School reunions

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School reunions - yay or nay?

  1. Good idea?

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  2. Bad idea?

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  3. Couldn;t give a monkeys?

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  1. ericrollo

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    How on earth would any one be able to find you to actually invite you to a reunion
     
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  2. Qs

    Qs Semi-Honorary Member Gold Member

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    As has already been suggested - facebook, or in fact any of the big social networking sites. Most users apply to groups such as their school name/year etc.

    Else, I'd assume they just go to their year books from school and search via name.

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  3. BosonMichael
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    Easier and easier every single day... ever auto-Google yourself? Plus, sites like classmates.com, reunion.com, and any of the major social networking sites help to track people down.
     
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  4. Qs

    Qs Semi-Honorary Member Gold Member

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    But but but... I just said that! :p lol

    Just for fun I've just googled myself and can't find a damn thing - Guess I'm safe eh? :p

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    Qs Semi-Honorary Member Gold Member

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    Good advice :p
     
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  6. BosonMichael
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    You hadn't said it at the time I grabbed the thread. ;)
     
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  7. ericrollo

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    I have no face book myspace or anything like that and i dont think people would start investigating for hours trying to find me by Googleing my name, so even if they is one they wont find me on the Internets.
     
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  8. rusko

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    If the people from school really were your friends, then you should still be friends now by keeping in contact.

    Otherwise, not much of a good reunion if it's with people you weren't very close with or even hated.
     
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  9. BosonMichael
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    Doesn't take hours, mate... takes 10 seconds. :)
     
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  10. derkit

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    I would say no also, for a few reasons:

    1) to agree with rusko - if you wanted to keep in touch with them, they would have tried harder as would have you.
    2) past is the past - if either you or them wanted to keep in touch, you would have already.
    3) I think most people go with higher expectations of these evenings and often leave early/give up as these expectations are never reached.
    4) unless you could re-kindle a lost friendship over a pint quickly, after the formalities what would you have to talk about???

    I vote no, and would struggle to yes if my school, or even university (like Ken) had one - that said, I met my girlfriend at my uni, so perhaps she'll have more influence over it! :D
     
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  11. westernkings

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    I wouldn't go. If I cared about their existences, I would still be chatting to them today, but I don't so the past is nothing but.

    It is funny seeing how people turn out though, the people who were all mouth working in a dead end job, the people who never said a word and kept them selves to them selves doing well.

    Hell, college friends were just that, friends when I was actually in college, pub friends are friends when I'm in the pub, same for work mates.
     
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