tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4259700979048207972..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Reunion UpdateAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-75711350509279613382011-11-05T08:31:22.849-04:002011-11-05T08:31:22.849-04:00So well said, "little boy from 50 years ago&q...So well said, "little boy from 50 years ago". How natural the connection was with you and Joan and even quiet Ruth. And you're right it was not so much reconnecting with the towhead boy with dark rimmed glasses who impressed me with his brilliant mind in the 60's, but the man he is now. I'm glad we shared more than the standard "six sentences" at the reunion. Until the 50th...be well.Barbara Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550460864003794866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-54401884833581224162011-10-22T16:15:34.328-04:002011-10-22T16:15:34.328-04:00My recent 40 year reunion was a completely differe...My recent 40 year reunion was a completely different experience. I had no shared history with these people as I only went to Inter Lakes for my senior year. There were only 70 in my graduating class and about 20-25 came to the reunion. Some had absolutely no idea who I was. The only shared experience we had was 1970-1971 and there was little talk about that. It was mostly where people lived, how many grand children and that sort of thing. It was pleasant. The person I had kept up with the most in the class did not attend. Will I go back for #50? I can't say at this point.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05680174513083261237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-22883645421894010682011-10-21T21:52:11.106-04:002011-10-21T21:52:11.106-04:00I haven't been to a high school reunion, but i...I haven't been to a high school reunion, but in recent years have had a number of extended conversations with old classmates and neighbors when I have visited NE. <br /><br />A classmate whom I have known all my life- call her IshmaelaA- was in town on business several years ago, giving us the opportunity for an extended dinner and conversation. Yes, the early years were of more interest.<br /><br />In comparing memories, I found an interesting discordance. In my elementary school class of 27, I have kept most with IsahmaelaA and another woman- call her IshmaelaB- whom I have known since second grade. The three of us often got together when I was visiting back in NE. Nowadays none of us live in NE.<br /><br />In separate conversations in recent years with both IahmaelaA + IshmaelaB, not with the three of us together, I mentioned a tragedy that occurred when we were in elementary school- the death of a friend a year older in a gun accident with his brother. IshmaelaA remembered his death. IshmaelaB did not. One third party explanation I heard was that IshmaelaB's parents did not socialize with the family that had suffered the tragedy.Gringonoreply@blogger.com