Comments on: Sooooo….. How’ve You Been? http://tendollarthoughts.com/2012/10/04/sooooo-howve-you-been/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 15 May 2013 22:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gale http://tendollarthoughts.com/2012/10/04/sooooo-howve-you-been/comment-page-1/#comment-50173 Gale Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:11:08 +0000 http://tendollarthoughts.com/?p=3701#comment-50173 Dad - Thanks for your comment. I remember going to Mom's 20th with her (I was eight) and she explained that by then "people just are who they are" and she didn't feel the need to posture or compete, as you say. To your point about being recognized, with FB I already know how people have changed physically. But I think FB may also take the sting off of some of the more unfortunate life events that people may feel self-conscious about. We already know who's gotten divorced or lost their job. So maybe those people who've been dealt a rough hand can come to reunions without feeling like Debbie Downer. Those things have already been dispensed with via FB and we can get on with happier topics. I hope this will be the case, anyway. Dad – Thanks for your comment. I remember going to Mom’s 20th with her (I was eight) and she explained that by then “people just are who they are” and she didn’t feel the need to posture or compete, as you say. To your point about being recognized, with FB I already know how people have changed physically. But I think FB may also take the sting off of some of the more unfortunate life events that people may feel self-conscious about. We already know who’s gotten divorced or lost their job. So maybe those people who’ve been dealt a rough hand can come to reunions without feeling like Debbie Downer. Those things have already been dispensed with via FB and we can get on with happier topics. I hope this will be the case, anyway.

]]> By: Jeff http://tendollarthoughts.com/2012/10/04/sooooo-howve-you-been/comment-page-1/#comment-50172 Jeff Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:37:48 +0000 http://tendollarthoughts.com/?p=3701#comment-50172 Gale - Glad my reunion didn't go unnoticed, and yes it was #45. As much as I enjoy the reunions, I didn't go to my first one until my 20th. Your mother was about 9 months pregnant with you at the time of #10, and I'm sure there were good reasons for missing the others. Facebook probably makes things easier, simply because you don't have the dread fear that you're going to show up and nobody will know you. As the years go by there is less social posturing, which is good, and the shared experience of high school is a great common denominator. As always, I enjoyed your post. Dad Gale – Glad my reunion didn’t go unnoticed, and yes it was #45. As much as I enjoy the reunions, I didn’t go to my first one until my 20th. Your mother was about 9 months pregnant with you at the time of #10, and I’m sure there were good reasons for missing the others. Facebook probably makes things easier, simply because you don’t have the dread fear that you’re going to show up and nobody will know you.

As the years go by there is less social posturing, which is good, and the shared experience of high school is a great common denominator. As always, I enjoyed your post.

Dad

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