Lessons Learned from my 25th Year HS Reunion

[Longhorn85]

1) I have a great marriage

2) I am in excellent shape compared to my peers

3) I weigh 65lbs more now than in HS (from 155 to 220)

4) Many of the girls I really liked then turned out to be great wives for their husbands

5) Many broken hearts and broken families

6) Those that you thought would be successful, are successful. Others...

7) People still gravitate to the football players

8) Dorks are still dorks

9) Good looking people tend to have good looking kids

10) Differences that seemed like a big deal 25yrs ago seem silly now

 

[Dial_tone]

way different from my 20th:

1. The girls that were hot in high school were downhill by late 20's and look like hell now.
2. The girls that were sorta okay in hgh school look gorgeous now. They continued to work on themselves.
3. The jocks gained weight and lost their hair
4. The smart dorks that didn't fit in anywhere are well off and probably your boss.
5. People still get me mixed up with Ken Pinkney

 

[sigweed]

my HS reunions are going to be quite interesting to see
prestigious private school so theres defintly going to be some real success stories, and some serious bombs....
no girls to watch go downhill though

i always laugh when i hear that those 105lbs computer kids are the jock's bosses in the future...sweet irony

 

[PBR]

DT and Long....truth to both of your experiences...i had my 20 year a while back...i went to the engagement with a girl that i had been in love with for many years...i had one of the best times in my life...(and no, i did not "Do" her...) there was a guy that i had known throughout HS that was there with another girlfriend of mine...he was on some drugs mixed with alcohol and was giving her a bad time...she refused to leave with him and he got real aggresive with her...i tried to get him to go outside and cool off...he wouldnt do it...i left him alone, until he headbutted the girl in the forehead...so i picked him up by the throat and put him on the wall....then the whole party got involved....cops, security etc...it was a scene...he was escorted away and everyone returned to normal....what a night!!!...shame tho, people cant just have fun for awhile without doing something stupid....

 

[Robert Jan]

I have my 5 month HS reunion in november

actually we're being awarded an extra diploma for a side program we did.

but it will be interesting to see how only 5 months out of HS has already changed some people. specially since most moved out of their parents house in this period.

I hear conflicting stories about whether the succesful people in hs are succesful in life or not. I think what it comes down to is you cant tell.

In the first 3 years or so of high school you are basically more popular the stupider you are so thats worth right jack. in the seniors there might be somewhat of a case.

 

[ChefWide]

I missed my 20th. Can you imagine? We were in the process of some heavy doings and I just couldnt go.

Is the 25th a big one to? I would love to have seen those goons...

 

[Werd]

I went to my 10th. Twas quite funny.... All the "pretty rah-rah" chicks that I was so envious of (I was a chubby kid) were now dumpy and still stuck in the 80's. I was "happily married" w/a nice figure. We owned a successful business (my ex and I). I worked so hard to maintain "the facade".

I couldnt begin to imagine what my 25th will be like....

I am just trying to get throug today to worry about that too much.

 

[Robert Jan]

Never realised how fucking ancient y'all are.

25 yr HS reunion.... you'd be like 43 yrs old

anyway my class never really had jocks and nerds. we had like two jocks in the whole school.

We had snobs vs nerds. maybe cuz it was an advanced program not many jocks got in.

It would be funny to see some of the nerds back as millionaires and the snobs doing labour but I think it won't be that pattern.

 

[ChefWide]

Never realised how fucking ancient y'all are.

25 yr HS reunion.... you'd be like 43 yrs old

anyway my class never really had jocks and nerds. we had like two jocks in the whole school.

We had snobs vs nerds. maybe cuz it was an advanced program not many jocks got in.

It would be funny to see some of the nerds back as millionaires and the snobs doing labour but I think it won't be that pattern.

Or maybe in your advanced nerdosity, you can come to terms with how much more wise and experienced we over 40 types inevitably are... or not. Youth assumes too much, too often.

 

[Robert Jan]

i dont really see what you're saying. whether wisdom comes with age or not is not really relevant to my post.

 

[Gymgurl]

My 20th was a mixture of both...if you have the chance to go to yours...go. It is a experience.

 

[Hengst]

Never realised how fucking ancient y'all are.

25 yr HS reunion.... you'd be like 43 yrs old

Speaking as a 43 year old man........... you have NO fucking idea how QUICKLY the time passes. Blink and it's a decade later. Honest to god.

 

[Longhorn85]

Never realised how fucking ancient y'all are.

25 yr HS reunion.... you'd be like 43 yrs old

Yeah, we're definitely not babies any more, but some of us have held up okay.

All of us have mortages, teenagers, long marriages and careers, but we still play. I threw the homecoming queen in the pool while we were supposed to be posing for a group picture. This was just two hours before the big dinner dance too so her hair never quite recovered. She forgave me though, we danced and drank together all night.

I kinda pissed off one of my football buddies because I kept talking about many of the girls he used to date. His wife was a little upset. Who knew that he never told her about his exploits in HS?

 

[Robert Jan]

haha you could have known that one man.

 

[Longhorn85]

Another irony. Another one of my football buddies was all over the girls back when we were in 8th grade before I even knew they existed. He was getting pussy all thru high school and I was pretty much the goodie two shoes. I was a jock and smart but did not date until college except for the homecoming dance and senior prom. No regrets and that is what I want for my kids.

The irony though is that my friend is now divorced after a rough marriage and in his words "lonely", while I am happily married and enjoying sex more than I ever have in my life.

 

[callthedoctor]

Another irony. Another one of my football buddies was all over the girls back when we were in 8th grade before I even knew they existed. He was getting pussy all thru high school and I was pretty much the goodie two shoes. I was a jock and smart but did not date until college except for the homecoming dance and senior prom. No regrets and that is what I want for my kids.

The irony though is that my friend is now divorced after a rough marriage and in his words "lonely", while I am happily married and enjoying sex more than I ever have in my life.

Great Post.....Like Budweiser...."True...True".

 

[Robert Jan]

Theres a prodigy in my class who graduated at age 15 in the honours class and scores off the charts in most IQ tests

Hes got some personality and social problems though. Im very curious to see how he ends up.

 

[Longhorn85]

Theres a prodigy in my class who graduated at age 15 in the honours class and scores off the charts in most IQ tests

Hes got some personality and social problems though. Im very curious to see how he ends up.

Sounds like your typical Ivy League professor.

 

[Longhorn85]

My 20th was a mixture of both...if you have the chance to go to yours...go. It is a experience.

I'll bet you were a big hit at your reunion. You look like you should be attending your 5th, not your 20th.

 

[TheProject]

1) I have a great marriage

2) I am in excellent shape compared to my peers

3) I weigh 65lbs more now than in HS (from 155 to 220)

4) Many of the girls I really liked then turned out to be great wives for their husbands

5) Many broken hearts and broken families

6) Those that you thought would be successful, are successful. Others...

7) People still gravitate to the football players

8) Dorks are still dorks

9) Good looking people tend to have good looking kids

10) Differences that seemed like a big deal 25yrs ago seem silly now

I dunno, I went to my 10th, and noticed the the cliques in high school seem to still persist 10 years later. Only those that gravitated to football players 10 years ago still did.

Lotsa people that looked a lot older than I thought they would though.

 

[Robert Jan]

Sounds like your typical Ivy League professor.

says he wants to be a journalist

 

[Longhorn85]

A girl that I liked a lot was divorced after a 17yr marriage. I didn't get a chance to ask her why she broke up. She has kids and still looks great, better than in high school. We were drinking beer and she was being honest about her feelings. I asked if maybe being single after all these years was in any way liberating. She said no, that it sucked. Any time that I thought might be liberating (waking up late on a Saturday with an empty schedule for example) was a source of depression for her.

She asked my what she was doing wrong because she was never asked out. I told her she needs to get out of El Paso. I wish I could bring her back to DC with me, I would set her up in a heartbeat.

 

[Robert Jan]

if youre not being asked out you dont meet enough people... then you need to join a sports club and some hobby club and go out with friends and go to houseparties whatever

 

[Longhorn85]

if youre not being asked out you dont meet enough people... then you need to join a sports club and some hobby club and go out with friends and go to houseparties whatever

True. She does work out at a gym regularly, which is where she met the one guy who has asked her out recently (or maybe she asked him). I don't think she digs him though.

 

[gonelifting]

I got asked to my 10th but did`nt go. 10 is a little too early IMO Not that I would go to my 20th or 25th...

My 20th is coming up in 06. WOW!!! That was fast. I liked reading this thread, it got me thinking about HS experiences a little. We were so stupid back then. lol

 

[Longhorn85]

I We were so stupid back then. lol

I prefer to think of it as naivete'.


Another revelation was that the most cynical, anti-religious guy I knew is now a hard-core Christian. His son came home from school one day feeling bad because other kids mentioned God and he knew nothing about him. His mom and the kid started going to church after that. Eventually my friend tagged along just to hang out. Started attending Bible study and became interested on a strictly intellectual level at first.

Now he is the Billy Graham of our class. Amazing.

 

[Dial_tone]

I missed my 20th. Can you imagine? We were in the process of some heavy doings and I just couldnt go.

Is the 25th a big one to? I would love to have seen those goons...

I actually missed my 20th too, that was just the report I got from my best friend. It was the week after 9/11 and I couldn't fly there.

 

[curling]

My 20ths were a trip too longhorn. I put the "s" on the end because I went to two reunions because my dad made me move from my town I lived in since the 6th grade to houston in the middle of my jr year. So I wanted to go to both. I can't believe how many people still smoked pot and how many people did that night. Also I couldn't believe how old some of them looked. It was also great to hang with those "Good" friends you had in high school. They were still good. Kinda freaks you out you didn't keep in touch with them over the years. After the reunion we all emailed each other for about 6 months and now that is stopped. Oh well we got the 25th coming up in three to get reaquainted.

 

[Longhorn85]

It was also great to hang with those "Good" friends you had in high school. They were still good. Kinda freaks you out you didn't keep in touch with them over the years. After the reunion we all emailed each other for about 6 months and now that is stopped. Oh well we got the 25th coming up in three to get reaquainted.

I agree, it's really about a handful of good friends that you have known for almost your entire life. We had a real close class and I missed the 10th but made the 15, 20 and 25. We used to try to email but that just fizzles as you said.

When we part we hug and kiss (women only) and say, "see you in five years".

 

[Robert Jan]

They say the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Do you agree?

Longhorn that's nice for him that he became religious I mean that. I'd like to be a Christian, but I can't. I couldn't convince myself to and just the fact that I'd have to makes it harder.
I think it would be a great feeling though. Foundation to your life.

 

[curling]

They say the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Do you agree?

Longhorn that's nice for him that he became religious I mean that. I'd like to be a Christian, but I can't. I couldn't convince myself to and just the fact that I'd have to makes it harder.
I think it would be a great feeling though. Foundation to your life.

Have you said the sinners prayer? And not only to have a foundation also have a promise of wonderful eternity.

 

[Gymgurl]

I'll bet you were a big hit at your reunion. You look like you should be attending your 5th, not your 20th.

LOl well thanks....it's all the weights I tell ya!!

 

[Longhorn85]

They say the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Do you agree?

Longhorn that's nice for him that he became religious I mean that. I'd like to be a Christian, but I can't. I couldn't convince myself to and just the fact that I'd have to makes it harder.
I think it would be a great feeling though. Foundation to your life.

It is tremendous to have friends who knew you when you were young. Especially for me as a career military officer. I move every few years, and it is great to stay in touch with folks I've known since the 3d grade.

The Christian conversion was cool. Like I said, he was extremely cynical and had been that way since 7th grade. Super intellect. It was his kid coming home crying that led him to the altar.

 

[Robert Jan]

Have you said the sinners prayer? And not only to have a foundation also have a promise of wonderful eternity.

no disrespect but this is a somewhat ignorant thing to say of course you believe theres a wonderful eternity and i dont thats the whole point innit?

What is the sinners prayer?> i do know a long poem by the name of the prayer of the ignorant in which a man painfully declares his atheism

 

[curling]

no disrespect but this is a somewhat ignorant thing to say of course you believe theres a wonderful eternity and i dont thats the whole point innit?

What is the sinners prayer?> i do know a long poem by the name of the prayer of the ignorant in which a man painfully declares his atheism

Basically it is something like:

""Lord I believe that you died on the cross and rose from the grave after 3 days for my sins. I ask you to forgive my sins and be my Lord and Savior, Amen."

IF you say a prayer like that and mean it then live your life for Christ. You are saved.

 

[Robert Jan]

Can't, not now anyway. I wouldn't mean it and its not something I can just lie about even if i wanted.

Anyway back to HS reunions...

 

[velvett]

I kinda pissed off one of my football buddies because I kept talking about many of the girls he used to date. His wife was a little upset. Who knew that he never told her about his exploits in HS?

Very classy.

 

[Dial_tone]

I kinda pissed off one of my football buddies because I kept talking about many of the girls he used to date. His wife was a little upset. Who knew that he never told her about his exploits in HS?

So you're like the guy in that commercial where they go "now would be a good time to stop"....but he starts talking about the 300 lucky ladies in school.....Dave, you were THE MAN!

 

[EnderJE]

1) I have a great marriage
2) I am in excellent shape compared to my peers
3) I weigh 65lbs more now than in HS (from 155 to 220)
4) Many of the girls I really liked then turned out to be great wives for their husbands
5) Many broken hearts and broken families
6) Those that you thought would be successful, are successful. Others...
7) People still gravitate to the football players
8) Dorks are still dorks
9) Good looking people tend to have good looking kids
10) Differences that seemed like a big deal 25yrs ago seem silly now

I'm not with you on 3 (I'm the same weight, just less BF%), 4, 7, 8, and 6.

The girls that I really liked back then have all "chubbed" out and were never the same after a few kids. The ones that were "sluts" back then have really matured though (although I would think that its the exception and not the rule).

The football players who didn't get a post secondary education are laughable. One is still harping on the fact that he could of gone pro if it wasn't for him getting injuired in the last season. C'mon, its Canada. No one gives a shit about football.

The one person who I thought would be successful above all else got mixed with the wrong crowd in college and has spent the last few years "trying to find herself".

The ones who were dorks really picked up in college and later in life.

 

[jnuts]

I keep missing my reunions due to deployments or being overseas. My 20th is next summer and I'll be out of the country for that one (gone for 4 fricken months).

It would be nice to meet up with everybody again.

 

[Illuminati]

wow. you guys really got me thinking about this shit. i just realized that i have been out of HS for 4.5 years. i think about some of the people that i knew, and wonder what the hell they have been up to. shit, that kind of crazy. my 10 year is around the corner (5.5 years.) and i realize how much i have changed since then. i only wonder how much more i will change by then...

 

[slickdadd]

wow. you guys really got me thinking about this shit. i just realized that i have been out of HS for 4.5 years. i think about some of the people that i knew, and wonder what the hell they have been up to. shit, that kind of crazy. my 10 year is around the corner (5.5 years.) and i realize how much i have changed since then. i only wonder how much more i will change by then...

Yep. same here. It's really ridiculous how much faster shit goes by once you get out of high school. I already really miss those days. As much as they seemed to suck, the possibilities for fun and wreckless mischief were great. No responsibilities and a large group of others in the same situation is hard to beat. Damnit. Getting older sucks ass.

 

[Longhorn85]

So you're like the guy in that commercial where they go "now would be a good time to stop"....but he starts talking about the 300 lucky ladies in school.....Dave, you were THE MAN!

Yeah I definitely hosed him, but I don't know his wife well and I wasn't aware that she was standing there with us in the bar as we were reflecting on our HS days. He should have kicked me or something.

After he got a little upset I was apologetic and then I realized how silly it was. After he harped on it a couple of times I said to him (and his wife). Hey (insert name here), let's face it, you were a handsome and popular dude in HS, and many women recognized that and were attracted to you. Why hide from your past? You have nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[Longhorn85]

I keep missing my reunions due to deployments or being overseas. My 20th is next summer and I'll be out of the country for that one (gone for 4 fricken months).

It would be nice to meet up with everybody again.

Hopefully you'll make your 25th. We had a guy there who had not been to any previous ones, and he probably had the best time.