Our high school reunion is over
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325653)
Rockingham, Australia
March 19, 2023 11:47pm CST
We attended a High School reunion yesterday for my former classmates. I went to a state-run school but Vince went to a convent school and, being a year younger, was a year behind me.
However, the convent only went to 3rd year high school so many students went to the State high school after Year 7 and a few more transferred after 3rd year. By all of that, I’m trying to say that Vince knows a great many of my high school buddies so it was pretty much a reunion for both of us.
We went to a heritage-listed hotel at Quindanning. Some arrived in time for lunch which we ate on the verandah and a few more joined us in the evening for dinner which was roast beef followed by cheesecake and cream. As we are all around 76 years old, we're now going to meet every twelve months.
The photo is of the door into one of the ladies’ bathrooms. I’m sorry about the quality. It says ‘Bath 25c, soap extra’.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
20 Mar 23
That would be an old sign... I'm sure the water costs more than 25 cents...
I've never been to one of my high school reunions. I was never interested in seeing most of the people I went to school with.5 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
20 Mar 23
@JudyEv I've seen a very few of them, the ones I did like, over the years when we were shopping and ran into each other. Most of them had to introduce themselves as I didn't recognize them.
One funny, to me, thing I noticed right away is that they had white hair while mine is still auburn. (That is not a joke. One of my classmates asked me how often I dye my hair because it's still the same color it was in school. When Pretty answered that I don't dye it, he asked if she was my wife. When she said she was my daughter, he looked startled and left me alone.)
When she said she was my daughter, he looked startled and left me alone.)1 person likes this
@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil There were some at the first reunion that looked totally different and it was hard for a while to actually relate to them. And there were some that I had absolutely no recollection of. Most say that I haven't changed much at all but certainly my hair is getting more grey.
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@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar 23
I can understand that. The first one can be a bit tense in some ways but since then there is a core group who enjoy meeting every year or two.
@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar 23
It seems many have no wish to meet old classmates. I can understand that really but it's surprising how, as adults most are quite bearable.
@shaggin (71664)
• United States
21 Mar 23
@JudyEv oh my gosh I thought it said 12 years. That’s so neat you plan to all meet up once a year now. That’s a fantastic idea. I wonder if they do that here when people get older. I guess I will find out when my parents have another one.
I thought it said 12 years. That’s so neat you plan to all meet up once a year now. That’s a fantastic idea. I wonder if they do that here when people get older. I guess I will find out when my parents have another one.1 person likes this
@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
22 Mar 23
That sounds a happy occasion. I have never attended a reunion.
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@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
22 Mar 23
@JudyEv Don't you feel shy when seeing your old classmates again for many years?
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@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar 23
@averygirl72 Only a little bit the first time but now it's all good.
@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar 23
It was just our year group but it was more enjoyable I think than a bigger reunion.
@RebeccasFarm (86721)
• United States
20 Mar 23
Oh this is a lovely get together of you all.
That is like me, Vince, I mean.
I went to the 8 yrs of Catholic Elementary, then had to go to Public School.
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@RebeccasFarm (86721)
• United States
21 Mar 23
@JudyEv Oh yes I imagine they are
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@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 23
Many of those at the convent were children of immigrants and knew little or no English before they went to school. They have all done so well. I hope, and I'm sure they are, very grateful to their parents for taking the huge step of coming to Australia to start a new life.
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@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
20 Mar 23
My husband is going for his college reunion this Thursday. They missed their 25 years Silver Jubilee reunion in 2020 due to the pandemic. So, they are having it now. He will be gone from Thursday till the weekend. They have planned three days of fun filled activities.
I badly want to go for a reunion and have started talking to my old friends regarding this. Hope that it happens soon.
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@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar 23
@arunima25 This has been done ourselves and is just for those of us who started high school in 1959 (I think). So it's just the one year group.
@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
21 Mar 23
@JudyEv Spouses and family are also invited. But I can't miss the school as it's last working day. Our college doesn't sponsor and organizes a reunion. We have to discuss and do it ourselves. Our 25 years would be next year.
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@Beestring (13311)
• Hong Kong
20 Mar 23
I still keep in touch with a few high school friends. But for a big reunion, it was about 10 years ago.
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@BarBaraPrz (45476)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Mar 23
I didn't go to my high school reunion. I think it was held 11 years after it was no longer a high school but a middle school. Not that I cared to relive those days, anyway.
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@BarBaraPrz (45476)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Mar 23
@JudyEv Nope. I left town to go to college, got married and moved away, far far away.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
20 Mar 23
That was a long session in that you had lunch and then dinner.
I was instrumental in getting classmates together years ago and this continued until pandemic struck.
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@RasmaSandra (73365)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar 23
At least you had an enjoyable time and saw old friends,
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@innertalks (21021)
• Australia
20 Mar 23
My old school was turned into a training college for Salvation army officers, so no chance of us going back there anymore. I am in two minds about wanting to do so, or not, anyway.
Some like to meet former schoolmates, I would rather not do so.
You have known Vince for a long time then, if you both went to the same school together.
@innertalks (21021)
• Australia
20 Mar 23
@JudyEv Still, a long time to know each other.
My sister met her future husband at technical school in form 1.
Technical schools are all gone now.
