Class Reunion Meeting

Aunt Bea said:
IMO FB/social media has made high school reunions obsolete.

People these days can stay in touch or renew old acquaintances without the need for an expensive meet and greet every few years.

I've never been to a class reunion and really can't understand the interest that some people seem to have in them.

It would be more enjoyable for me to get three or four old classmates together to rehash the old days without going to the hassle or expense of an actual reunion.
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I went to my 25th; it was sort of "meh." I haven't been to any since that one. Even then, I had very little in common with old classmates any more.
 

Pecos said:
50 bucks apiece, really?
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Of course we invite some of our former teachers and they bring their spouses if they have any, so we have to foot the bill for those extra meals and that adds to the cost as does the DJ. $50 per person does seem like a lot to me considering they are asking attendees to bring a dessert to share to keep the cost down. I'm wondering what the cost would it be if the restaurant supplied the desserts?

If I am still around for the next reunion, I may skip being on the organizational committee.
 

So now, I am gathering that $50 per person, includes alcoholic drinks for others who drink?
BUT does not include dessert?
And for $50, a person not only needs to bring their own dessert, but also, in addition, expected to contribute both the additional cost, and the time and work of bringing dessert, for self and for others?

This price includes drinks but not the complete meal?:oops:

Something about all of this, doesn't make sense to me.
Actually, a lot of it doesn't make sense to me.

Isn't the goal to get people together, to see each other? o_O:unsure:

Prices out some people, who might like to interact socially and participate, partially because they must pay enough for others to drink?
Might just be me, but i don't get it.
 
The more I think about the dessert thing, the more cockamamie it sounds. And yes - it is $50 per person, so a couple would have to pay $100. If they wanted to go cheap, they could have just make it a pot-luck covered dish supper. Seems to me the most important thing to the others was to have alcohol available.

The person that used to organize the reunions has passed away since the last one, so we are all new to it and stumbling around. Some people seem to have a knack for organization and planning - others do not. I did make suggestions but they were ignored to shot down. They are going to do what they want to do. We aren't even sure how many are going to attend and the venue wants that info ASAP. The event is Sept 18th and the person sending the invitations said she'd start sending July 1st.
 
Never attended a single one, but an old "hippie" friend did make a contact that lead us to getting back together.
 
gennie said:
In my experience, people who continue to urge others to drink or insist on knowing why you dont are usually are closet drunks.
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My dad hated people that would try and push partying on him, or most things for that matter. May he rest in peace, I hope to see him again one day.
 
I personally find it utterly confusing, why anyone would expect others to pay for their drinks.

Some of the people being expected to pay for others drinks, are people who are at various stages of recovery from serious problems concerning their own or a family member's problem drinking.
 

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