An LJ buddy wrote a short entry telling us she was off her to 20th school reunion...got me thinking about the people I went to school with, and honestly there is very few i would want to contact today... maybe its because we were just so different in so many ways... I wasn’t into the things they were, my opinions seemed to be very different on just about everything, we had NO common ground... this is particularly true of the last high school i went too...
About 2 years ago I was in the local supermarket with my mother and some female (also with a woman i assume was her mother less she’s turned out to be attracted to much older women) came up to me, (disturbing me while I was trying to pick the chocolate I wanted) and started carrying on (very much over the top I might add).... she was waffling on about ohhhhhhhhh we went to school together I haven’t seen you for AGESSS, I replied yup we did and kept browsing. Then she goes one further we should sooooo get together and have coffee one day and catch up.. to which I replied.... we had nothing in common in high school, we never had anything to say to each other, you were up yourself and I’m sure nothing has changed so I have nothing to say to you now.
Upon hearing this my mother opened her mouth and told me that wasn’t very nice and the girl went on to tell me how things change out of high school and I just stated very clearly look I hated the way you acted then and I see no reason why I should start a friendship with you now unless all your other friends have realised what a selfish pretentious person you truly are now let me pick a chocolate so I can go home.
Suffice to say I have NO interest in relieving the so called glory days of high school with people who bored me immensely with their incessant and puerile conversations.... people who were so shallow they made the local sandbar look deep.. not even the chance to possibly usurp one of these precious little princesses has me eager to re join what is essentially a group of incestuous back stabbing trying to keep up with the Jones's can’t wear the same thing twice, look down your nose at anyone who isn’t in what you deem the latest fashion or listening to ‘cool’ music ‘in group’. I live in a smallish town, everyone knows what everyone is up too, so I know many of these people have not changed at all in their perceptions of what is important and what isn’t, I know they are still the superficial and elitist people they were when we were forced to co-exist on a school bus and then for 7 hours a day at school.
What’s the point of these things? Can you really have something in common with people you may not have talked to for 20 years (or at least since the last reunion)? And of course they say people change, but do I really want these people in my life... after all they have already been part of it and it really wasn’t a success, and I have not changed all that much in my beliefs, my opinions, my thoughts, my outlook….. I’m still somewhat ‘different; in my approach to life, my interests, and various other things.
Nice going telling that woman exactly what you thought ^_^