My 10 year high school class reunion is this year. I can't wait to go !

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

I know some people are thinking its only been 10 years so CP what the hell are you talking about. But I feel that it has been 50 years since I graduated. I don't even know where to begin ... when I graduated, I said that I was never going to my reunion - I was the wallflower in high school. I wore glasses,had bad hair,I was never asked out on dates,my book bag was full of books,I was in the band so I was a band geek. Instead of going to the prom,I stayed at home and watched 60 minutes .Whew ... I had crushes and always got turned down ... by the time I graduated, I wanted out. My depression had just kicked in and I was on the run .I did not cry on graduation day because I was done with HS.I vowed to turn my back and just move forward. I was one of out the only 10 people from my 250 graduating class that attended college out of city ... everybody else has stayed here. Not me ...

That I did - I moved to Germany two years after graduation and lost contact with all of my friends.And thats when I just became "me". No more classes, my beauty from within came through. When I came back home from Germany in 2004 I still stayed MIA - I didn't know if people would accept me the way I am now because I am eccentric ... I am black and eccentric. Its hard for me to be understood by my community but I deal with it.Different is good...I am no longer that wallflower although on the inside I am still full of books,the band geek is still there. I do get asked out but I laugh at it now LOL. I think its funny that I get looks because 10 years ago I was picked on.

Well in 2007 through Facebook I have gotten in contact with a lot of friends from high school. I thought these people forgot about me and moved on ... turns out that I was always the one who they talked about "Where is she?" every year during homecoming .I was so busy worrying whether they would accept me and they have been missing me all the long. I can't wait until my 10 year reunion this fall. I am going to come as I am ... no fake Romy and Michelle stories ... I have some good stories to tell about my life since 1998. And I just want to go to show people how happy I am :)

Ok I am done ... just felt like writing ... something. My first post for 2008.

[SallyMander]

1. Mine is too!

Congrats on all the positive changes... i am totally with you. I was a big nerd in HS -- always hanging out with the "smart kids," never popular, very shy. Since then i've learned how to deal with my super-curly hair... gotten more confident in my own body... stopped trying to hide in giant sweatshirts. :) I'm not sure i'll make it back for my reunion, but if i do it'll be a much more confident gal that walks through those doors.

It's a great feeling, no??? :toast:

:hug:


Edit to add -- AND, i'll almost have a PhD by then! So that's something to be proud of too! :D

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. One funny thing that I laugh about now ...

Whenever I see guys from high school that I thought were cute or "fine", I look at them now and laugh LOL.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. Good for you.

I've learned that many of the classmates somehow "improve" over the years.
Also, that it was more fun to talk with those who had been together in elementary school, if you are that lucky. Enjoy.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

4. I have really improved ...

for the better :)

[Archae]

5. My 30th is coming up.

Yup, 30 years since I graduated.

You know how many reunions I've been to?
None.

I couldn't stand most of the people I graduated with, and haven't heard from any of them since.

Besides, all it'll be is just brag-fests.

Best "class reunion" I can think of though was Louie's, on "Taxi." :rofl:

[RushIsRot]

6. I skipped my 10th, but I was there for the 20th. When asked for my

accomplishments, I replied, "So far, I have managed to avoid the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize and prison."

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

7. I also want to go to see if I am the only who is not married and with kids.

I am see that far down the road ... no time soon.