Nah. Public, private and grammar schools have always done them at certain milestones.
It definitely peaked during the Friends Reunited-driven wave around the turn of the millennium, where there were docu-series on them and everything.
And then Facebook came along in the mid-late 00s and killed off the whole reunion market as everyone could keep up to date with what everyone was doing anyway.
And now no one uses Facebook, so no one keeps in touch anymore.
Yeah and there were keggers and junior varsity games and sometimes weād all drive our buicks down to makeout creek and people would go steady with each other
Reunions were definitely a thing for some schools. I left secondary in 1996 and they definitely tried and failed to organise a reunion in 2001.
Lots of things just imported unthinking from the US of course. Does my nut that baby showers are considered normal practice in the UK in some places now. Jfc.
I assume if I went to a reunion it would be a case of 40% people I didnāt remember, 30% people I remembered but didnāt care to speak to 25% people who I still see now and then already and 5% people I would actually want to catch up with
there are friends from school who I miss and would love to spend time with but no way Iād gamble on them being at an officially organised reunion, should really just put in the effort to make contact (eg. have someoneās wife on instagram, could just message her)
I hope that everyone who goes has a lovely time, but Iād need actual tens of thousands of pounds to attend. And I canāt afford to heat my flat this winter.
Would obviously never go to a reunion, but every now and then I get a message from someone from school asking if I want to meet up and Iām just likeā¦ why?? I do not feel your absence in my life.
Iām in touch with everyone Iād want to be in touch with from school, as is everyone normal surely, and Iām completely indifferent about what anyone else has done in their life. What sort of sick fucker tries to enforce this crap on people
Went to one that was like 20yrs after GCSEs. Was fine, went to a pub and talked to the two people I still keep in touch with anyway. some vague hellos to othersā¦never felt the need to repeat it.
I have this weird mental block when it comes to friends. My brain sort of separates my āreal matesā (largely people I went to school or grew up with) from people Iāve met as an adult. Occasionally I get clarity of mind and see that makes no sense, valuing friendships with people you never see and who you just sat in a room with for a few years over people you share interests with in the present as an adult, but idk, just feel quite cold and strictly business with anyone Iāve met in my twenties or thiā¦later twenties.
Wouldnāt mind going to one, there was talk of doing one years ago and it never happened. Iām still friends with the people from school that I liked the most though, and if I go out in my home town Iām quite likely to bump into several others.
Donāt really think thereās much network to make one possible. Think a few years back some people in my year tried to set up something but it was basically just one set of friends, maybe like 30 people. I didnāt get an invite and Iām fine with that. Iāve kept in touch with the handful of people I want to keep in touch with. Might run into people on Christmas Eve or something which can be a nice novelty, but thatās plenty for me.
Wouldnāt have an issue with going to one if it existed. Donāt think I have anything to be embarrassed about, Iām a much happier and more confident person than I was as a teenager and my life is nice enough. And Iām a nosy prick so would be interested to see where some people ended up.
There was talk of a ten year one when I ran into some people the Christmas just before covid but then covid happened so I reckon thatās that. Iām still really good friends with a good few people from school anyway, pretty happy with that.
One year ago I was working with two of my best mates from school, one of them left so its just the one now. I still see my closest pals from school at least once a month and at least once a year for the wider group. I would like to go to a school reunion but only to see what the place looks like now