Reunions

On Friday, Fire called to tell me he was on his way to his high school reunion. We discussed how to handle the awkward meeting of old friends and acquaintances who still see you as that same teenager, even though you bear no resemblance to the person you used to be.

The best advice I could give… handle them with care and no matter what transpires, smile and be the bigger person. Don’t get trapped into their game of who is better than whom or who did what to whom.

What do I know anyway? I skipped my ten-year reunion. Honestly, I’m not even sure there was one for my class. This is no surprise considering the fact that our class was pretty lackluster (we lost the powder puff game to the junior class and we chose that stupid Friends theme song for our class song). I didn’t even go to my senior prom. I don’t remember what I did that night, but I wasn’t compelled enough to spend loads of money (I didn’t have) on a dress I would never wear again. My best friend and I decided it was best to skip and do something else instead. At the time, she worried that she would regret the decision. I asked her a few years ago if she did, and she doesn’t. Nor do I. I asked her if she was going to go to our reunion, and she laughed hysterically at the idea.

I have recently reconnected with a few friends from high school. This was difficult to avoid considering the fact that I am living in my childhood house. Many of the encounters are odd. One friend is still working at the grocery store we both had a job at in high school. Not that there is ANY problem with him still working there AT ALL... but he laughed at me and my HS friend going in to buy wine. I didn't understand. Not all encounters have been odd. Some have been inspiring. I have found out that a few old friends have grown into very cool people who share similar values. Amazing what life will do to some people in ten… okay eleven years.