School reunions - are they a good idea ?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

A few years ago I caught up with a few of the lads I went to uni with, for the first time in a very long time; so long, I was worried whether I'd even recognise them.  That worry wasn't eased by the fact that it was shortly before Christmas and the pub we'd arranged to meet in was rammed.

 

I just got through the door and spent a couple of minutes trying to scan the room for a familiar face when this enormous booming Welsh voice cut over the crowd 

"YOU BASTARD!  YOU'VE STILL GOT HAIR!"

 

That was a decent night out.

[Captain Willard]

The pre meet chat to be going ok so far. At least 4 of my old classmates are dead though including one murder/suicide so that’s unexpected. 

[manwiththestick]

5 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

The pre meet chat to be going ok so far. At least 4 of my old classmates are dead though including one murder/suicide so that’s unexpected. 

They're doing well to be talking to you though.

[YorkshireRed]

5 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

At least 4 of my old classmates are dead

Were these ex classmates old ladies?

[VladimirIlyich]

On 08/04/2024 at 11:00, AngryOfTuebrook said:

There was one bloke I caught up with on Facebook a few years ago. We never met up, but we got into regularly sharing daft jokes; the cornier the better.  Then he died unexpectedly, which is the kind of thing that can happen when you get to our age.

Shit. That's horrible. I fear there are schoolmates I've lost touch with and liked as people,who've suffered a similar fate. Staying in Runcorn is like the Butterfly Effect of the frequent 100 year old plus lifespans of people in such places as the Japanese and Nepalese Mountain foothill villages.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, YorkshireRed said:

Were these ex classmates old ladies?

Not at the time of their imprisonment.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 08/04/2024 at 16:58, Megadrive Man said:

 

I tried to woo a girl at school with a free parker pen on Valentines day.

 

When she rejected me I decided never to try anything that romantic ever again. 

Maybe you should have presented the pen to her in the more traditional way!

[redheart]

School reunion...nope.

 

You would meet people that you have not kept in touch with for a long time and then realise why that is.

 

Anyone of value/interest etc you will have kept in touch with

[Strontium]

I don't think we've had a school reunion for our year. Or if they did, I wasn't invited.

 

To the best of my knowledge, 2/30 of the lads that started in our class in 1989 are deceased. One of those was in second year.

 

Of the remaining 28:

- at least 2 of us post on here

- at least 1 has been to prison (my best friend when I was about 12)

- the lad who went out with the fittest girl in 6th form is apparently now gay

- 1 of them went viral after claiming that he was invited to play golf with Donald Trump

[Section_31]

There's nothing more depressing than seeing the ageing, physical degradation of the school fitties. Was proper head over heels with some bird in college who looked like a young Beyonce, now she looks like Bungle. Crucified grace.

[Fugitive]

Pretty sure there are School reunions happening on a weekly basis for people from my school in Walton Prison.

[John102]

The question is, when do we send the invites out to Hermes and Silverlining for the 25 year Liverpoolway extravaganza.