Do Famous People go To Their Reunions?

Hey Ratcha,

I do not like the idea of picking on your comments in a mean spirited way, but I think your comment seems so mean spirited to me:

"The question is does anyone go to their reunions. Seems pretty loserly to go a school reunion."


It has been over 50 years since I graduated from high school. We held reunions every five years, and in all that time, I only missed two of my ten reunions. If I am a loser in some way, it certainly is not because I went to my class reunions. There were about 140 people in my class, and I knew perhaps three fourths of them very well.

Of those 140 classmates, there were about twenty with whom I started in pre-kindergarten class in our church, and to this day, I still have a very special feeling of kinship with them. My oldest memories are of my times with those special classmates. It simply boggles my mind how anyone can suggest I am a loser because I thoroughly enjoy attending a class reunion where I can once again enjoy the company of some very special people in my life.

It should also be noted my relationship with these classmates predates my relationship with my wife of 50 years, my two children, and my four grandchildren. Does that mean I value my classmates more than my family? No, I do not. My family is one kind of love to me, and my classmates are a different kind of love to me. They may be different than my family, but do not be mistaken, they are still a very special love to me.

I am now at an age when more of us are dying every year, and it is a real loss to me. It is also a reminder of my own mortality. If my appreciation for my classmates and seeing them at our class reunions makes me a loser, you can have winning - whatever that might be to you.

Best wishes,
Dave Wile