Tuesday, September 16, 2008
High school feelings back again...
So a friend from High School got married this past weekend. We were pretty good pals in HS, but we haven't stayed in the best of touch in our adulthood. I went to a very small private school where I knew everyone in my class on a more than basic level. We are facebook friends naturally, and have gotten casually back in touch through that. I wasn't invited to the wedding, not that big of a deal until I saw this photo from the wedding with like 20 kids--a full quarter of our class was invited. I was instantly taken back to those high school feelings of am I good enough, do people like me etc. I suppose there are those of us that throughout our lives just feel left out regardless. Nice. Anyone else, find the occasional middle school or high school feelings resurface in adulthood? How does that play out for you?
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Hey Kohli,
I was at the wedding and it was crazy seeing people I had not seen in 9 years! Whenever I see someone I have not seen in a while I do not sleep well at night because all of these memories come back to me. Needless to say, I did not sleep well on Friday night but it was fun to see old friends. Next year is the 10 year!! Planning on coming to Columbus??
By the way, those questions kept swirling around in my head the whole evening. And that feeling of being left out (a lot of them stayed in contact with each other) never seems to go away.
Kudos for your honesty and transparency. It's weird, sometimes, to realize that we're pretty much the same person as we were then, only we have degrees and slimmer waist lines. No matter, though...your value is greater than an invite. And, hey...you were not only invited to mine, you got to become an imaginative woodland creature:)
I'm no longer in close contact with anyone from high school, but I've enjoyed facebook contact (for example) with specific people.
Also: anyone (from high school or otherwise) who has facebooked me, I've accepted the request. There's nobody I'd "deny." It's just not worth it....
I've declined to decorate my facebook profile with my alma mater(s). I don't want people to find me that way....
I'd enjoy the chance to go to a class reunion (or something) sometime, sure. Lots of those people are doctors and lawyers now, I think.
My 10 year High School Reunion was last weekend. I did not go - living thousands of miles away and being unable to fly because of being with child. But I got an email on Wednesday with pictures and an invitation to a Flickr group of shared photos, and also access to the slide show of high school pictures that were shown at the reunion. I looked through the slide show and it was weird. Not only were there pictures of me as a 14-year-old, but there were pictures of people that I had forgotten existed. Now I had 450 people in my class so not remembering everyone's name is a little more excusable, but still it was strange.
I think I'm glad that I didn't go. I don't think I would have been that much fun. I think I would have been sitting around all night thinking about how my life/ my husband/ my waistline (pre and hopefully post baby) has turned out better than some girl or girls who where mean to me in middle school. Not a very mature way to spend an evening. Better to stay away from places where I know I'll be petty.
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