Excellent retrospective of Reunions Over a Lifetime. I think they're all the same from East to West and North to South and all points in between. They reflect the stages of American life--our values and preoccupations--which seem to shift from decade to decade. The people who don't show up are the ones who know they've taken the Road Less Travelled and would appear to be an oddity. I, for one, never did attend even one. I did go with my husband to his 5 year Yale class reunion, and the only thing I remember is one guy almost apologizing to his friends as to why he married a...a...waitress, for God's sake!?! And it wasn't ME they were asking about but another dreaded Ivy League infiltrator.
That would be an hysterical comment, if it weren't so right on and the way those types actually 'think' -- like they are entitled and therefore, allowed to feel better than a...a...waitresses. I have a sister-in-law like that and it's exhausting for me to remain civil when she puts others down much the same way. I wasn't raised that way. I remember one time we had a family bar-B-Que at a state park. The family brought paper plates for everyone to eat our meals on and her comment was ... "Oh, how refreshing" ... whatever that meant, it was said like she smelled something rotting somewhere.
The post about reunions was written tongue-in-cheek, but I assure you, it was entirely based upon fact. I'll not go to another ...
Excellent retrospective of Reunions Over a Lifetime. I think they're all the same from East to West and North to South and all points in between. They reflect the stages of American life--our values and preoccupations--which seem to shift from decade to decade. The people who don't show up are the ones who know they've taken the Road Less Travelled and would appear to be an oddity. I, for one, never did attend even one. I did go with my husband to his 5 year Yale class reunion, and the only thing I remember is one guy almost apologizing to his friends as to why he married a...a...waitress, for God's sake!?! And it wasn't ME they were asking about but another dreaded Ivy League infiltrator.
That would be an hysterical comment, if it weren't so right on and the way those types actually 'think' -- like they are entitled and therefore, allowed to feel better than a...a...waitresses. I have a sister-in-law like that and it's exhausting for me to remain civil when she puts others down much the same way. I wasn't raised that way. I remember one time we had a family bar-B-Que at a state park. The family brought paper plates for everyone to eat our meals on and her comment was ... "Oh, how refreshing" ... whatever that meant, it was said like she smelled something rotting somewhere.
The post about reunions was written tongue-in-cheek, but I assure you, it was entirely based upon fact. I'll not go to another ...
Sisters-in-law can be a real piece of work. You can pick who wish to spend your life with, but you can't pick your in-laws... ;-))
That is so true!