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Reunions - school, college, university, work etc - do you go?

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Hetty58 Wed 23-Nov-22 22:36:13

Certainly not! We may have been 'friends' at the time (making the best of having to keep company) - but I didn't keep in touch - so do take the hint!

Redhead56 Wed 23-Nov-22 22:34:17

I went to my university reunion but the people I studied with didn't attend so it was rather boring. I wouldn't bother going again.
My DH has had a few school reunions and we have enjoyed them.

kittylester Wed 23-Nov-22 22:33:24

I hated my grammar school and my early work places.

But, I am still really good friends with people from my volunteering roles. Even though we have all moved on.

paddyann54 Wed 23-Nov-22 22:22:47

NO,I see alott of them daily in the town and am on FB with the ones who moved abroad ,to South Africa ,Australia and Europe

LucyLocket55 Wed 23-Nov-22 22:12:09

No, never, I hated my senior boarding school.

Callistemon21 Wed 23-Nov-22 21:59:51

I think it's more of a man thing.
Not saying that to be misandric but i think it happens more with male groups, especially those who were in the Forces. Old comrades.

I did go to a school reunion once which was very interesting.
The friends who were the closest I'm still in touch with now.

College reunion - no.

Grandma70s Wed 23-Nov-22 21:53:06

I was at the same school for twelve years! Junior and Senior. I quite liked it, which is just as well. It is so sad to read of people hating every minute of school. I wonder why that was?

AreWeThereYet Wed 23-Nov-22 21:44:44

I didn't go to any school for longer than 3 or 4 years at most. So no real connections to any of them, sadly. I have been invited to Uni reunions but don't go to those.

MerylStreep Wed 23-Nov-22 21:31:06

Grannybags

No. I hated every minute of my school life from age 5 till I left

Just what I was going to say.

Grannybags Wed 23-Nov-22 21:19:52

No. I hated every minute of my school life from age 5 till I left

ginny Wed 23-Nov-22 21:16:32

It would be one of my worst nightmares.

Jaxjacky Wed 23-Nov-22 20:56:47

No, never have been, but one of my best friends used to work for the IT company I had my longest time with and another v good friend for my second longest job.

Grandma70s Wed 23-Nov-22 20:15:39

I went to a school one once, when we were all about 50. It was interesting to see how people had turned out. Most were much as I expected, but one ‘girl’ (we were
all girls) who had been very lively and vivacious seemed subdued and quiet. We all compared notes and showed photos of our families.

I thought quite a few would be divorced, but in fact only one was.

timetogo2016 Wed 23-Nov-22 19:48:47

Never,the past should stay in the past.

kittylester Wed 23-Nov-22 19:21:02

And if you go, do you enjoy?

It is DH's University Christmas Reunion as we speak. DH never wants to go and I am happy to go along with that!

We see the people from his year that we want to see and only one couple from our little gang go to the Christmas Dinner

The long suffering wife of that couple has just messaged and asked me to rescue her. Quite how as I'm in Leicestershire and they are in South Wales.

I suspect i asked this last year too but - do you go to reunions and do you enjoy them?