There are lots of reasons people give as to why they don't want to attend a high school reunion. Don't let one of these be yours:
1) I already keep in touch with everyone I care about. This may be true, but what about the people that want to catch up with you that you don't even know about, or what about people you forgot you cared about?
2) I don't look as good as I'd like. I got fat, wrinkled, gray, bald, etc.Don't worry, everyone else in our class has too. What's a few extra pounds between friends? It's you we care about, not what you look like.
3) I'm not successful, I've been divorced, I have a boring job, etc.You'll be pleasantly surprised to find out how much everyone has matured. We know that money is not success, that a busy or important job is not success, and that divorce happens to the best of us. None of these things matter, coming and spending time with old friends is what matters.
4) I don't have anyone to come with. Many alumni, single and married, are coming solo. So don't worry about it, you'll fit right in.
5) I hated everything about high school. Many of us look back and can't believe we wore those clothes, got those haircuts, hung out with that crowd, or said that to our dates. These things happened to everyone. But remember, it's been 20 years! Take comfort in the fact that we all did "dumb" things back then and very few people remember them except you. And, if you are worried about not fitting into the old groups and cliques that existed in high school, know that we are all older and smarter, the cliques have dissolved, we are no longer defined by the school hall we hung out in—we are just one big group that shares a great common experience.
*Taken from the PHS '88 Blog: provohigh88.blogspot.com
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