For my class's 10-year reunion, someone created a Facebook group to track down classmates and organize the reunion.
They ignored the best availability dates given by most members and instead planned the reunion around the dates requested by the popular kids from our class. Which most people couldn't attend. Then they picked an expensive venue and asked everyone to chip in money to cover the party reservation, even if they're not planning to attend.
Suffice to say, there was apparently a very poor turnout and whomever planned the event had to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket to cover the event themselves. They were still asking for donations to help out over a year later.
My 20-year reunion went a lot better and I actually showed up for that one.
So the popular kids got together and came up with what they thought was an idea to get everyone else to pay to throw them a party. Yeah, that tracks for people who peaked in high school.
My 20 year reunion will be in a few years, but one of the first things I did when I graduated was unfriend the two people who were the alumni organizers. I haven't heard from them since a few months after when a friend of friend asked me for something and I ignored them.
I haven't spoken to anyone from highschool since 2 years after graduation.
I had friends from extra curricular activities and some of them are still my closest friends. But I really did not fit well in my school.
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School reunion is a scam... Nobody is missing anyone, they just want to know whether you have made it in life or not | Spyke
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For my class's 10-year reunion, someone created a Facebook group to track down classmates and organize the reunion.
They ignored the best availability dates given by most members and instead planned the reunion around the dates requested by the popular kids from our class. Which most people couldn't attend. Then they picked an expensive venue and asked everyone to chip in money to cover the party reservation, even if they're not planning to attend.
Suffice to say, there was apparently a very poor turnout and whomever planned the event had to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket to cover the event themselves. They were still asking for donations to help out over a year later.
My 20-year reunion went a lot better and I actually showed up for that one.
So the popular kids got together and came up with what they thought was an idea to get everyone else to pay to throw them a party. Yeah, that tracks for people who peaked in high school.
My 20 year reunion will be in a few years, but one of the first things I did when I graduated was unfriend the two people who were the alumni organizers. I haven't heard from them since a few months after when a friend of friend asked me for something and I ignored them.
I haven't spoken to anyone from highschool since 2 years after graduation.
I had friends from extra curricular activities and some of them are still my closest friends. But I really did not fit well in my school.