I got a message on Facebook from some people who used to be in the "popular" crowd back in high school about a reunion. My immediate reaction consisted of slight sadness yet indifference for a few reasons
1. Facebook exists now. Anyone I cared to keep up with is my friend and I can see exactly what they're doing because most of them post with some frequency.
2. I grew up in Florida and I have a job 3000 miles away now. I have 3 weeks of vacation a year, and I'm in a long distance relationship. Time off is pretty precious. And,Florida.
3. No humble pie here, but I am probably a lot more well off than 95% of them. I've tried to reconnect with a few of my old friends who stuck around, and it was really awkward because work has made me hang out with mostly professionals with fancy pieces of paper. I don't have kids, a beer gut, or a crappy service job. I'm afraid that going back would serve mostly to stroke my ego and reinforce how different I've become from my former peers, which is an uncomfortable thought.
What's the consensus here? Are they valuable experiences or mostly redundant in modern times?
1. Facebook exists now. Anyone I cared to keep up with is my friend and I can see exactly what they're doing because most of them post with some frequency.
2. I grew up in Florida and I have a job 3000 miles away now. I have 3 weeks of vacation a year, and I'm in a long distance relationship. Time off is pretty precious. And,Florida.
3. No humble pie here, but I am probably a lot more well off than 95% of them. I've tried to reconnect with a few of my old friends who stuck around, and it was really awkward because work has made me hang out with mostly professionals with fancy pieces of paper. I don't have kids, a beer gut, or a crappy service job. I'm afraid that going back would serve mostly to stroke my ego and reinforce how different I've become from my former peers, which is an uncomfortable thought.
What's the consensus here? Are they valuable experiences or mostly redundant in modern times?