High School Reunions… why do we care so much?
March 2, 2007
We’ve all been there… had the opportunity to “run” into people we knew back from “wayyy…thennn…”
For me, it’s tomorrow night. My 11 year high school reunion. Not a typo – literally 11 years. Nobody did a 10 year, so I grabbed the bull by the horn and decided to host (along with another classmate) our reunion.
And… the last couple weeks have been CRAZY with last minute details and changes… and people coming and then not coming and then coming again!
But it is so funny to me that I have gone almost 11 years without seeing a majority of these people… and I actually still care about certain things:
1.) I want to look good. Even though I’m 8 months pregnant, I want to look DAMN good.
2.) I got my hair highlighted yesterday for this… yes, I haven’t cared about my hair in about 7 months… but all of a sudden, BAM! I cared.
3.) I want my husband to look awesome tomorrow night. And yes… we have all had the crushes in high school on the guys that never looked our way – but knew ALL ALONG you had a thing for him… well, you want “HIM” to know (and maybe others!) that everything worked out in that department, don’t worry! 
4.) Even though you can’t… I mean, really can’t bring them… you want to show your kids off! I love my little guys more than life itself… and nothing fills your heart more than to share your beauties with others…
5.) That all is well. None of us may be famous actors or singers or whatever… none of us are profiled on perezhilton.com… none of us married NFL players… but all turned out well. I’m happy. You know what I mean… it’s like you WANT people to know that.
6.) And I want to look GOOD… did I mention that!?
And so… as funny and as silly and as vain as I feel right now… I guess it’s just human nature to care about what others think, especially people who knew you with pigtails, braces and awkward haircuts. The people who knew your first crush… knew who you first went out with… knew all those things that even your husband doesn’t know about you.
So I hope tomorrow night goes off well… I’m excited and nervous both at the same time…
March 2, 2007 at 6:59 pm
I just KNOW everything will work out perfectly, and you will look FABULOUS!!! I’m so excited for you and can’t wait to hear all about it!
March 6, 2007 at 10:27 pm
As big as you may feel right know, it’s true there is something mysterious about a pregnant woman. Just be sure to smile you a** off!
March 30, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Looks like you and I are the same age then. I graduated in 96… we had our 10 year last year, and I didn’t go. It was during the weekend of a marriage conference that my husband and I were at, and although it was on the “date night” of the conference, and also only a quarter-mile from the hotel where our conference was… we still did not go. I wanted to, but it didn’t seem right to make our date my reunion. Plus, it was way more expensive than what I thought might be worth it. I still keep in touch with some classmates, and none of them went. Maybe I’ll go to the 20. Maybe not. I thought I’d care a lot more about it than I do.
Since I am commenting so late after the actual event, how did it go??