Exactly! If I had “fit in” more, I would be inclined to go to the reunions. But high school for me was a very painful time. I not only had a difficult time making friends because I was shy and overweight (still am, although not shy so much anymore!) and my brother was killed in a hit and run in my senior year, so it became a blur after that. The only time the more popular students wanted to include me in any of their activities was when they wanted me to use my art talent to their benefit. I particularly remember one girl (who BTW, always heads up the reunion planning). She lived on a farm and had horses. She asked me to create some hand-painted props for her talent portion of a beauty pageant and promised that in return she would have me come over and go horseback riding with her. I loved horses so much that I agreed and did the work. When I asked her at school when we would get together to go riding, she very loudly made fun of me in front of her friends and said that I was too fat to ride her horses. Everyone laughed at me and of course I was totally humiliated!! I got used over and over again for my art abilities, but was never included in any social activities. So, seeing some of my former classmates brings up some bad memories. I think that if you had a great experience in high school that a reunion would be fun and interesting. But for me, that is not the case.
“No Bird Soars Too High If He Soars With His Own Wings” ~ William Blake