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diva77

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16. I'm sorry you had an upsetting day...but my, what a superb essay! I hope you will post more.

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Thu Feb 13, 2020, 02:19 AM

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I had a kind'a upsetting day. [View all] 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 OP

Hey, man.... Sogo Feb 2020 #1

Matt Drudge graduated in the bottom 5% of his class and even failed his own Bar Mitzvah! TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #5

LOL! lunatica Feb 2020 #15

Bottom of the class sometimes is the best place to be. mercuryblues Feb 2020 #25

10 years later, May, 1970, I was graduated from Kean U in Union, N.J. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #27

I went to three high schools Skittles Feb 2020 #2

I changed schools 13 times. lunatica Feb 2020 #18

I went to a few schools in England Skittles Feb 2020 #20

You definitely get an education in British schools! lunatica Feb 2020 #21

yes Skittles Feb 2020 #22

Sounds a lot like 2naSalit Feb 2020 #37

You gotta admit though lunatica Feb 2020 #38

I was always bullied whixh made me focus on 2naSalit Feb 2020 #39

That's pretty universal for school age children. lunatica Feb 2020 #42

yes Skittles Feb 2020 #43

Did you attend English schools? Or American schools in England for service members' kids? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #24

Yes, there are. Listening to other people yak about their gran.... 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #28

I get it. Didn't go to my 50th because most of them are still ignorant white wingers. Hoyt Feb 2020 #3

That's really some shit about the K and Q. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #32

I hope you feel better now madaboutharry Feb 2020 #4

I feel better. Still sad about the list of the dead. Also, my own mortality comes to the fore. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #33

"That, I learned one night in a hotel room in the Poconos" pamela Feb 2020 #6

This is a wonderful essay. I identify and I think it would resonate with many people. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #7

I'm 73 next month and went to 50th reunion 5 years ago. vlyons Feb 2020 #8

++++++111111111111 KPN Feb 2020 #10

nice Kali Feb 2020 #11

I wish I wasn't out of hearts. I'd give you one. nolabear Feb 2020 #17

I apply your suggestion to weddings, funerals and stuff I attend. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #35

Thank you for sharing that story with us. Marie Marie Feb 2020 #9

Something to enjoy. Corgigal Feb 2020 #12

I enjoyed your essay very much. Collimator Feb 2020 #13

Hell! Just stay home and write a book lunatica Feb 2020 #14

I'm sorry you had an upsetting day...but my, what a superb essay! I hope you will post more. diva77 Feb 2020 #16

I did not go to my 50th reunion. FuzzyRabbit Feb 2020 #19

Sounds like you don't want to go - so don't. patricia92243 Feb 2020 #23

HS sucked TruckFump Feb 2020 #26

As I tell my kids by the time you're 22 you don't even remember much about high school Buckeyeblue Feb 2020 #29

Whoa, your high school reunion includes a deceased list Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2020 #30

About that "best years of your life" idea Maeve Feb 2020 #31

-- never went on facebook 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #40

I went to mine..... MyOwnPeace Feb 2020 #34

Hated high school years... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2020 #36

Wow. That's some statement. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #41

Hope you can find a way to go. No Vested Interest Feb 2020 #44