Kismet ([info]kismetrose) wrote,
@ 2007-09-24 13:27:00
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Okay, I need help making a decision and I don't have much time left to hem and haw.

My first high school reunion is coming up. It's $89 per person until Sept. 28, at which point the price is $100 per person to attend. This might not sound like a lot to some folks but I'm still in college, so it's a lot for me. At that price, it's unlikely that my boyfriend will want to attend so I'd be going alone. They also specify cocktail attire, which means I'll probably have to buy something new, since my clothes aren't typically party-wear. So that's $200 total to go to this thing.

I should have made some comment about whether or not I want to go. As I've said elsewhere, I actually enjoyed a good portion of high school. It didn't go sour for me until the later half of senior year. There are people I'd like to see again, if they show up. And it's not like I've been sitting on my hands these last few years; it may not matter to anyone else, but I've got two degrees and I'm toward the end of my third.

So I have a couple of days to decide - should I stay or should I go? What do you think?

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[info]shaperla
2007-09-24 11:35 pm UTC (link)
I can only say, for me, I didn't go to my reunion. I looked at it this way: "How many of those people did I really want to see, that I don't see anyways?" And really, I almost sense a lot of those things are designed for people who want to show off where they are in their lives, and I didn't care enough to try and impress or depress anyone. hehe.

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[info]casiel
2007-09-25 02:23 pm UTC (link)
Don't go. But this advice is coming from someone who never plans to go to ANY of his High School reunions... ever. I hated most of those people. Why would I want to hear how successful they turned out to be?

Objectively, go if you really enjoyed High School and have a few success stories under your belt. If not, it's not worth the cash & worry.

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[info]reverendfixxxer
2007-09-25 05:52 pm UTC (link)
I don't know about you, but I hated every second of high school. I can't imagine why I'd want to go back and talk about it with other people who are pretending they liked high school. I especially can't imagine actually paying to do so!

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[info]cliffsname
2007-09-25 11:54 pm UTC (link)
We know a few of the same people. I'm not going.

I'm curious about how some people are doing, and I'd like to catch up with a few of the teachers I had (since I'm a teacher now) but for the most part, I have kept in touch with the folks I wanted to keep in touch with.

That's my two cents, use it or not as you will.

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[info]kismetrose
2007-09-27 07:22 am UTC (link)
Well, I decided to ask if I could get an estimate of how many people are already slated to attend.

I figure it this way: If there are enough people at the reunion, then the chances of my seeing an old chum is more likely. If there aren't that many people around, then I might not know anyone, I might know them very little; my graduating class was large enough for that. In which case, I'd be paying $89 + clothing expenses to go to a dinner with virtual strangers. That's not my idea of a good time or a good investment.

The reunion coordinator tried to deflect my question. She did as kindly a job of it as she could and part of me hates to be persistent, but my budget will be much better off if I make a wise decision. I asked again for some kind of estimate to go off of but I have a feeling she will rebuff me again. I figure, for nearly a hundred bucks, it's the least they can do, but I don't imagine that they'll see it that way.

At which point, I will be back to square one.

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[info]cliffsname
2007-09-28 04:33 am UTC (link)
meh, she's likely got a lot of people waffling on the topic.

I think it boils down to putting a price on your curiosity.

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