Got back home last night from down south. Went to Hendersonville, Tennessee to attend my 40th class reunion. My wife had planned to go with me, but her nice was getting married the same day, and she elected to go to the wedding instead. The reunion was very interesting, with a few surprises. Five of what I had always thought of as the classiest girls, are school teachers now. But of the men, only three of us was under 300 lbs. Saw lots of people, and had a very good time. Most of us looked like we are in our late 50s. A few did not.
One slender tall leggy blond, wearing a cocktail gown, showing lots of cleavage, came up and introduced herself (Sylvia). She looked about 40is, and as my son would say, she was HOT. For the life of me I could not remember her. She kept going on as to how I was the only person in our class that was taller than her during high school. At 6'3" in 8th grade I was the tallest kid in our class, right on up to graduation. She was an inch shorter than me. She spent the rest of the night hanging all over me, and talking about things in high school and band. She kept bring up the point that her and I were the only two in the entire class that is retired, and how she spends her time traveling and how I should join her. I told her my wife would not think too highly of that, and slipped away, but she always found me. Several of the women saw what was going on and would occasionally run interference for me. Finally one woman Paula, got Sylvia in a conversation so I could slip out to meet a group at Paula's house for a continuation of the discussions and good times.
The next day I pulled out my high school annual and looked Sylvia up. Now I remember her, the change was what threw me. In high school she had been a chunky girl, with long mouse colored hair, and the daughtor of the local Baptist Preacher. She was big and mean. She had whipped several of the guys in grade school, and ruled the roost so to speak. So by high school most of the class was afraid of her. I did not like her, because she was the only person I felt intimidated by, due to her size. I also did not like her attitude during high school. She was the only girl I ever tried to hurt, and I have felt guilty about that for 40 years. I always wanted a chance to apologize for that time, I laid her out in the hallway with a door. But now it no longer seems important. I was embarrassed for not remembering her, but don't want another encounter. You know, I wanted to look good for the reunion, so i dropped some weight. I am down to 210 lbs, and at 6'3" that's a good weight. That and the fact I was unaccompanied was what caused my problems.
They are wanting to hold a 45 year reunion, but the only way I will attend is if the wife goes.
