Class Reunions
Class reunion, to go or not to go. That is the question. My answer is not. I've been out of school for 35 years. I never fit in with the class of 1980 then and I still don't now. I still live in the same town, as do many I graduated with. I don't see many of them, as our paths rarely cross. When they do, it's very uncomfortable. I don't know how they see me. I often wonder do they see me as I am now or are they still thinking of me as I was. I guess when you see someone from the past you don't really judge them with new eyes but by old memories. Some will be able to see the older you but others are still looking at you with past ideas of who they thought you were then. Unfortunately there are a lot in my class that still judge people with old memories. I found a saying recently that I like. "Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." I do waste a lot of my time tr...