Nam, the other two have dropped off the face of the Earth as nearly as I can tell.

Can't really see me traveling 2500 miles round trip to hang with a bunch of people who haven't got a clue who I was or shared a mutual dislike.

Pretty much the same thing goes for military get-togethers. When you rotate every 18 or 36 months, close friendships are pretty rare. I have one Navy buddy I communicate with 3/4 times a year. He lives in/near Omaha so "dropping in" isn't an option.

I attended my 5th (one week after returning from my honeymoon), 10th, 15th & 20th HS Reunions. Believe it or not they were awesome parties, with the majority of the crew moving on to a local 'drinking establishment' after the reunion, only to close that place! My wife and I were quite surprised after the first one, and actually looked forward to them when they came up. At each, I spent time with a mix of pretty close friends from back in the day, and quite a few acquaintances that I never really hung around with in HS.

One surprising development that I did not expect was that while most of the 'Hot Chicks' from back in the day looked pretty worn out/showed their age, A LOT of the plain/nerdy/not so popular girls were now SMOKIN' HOT! I Did NOT see that Comin'

I've never attended. At this point, it would be a bunch of old people standing around talking about who died.

I quit attending. Time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of...glory days.

After attending my wife's 10 year high school reunion with her, I swore that I would never attend one of my own. I did compromise with her, though, and agreed to attend my 100th.

I graduated in '61 in a small class so I knew just about everyone. We've had reunions every five years or so and I have been to most of them. Even crashed a few reunions from the class behind mine.

Enjoyed the earlier reunions, the more recent ones, not so much.

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Originally posted by bendable:
Am I Mr. Odd man out?

I would say nope.

Class of '79, I have never been to a reunion. In fact, after moving out from my parents house and on to college, I have only seen two high school friends- both at my father's funeral 25 years ago. That's it, I haven't been in contact at all.

HS: Class of 2004
194 graduates
If we had a 10 year, I didn't hear anything about it.
20 years coming up next year & haven't heard anything.

I kept up with maybe a half-dozen people from HS, and that's down to just 1 [college roommate] in the last 10 years or so.

College: 2010, didn't hear anything about a 10 year there either.

They had the 50th (1972) high school reunion last year and I did not attend, I have never been to any of them.

They hold reunions at least twice a year and include several classes together . Not interested and have no plans to ever go .

Went to my HS 30 year reunion in 2001. The 50th was delayed until the fall of 2022, I didn’t attend.

In contact albeit irregular with maybe four classmates. Majority of them today like back then, I have nothing in common with.

Class of '67. Was caught in a school district reorganization that consolidated 4 small districts serving 5 towns into a single much larger one. In fact at the time it was the largest school district (square miles) in the state of Iowa. Not sure if that is still true.
Anyway I attended two years in my hometown high school and two in the larger one. Went from a class of 24 to one of 120. Didn't really have much time to develop too many new friendships in the new school but did make a few. The best part is that many of my friends from the small high school still get together every couple of years in our home town. These are the kids I attended school from Kindergarten through high school. These get togethers mean much more to me than the big school reunions.

Attended zero reunions, have too much life to enjoy. Stayed in contact with one HS friend, no Army friends, no college friends, and 2 from grad school who I backpack or fish with.

Class of 88... to preface my comment I grew up in a fairly influential neighborhood (or shall I say the neighborhood grew up around us) north of Atlanta and most of my classmates were transplants from all over. Many of them wanted that part of North Georgia to be just like the place they moved from and never really seemed happy there. The 80's were a great, yet weird time.

I graduated with around 890 kids...and I stress the word "kids." Run into a few of them from time to time (when we are in Atlanta) but many of them are as self-absorbed as the day we first met. The few folks we do keep in contact are friends we grew up with from the ground up and then through college.

None.
I have lived about 1000 miles away since the year after graduation and have had contact with very few since.
Not to mention it's been 52 years ago in June. I might have gone to one or two had I been closer but just never felt the need.

Class of 74, 204 grads IIRC. Only been to my last two reunions. I don't want to miss the next. Kinda cool seeing how everyone is aging and catching up with some that I otherwise wouldn't contact.