School Reunion

Tetra

I got an invitation to my 10 year reunion today. Can't decide whether to go or not as (a) I recently broke up with my boyfriend and (b) am currently unemployed, so I do not feel like going at all! Any advice would be appreciated!

Eve_Dublin

Tetra wrote: »

I got an invitation to my 10 year reunion today. Can't decide whether to go or not as (a) I recently broke up with my boyfriend and (b) am currently unemployed, so I do not feel like going at all! Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi OP. So I'm presuming the problem is either you're not in the mood for partying or else your embarrassed about what others will think of your circumstances?

If it's the former, then a night out might be exactly what you need...but if you don't want to go, it's not a big deal. My 10 year reunion was last year (I was away) and I thought it was a little soon to have a reunion to be honest. Everyone I lost touch with I lost touch with for a reason and those I still give a damn about are still good friends. I think most people go just to have a gawk to see what the guy/girl they fancied at school looks like, who has a baby, who's married...people just go out of curiosity.

I don't get the point of them, tbh. I'd have no desire telling old classmates what my current situation is at the moment just to satisfy their curiosity and particularly if I was going through a rough patch. That'd be my opinion on the whole thing anyway. An imported American concept and all a bit of farce.

Do what makes you happy and not what you feel you should do.

LegacyUser

Well as its 10 years school reunion, that makes you about 28... which means its perfectly acceptable (& desirable?) to be single. And everyone is unemployed now anyway, so I wouldn't worry about that.

Just don't rock up to the 20 year reunion with the same issues ;-)

calex71

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I think most people go just to have a gawk to see what the guy/girl they fancied at school looks like, who has a baby, who's married...people just go out of curiosity.

OP go for this reason alone, anyone you care about knows your situation, and half these going are in the same situation or worse with 3 kids , a mortgage, maxed credit cards etc and count yourself lucky your not pretending all is ok at this do because of these things

It's guaranteed to cheer you up no end!!!!!

Amy33

Unregistered wrote: »

Well as its 10 years school reunion, that makes you about 28... which means its perfectly acceptable (& desirable?) to be single. And everyone is unemployed now anyway, so I wouldn't worry about that.

Just don't rock up to the 20 year reunion with the same issues ;-)

So it's not acceptable to be single at 38 then? Charming...

catratbat

10 years is nothing... people won't have changed a huge amount, try 20... that'll be more interesting. Single at 28 is fine btw. Single at any age is fine.

cafecolour

I had a good fun at mine, even tough most of the people I'd been mates with didn't show. I'm enough an extrovert to just chat around with people, and a lot of school mates who weren't that interesting at 17/18 were actually much more interesting at 28.

Overheal

Tetra wrote: »

I got an invitation to my 10 year reunion today. Can't decide whether to go or not as (a) I recently broke up with my boyfriend and (b) am currently unemployed, so I do not feel like going at all! Any advice would be appreciated!

Nothing abnormal about those circumstances whatsoever. Thousands of people have been left unemployed. No story there. Nobody is going to think less of anyone for having a job or not right now. And as another poster was saying, being free and single might be a boost during a school reunion.

lloydyboy

I wouldn't go....haven't to my own....its 10 years ago you have nothing in common with them and life moves on...don't worry about your other problems...that's your business.