Is WT right about the "dangers" of High School reunions?

oompa

GOD I HOPE SO!.....cause i partied my ass off all weekend at one, hooked up with my old GF who omg is still smokin hot!!! (i was in way over my head back then and still am prob) but we made a damm fine lookin couple (i was told by many) as many of you facebook friends of mine now already know....ok maybe changing my avatar to a pic with me and her all yummy was a bit much....but i really dont give a damm anymore...as you can tell by me also switching my status from Married to Complicated!!!

well...its been complicated for four years, and that should have been my status all along....i have so wanted to avoid the pain of hurting a very nice jw woman/person/wife..........but also losing my parents and son, and any of the few friends that may still speak with me on occasion....but i have known i can not keep living like i have the past four years...i just cant do it. freedom is too wonderful, and i need someone i can see myself growing old with...and i just dont have that anymore at home.....this is gonna be tough but i think i am ready for it...now to figure out how to time this damm thing.......

man did this post have a change of tempo and thoughts......weird.........oompa

Hopscotch

It seems the danger with these reunions might be that you get to see what's behind the door marked freedom. But then again that could be a good thing.

You only get one life (as far as I know) and only you can live it. So you may as well live it happily.

All the best

Hopscotch

oompa

AMEN hopscotch...and they also make you see what you have missed out on....so many of my old friends are still real friends with each other.....and it also makes you think that you have not got much more quality time in life to waste....hell it was my 30th and most there will look VERY different from now and sad so many have already let themselves go so bad..............oompa

WTWizard

The danger is that, if you go to a reunion, you could have just as easily wasted that time in field circus. They would say the same thing if I were to take a few weeks to head up to Downeast Maine instead of New York City: The time it takes to get up there is time I should have been spending placing wastes of paper in New York City.

They also harp on the "risk" of finding out that you are in a scam. Anyone that is not part of the scam is labelled "bad association", especially if they are trying to warn you that it is a scam.

DaCheech

the only person I still see from my HS is my wife.

imagine me going to a reunion without her knowledge, going there and seeing her there anyway!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_(Rupert_Holmes_song)

Edington

I've been to two school reunions, one 25years & one 40years from graduating.

There was no obscene language, no drunkeness & no wild dancing & were both very enjoyable occasions.

The first time I went I was concerned someone would tackle me about 1975 as I had tried hard to put into practice the society's admonition to witness to my school friends in the years leading up to that date. Thankfully no one brought the subject up.

I would recommend going as the WT leaders are WRONG to suggest you should not go.

Ed

jamiebowers

Oompa, it's good to hear that you're in a better mood, and you looked so happy in that reunion photo on Facebook. But please cut loose the one fish you have before you try to catch another. It wll be better for everyone involved.

JRK

oomp,

There never will be good timing to deliver this news to your wife. Man up, grow some cojones, and tell her soon.

JK

Tired of the Hypocrisy

I was on my 20 yr reunion committee and the webmaster for our web site in 2000 and am still gonna do it for our 30th next summer. Most of those who attended are professional and decent people. Very little over drinking or shenanigans. More wt exaggerations to scare us from being in touch with anyone outside the cube.

Balsam

Hey Oompa,

Howard and I grew up together and we reunited after I divorced my JW husband its been great. A breath of fresh air after the stiffling life as a JW all those years. Hope your hook up is awesome. Old loves are great.

Ruth

Is WT right about the "dangers" of High School reunions?

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