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[Chickendoodle]

I think its very much an age thing. I met up last year with 5 of my old school friends for lunch. We are all now 50 and hadn't seen each other for over 30 years.

 

It was brilliant and next weekend we are meeting up with the remaining old friend who we have just tracked down.

 

By 50 I think you pretty much know who you are so it doesn't matter how successful or not you all are. We have all been through various marriages, divorces etc. Maybe it was also good because we went to a girls school so no boy/girl tensions!

 

Interesting statistics for the 6 of us:

 

Me - 2 marriages, 2 children from first marriage, 2 stepchildren

 

No 1 friend - 2 marriages, one child from each

 

No 2 - 1 marriage - 3 children then discovered husband was gay

 

No 3 - 2 marriages, no children

 

No 4 - Gay

 

No 5 - 1 marriage, still married with 2 children

 

I think between the 6 of us we have just about covered everything!!!!

 

We all seem to have been through and out the other side of life's dramas so what I think I am trying to say, in a rather long winded way, is don't meet up too soon!

[The Dogmother]

I'd always been averse to things like this, for the reasons mentioned above. Some years back, i was contacted by a friend from primary school who was organising a reunion. I was hesitant as I'd not seen some of these people since I was 13 and I've move on a great deal since then.

 

I am so glad that I went though - they turned out to be a fun and jolly lot. no one-upmanship, nothing like that, and one girls, who'd been a vile moo to me at school actually came up and apologised!

 

The majority of them still live in the area and haven't really changed. I still keep in touch with a couple, but not the rest - we're poles apart now.

[Ness3103]

i think you should go if it's awful, you can leave, but if you don't go you might regret it. i went to mine in may this year. it was lovely to see old friends and some of our teachers turned up too. i went to an all girls school so being in a room full of women in their 40's all talking and laughing was very noisy and i felt 14 again

[majorbloodnock]

...previous quoted text....

Very true, then again you may always regret it. Half full, or half empty.....

 

Indeed. That probably gives a bit of an insight into my character; I'd far rather be damned for action than inaction, although ironically I'm very risk averse.

 

Oh, and I'm definitely a "half full" sort of bloke.

Hi Major, a pessimist wakes up each morrning, If good things happen it's a bonus. If the day is rubbish, no worries. He knew it would be. He's learnt the lesson of life.

An optimist wakes up each morning. If good things happen, he knew it would. If the day is carp, He can't understand why. He hasn't learned the lesson of life.....ie,

A, pessimist is never disappionted......

 

He, he

 

I know you're not being entirely serious, but I'll happily rise to the bait anyway

 

I believe there's such a thing as a self-fulfilling prophecy, and that being the case the pessimist is (IMHO) digging their own pit of despair. Effectively, (s)he relies on external accidents for his/her happiness, assuming unpleasantness and obstacles to be the default state of affairs.

 

Me, I expect little but hope for a lot. I'm rarely disappointed, since my expectations are modest, but often pleasantly surprised because I act upon my hopes (which are far from modest). I view the pessimist's outlook as one long life full of missed opportunities.

 

That said, that is only my view, and there's something to be said for the idea that only an optimist can understand an optimist's viewpoint, so I'll dismount my soapbox now .