School reunions

Luxie

It will be twenty five years ago next summer (ah Italia 90) since our class left school. Now by coincidence someone found our class of 1990 leaving cert group photo and posted it on Facebook the other night. It's going viral (through Fb word of mouth as it were). So the talk is a reunion next summer to mark the quarter century. Part of me is up for it (we were a rowdy boisterous bunch but no scumbag nasty element more so high jinks). The other part fears it may be a damp squib. So any good or bad experiences to share on school reunions. Or should the past just stay in the past?

Sunnyisland

I never had one...





A class school reunion that is...

The Moldy Gowl

Most of the lads I went to school are a pack of **** and the ones I wanted to be friends with, I have kept friends.

Holsten

Do these actually happen in Ireland?

PizzamanIRL

It's just a cock measuring contest, but instead of cocks being measured it's your careers being measured.

shruikan2553

Holsten wrote: »

Do these actually happen in Ireland?

Yeah, they're pretty much events where everyone has 2-3 children and some middle management job at most.

Captain Chaos

I was invited to my tenth year of class 2003 last year, needless to say I didn't go. It's just a blow holing contest. Since I finished school ten years ago 5 people from my class are already dead ffs. Depressing.

DEFTLEFTHAND

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Yeah, they're pretty much events where everyone has 2-3 children and some middle management job at most.

I imagine many are bet down by life and bitter, all the hope and optimism of youth extinguished.

Ted_YNWA

Did by leaving in 2001.

Think I have only seen 5/6 of class since then in passing.

None in last 7 years.

haven't even been bothered to do some FB nosing around.

RayM

My old school closed down a couple of years ago, so there will probably never be a reunion. Not that I mind - it would amount to little more than a depressing visual representation of the ageing process.

--LOS--

When do you start having these things? It will be 10 years since I finished school next year, can't see myself going to any kind of reunions though. Not so long ago I met one of my good friends from school accidentally on my flight, she was my air hostess, we chatted for a bit, it was fun to catch up but neither of us pretended we'd keep in touch or anything, just said see ya. She also said I made her feel inadequate, I guess she assumed I had some expectation of what she'd be doing but it wouldn't have even entered into my head, I'd imagine reunions are a whole host of awkwardness like that

Summer wind

Reminds me of the school reunion scene on Miranda. When her old school friend asks what she does now and she replies "I'm Myleen Klass":)

I was very much a loner in school and only ever kept in touch with one person.
However there was a 25 yr reunion as part of the schools 75th anniversary a few years ago. About 10 people from my class turned up. it was hilarious! Had a really good time. Apart from 1 person, I wouldn't care if I saw any of the rest ever again.
Am definately glad I went though.

Miss Demeanour

I was disgusted at my last one with the amount of shifting and roiding that went on......









Especially since I went to an all girls school!

Tarzana

RayM wrote: »

Not that I mind - it would amount to little more than a depressing visual representation of the ageing process.

+1

mickstupp

I would rather never see a single one of those utter sods ever again. Worst years of my life were in school.

On the other hand, I'd happily go to any number of college class reunions.

Deenie123

I ran into a former teacher of mine a few weeks back. Was chatting away and she asked what year I did my leaving cert in, I said 2006 and her reaction was "Oh you've your 10 year reunion coming up soon so!". I really hadn't thought it was a formally done thing tbh, and I seriously doubt I'll go. It's not like 40 years ago where people moved out, had no mobile phones or internet and lost contact with people. We all had social media accounts before we even left school, anyone we had any interest in keeping in touch with we could do so easily. I know what they're all doing from their facebook accounts (in an edited form, but no more edited than the story you'd get at a school reunion).

It seems like these things are like going backwards by 10 years. To me, that goes against the natural order of things - people move forward in life and move on. I really can't see how anyone secure and happy in their life would see the need to move back 10 or 20 years. Weird.

kowloon

I need to start fabricating my CV and saving up for the rental on the sports car and matching escort or I won't win best of show.

Senna

Fella sitting in my work a few months back, called me over and he obviously knew I hadn't a notion who he was, said his name and I still drew a blank. In fairness he was in my year but probably not in many of my classes, I finally remembered him (after he named his brother who I knew better), but I wouldn't have recognised him without his help. Its only 17 yrs since I done the LC but seen I'm useless at remembering people, I'm guessing a reunion would be a whole lot of "who are you again?", "OH of course its you" walk away thinking, who the fúck was that.

Ihatecuddles

Someone did that on my class, posted a photo of our graduation and wants a reunion. We left school 4 years ago!!!!!

FunLover18

Just sit home and watch Grosse Point Blank instead

tomwaterford

Deenie123 wrote: »

I ran into a former teacher of mine a few weeks back. Was chatting away and she asked what year I did my leaving cert in, I said 2006 and her reaction was "Oh you've your 10 year reunion coming up soon so!". I really hadn't thought it was a formally done thing tbh, and I seriously doubt I'll go. It's not like 40 years ago where people moved out, had no mobile phones or internet and lost contact with people. We all had social media accounts before we even left school, anyone we had any interest in keeping in touch with we could do so easily. I know what they're all doing from their facebook accounts (in an edited form, but no more edited than the story you'd get at a school reunion).

It seems like these things are like going backwards by 10 years. To me, that goes against the natural order of things - people move forward in life and move on. I really can't see how anyone secure and happy in their life would see the need to move back 10 or 20 years. Weird.

im roughly same gone from school;)

do you not find it a bit boring/too much effort staying in touch all this time later??

branie2

Never been to one myself

RedemptionZ

I'd honestly probably only go if I thought I was finally successful enough/got better looking enough to ride one of the girls that thought she was too cool for me back in the day. But as I went to an all boys school that isn't happening.

My school has a past pupils union that have events, gone to a few here and there with my mates from school, but all I ever do is stick with my mates at them, I imagine a reunion would be the same, only with a feeling that you have to prove something to everyone you haven't seen since leaving. Not my idea of fun.

anncoates

Got roped into one a few years back and my experience was actually the opposite. When you're a teenager, you're a bit of a judgemental cnut and amplify differences with your peers based on trivial things like music and subculture but the night was actually a laugh and meeting everybody again as adults was quite interesting. What was interesting was seeing everybody out of their box that they were put in back then, Like quiet people who were overlooked somewhat in the school environment actually being interesting and sound people. Or macho types who had become pretty nice family guys.

Not saying you'd be mates forever but it was a enjoyable night.

Deenie123

tomwaterford wrote: »

im roughly same gone from school;)

do you not find it a bit boring/too much effort staying in touch all this time later??

I suppose what I was saying is that we were all connected on social media before leaving school, we're still all connected on social media. If I want to know what someone's doing, all I have to do is find them in my "friends" list.

Whether I want to be in regular contact with them is a different matter And not that difficult if I'm still friends with them! But that would be only one or two of them in honesty.

up for anything

We've had a good few over the 36 years it's been since we left school in 1978. Two this year and another one coming up early in the new year. Maybe the fact that we were boarders means that we knew each other better and were closer even when we may not have got on or didn't particularly like each other back then. Now while I might not want to spend a lot of time with some of them I can see them for being nice, genuine women. There isn't any of that oneupmanship or showing off that so many see to fear. There is a lot of support and appreciation offered and received.

Luxie

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Someone did that on my class, posted a photo of our graduation and wants a reunion. We left school 4 years ago!!!!!

Do you graduate from school these days, :eek:

Luxie

anncoates wrote: »

Got roped into one a few years back and my experience was actually the opposite. When you're a teenager, you're a bit of a judgemental cnut and amplify differences with your peers based on trivial things like music and subculture but the night was actually a laugh and meeting everybody again as adults was quite interesting. What was interesting was seeing everybody out of their box that they were put in back then, Like quiet people who were overlooked somewhat in the school environment actually being interesting and sound people. Or macho types who had become pretty nice family guys.

Not saying you'd be mates forever but it was a enjoyable night.

That is what I'd be hoping for.

I said

Didn't bother going to mine don't see the point of them.
Seen the photos of mine age has wearied us,and the awkwardness of asking people what they are doing now when you never or couldn't give a fiddlers fcuk about them.

OU812

Went to mine last year & wondered why everyone sent their parents

TheBeardedLady

I've been out of the country for mine. Still very good friends with my best friends from school and always meet up with the others I got on with at Christmas down the pub and wouldn't really have that much of an interest in catching up with anyone else bar those I knew and got on with. I'm from a town of 9000 so get to satisfy my curiosity for a sneaky gawk at everyone else I didn't know but fancied/was scared of/admired/wanted to be etc. at Christmas when everyone's home.

zcorpian88

Only been 7 years since I left school, hated school, there was some serious bellends in my class.

All of them spent most of the 5 years disrupting classes in any way possible to the point where getting a reasonable Leaving Cert was major hurdle to get over. I usually had to walk out of class towards the library to get some work done because of the constant disruptions and the teachers having to sort out some wanker of a pupil with a punishment, I'd have failed the Leaving Cert if I just sat there waiting for things to cool down. An absolute joke of a school.

Wouldn't waste oxygen talking to anyone from my class.

iDave

Did my LC in 2003 and no reunion that I'm aware of was arranged for 2013. I did notice some people get added to a closed invitation only FB group for the class of 2003. Had a sneak peak at it and only a handful were added to it. A small group and their friends, a scattering of the more popular lads and the one lad that made it to county level in GAA.
Wouldn't of gone to any reunion though or never will. Too many pricks made those years a nightmare.

Kilgore__Trout

FunLover18 wrote: »

Just sit home and watch Grosse Point Blank instead

Was planning on briefly summarising the plot of GPB and passing it off as my own school reunion experience in a lazy, half hearted attempt to harvest a few thanks, in order to bolster my failing sense of self worth. But, I can't anymore. Thanks, so-called FunLover18, thanks ever so much...

Hoop66

I went to a 20 year university one a couple of years back. I was slightly nervous going back, but within 5 minutes it was as if we'd never been away. All we did was drink ourselves insensible for 24 hours, have a quick snooze, a curry for breakfast and start all over again.

I can't wait for the next one.

endacl

I've not gone to two reunions so far. I look forward to not going to more in the future.

No interest. I wish them all well, in that I don't wish them ill, but I've no interest in meeting them. I find the notion of a reunion to be a bit bizarre.

smash

Anyone remember this ad?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Dd3OXfJ0Y

H3llR4iser

We have more or less yearly reunion, and this goes on since 1999. Most of the former classmates (mixed boys and girls) keep in touch, lately,using a What's App group. Won't be able to go this year as I won't be flying back over Christmas (we normally hold these reunions during the holiday as most of us are literally scattered around the globe) and will be a bit sad about it. Out of 28 of us, 22-23 regularly attend the meetings.

I am not sure if the school structure is different (for example, I can't think about many things sadder and more depressing than an all boys/all girls school), but from this thread it seems that most people will be resentful towards their former classmates for years...and want to turn everything into a penis length contest about careers, children et cetera!!!

Irish Guitarist

I left school when I was 16 (22 years ago) because I couldn't take any more bullying from morons. No way would you get me in the same room with those bastards ever again.

OldNotWIse

Would do anything to avoid having to spend one second with the bunch of snobby fúckwit c*nts I went to school with. From what I've heard, none of them have amounted to much anyway. What happens when you take a big fish out of a small pond?? :P

Hoop66

The water level drops?

OldNotWIse

Hoop66 wrote: »

The water level drops?

That and they realise how fúcking thorougly average they are when they go out into the big bad world. Daddy's credit card and a rod up your áss will only get you so far

razorblunt

Bit of a non event nowadays with Facebook and the likes.
Pretty much know what all my class are up to in the 12 years since we left but I guess a proper chinwag would be alright if it was coming around.

Pumpkinseeds

I think I'd rather pull out my own finger nails than go to a school reunion. All they are is a pissing contest with the same people you couldn't stand 25 years earlier, except while you were a student you were forced to spend time with them. I couldn't give a flying fig what any of the people I was at school with are doing now.:P

Teyla Emmagan

I really liked the people I was in school with, they were all totally sound.

G'wan Banagher!

Beaner1

zcorpian88 wrote: »

Only been 7 years since I left school, hated school, there was some serious bellends in my class.

All of them spent most of the 5 years disrupting classes in any way possible to the point where getting a reasonable Leaving Cert was major hurdle to get over. I usually had to walk out of class towards the library to get some work done because of the constant disruptions and the teachers having to sort out some wanker of a pupil with a punishment, I'd have failed the Leaving Cert if I just sat there waiting for things to cool down. An absolute joke of a school.

Wouldn't waste oxygen talking to anyone from my class.

I'd say you were popular.

Anybody that says they can't stand any of their old class because they're dickheads has some major problems. School, like college and work is full of decent people with arseholes in a minority.

branie2

zcorpian88 wrote: »

Only been 7 years since I left school, hated school, there was some serious bellends in my class.

All of them spent most of the 5 years disrupting classes in any way possible to the point where getting a reasonable Leaving Cert was major hurdle to get over. I usually had to walk out of class towards the library to get some work done because of the constant disruptions and the teachers having to sort out some wanker of a pupil with a punishment, I'd have failed the Leaving Cert if I just sat there waiting for things to cool down. An absolute joke of a school.

Wouldn't waste oxygen talking to anyone from my class.

Did the teachers allow you to leave the class?

Diabhal Beag

I'd be surprised if your old classmates haven't matured in the 10/20/25 years since you left school. But probably best to think the worst without finding out for sure.

123balltv

Never, ever finished 20 years ago I was bullied all through out my
school years hurt most during secondary even though they scumbags knew I had awful problems at home deaths,pain etc they still let me have it in the classroom
reunion invite goes straight in the bin everytime past is the past I try not to look back.

foxy farmer

Went to a 10 yr reunion back in 02. Complete waste of a Saturday night. Pub on Oliver Plunkett St in Cork. About 20 out of 130 turned up. Most of whom I had very little to do with. Just another drinking session and talking sh1te. Night ended with total strangers starting an argument over 2 of our crowd supposedly taking their seats. I cleared before it got ugly.