About my childhood, memories and a class reunion
Eagle not related, but from pixabay
I have a mixed feelings about my childhood. I was kind of happy, but not completely. I was bullied through the elementary school and I didn't have many friends. Very little good friends but in general, I didn't get along with kids of my age and even worse with kids younger or older than me.
I can't remember if I was quiet or talkative at first when I was a child. At least finally in elementary school, I was shy and quiet, maybe because I was bullied. Instead of hanging out with friends I then preferred computer games and even though some of my bullies loved them too, it didn't help.
When I grew up, in the higher grades of elementary school (we have grades 1-9, sometimes especially in smaller towns 1-6 separate and 7-9 in a bigger school) I finally started to actively change myself. I had to talk more to people, even though they didn't like me. It wouldn't hurt. I had also to fight back more to the bullies. However it was a long process but I've grown into being a talkative person and luckily, I haven't been bullied after elementary school. Maybe because I'm taller, bigger and stronger than the average man.
However as I said, my childhood was also happy. I had the few really good friends and I have a bunch of good memories with them. As sad as it can be, I have really gaming memories from my childhood too (FF VII, C&C, HoMM etc) and I had a somewhat good family too. There were issues, but there always are.
A few weeks ago one of my old schoolmates asked all of us if we wanted to have a class reunion. I thought it was a great idea, but the same time.. most of the negative memories of my childhood are also about my class and how I was bullied and wasn't liked by the most.
The two days before the class reunion, I was really stressed. I was excited it was going to happen but.. what if people hadn't grown up? What if they thought all the bad things done to me were "fun"? I had no idea how most of them had grown up, I had kept contact with a few people and I knew they were cool: only one of my childhood friends were invited to my wedding too. Most friends I have now are new friends.
But in the end.. I ended up having a great time. Everybody were great from the start. Quite many had some really bad moments in their lives and they too were happy to be there. It was really great. One of old classmates told me I had changed the most, but the friend who was in my wedding too told me he didn't see the change as I've always been the same, the most of them just hadn't seen it.
And a girl called me handsome! (while also saying my wife looks amazing, because she had seen us together with my wife)
And we had our class reunion after.. what, 16-17 years after we had been in the lower grades of elementary school? We had a bunch of things that had happened to us. We promised to do it again but faster, maybe after 5-10 years next time so we don't need to wait that long.
I share some similarities with school issues.
But I have not been in touch with any High School classmates in over 15 years. I saw one elementary best friend last year and it was cool, but there was nothing more there. We talked about having our families together and..... nothing.
I have a few college friends that I keep in touch with frequently, but maybe not as much as most.
I dont know.
I am glad the reunion went well!! That is awesome!!
Peace!
I have long time thought I'm pretty much the only one who's not keeping up with all the childhood friends and classmates. It's nice to hear we are others who are just.. not doing it.
Thanks for the comment :)
We had one a few years ago....I lied. No...well....At the exact same time, I had my art exhibition. I could finish there early and still make it to the reunion but decided to lie a bit and say that I won't make it.
I wasn't bullied....though I was a super fat kid (oddly enough I heard most of the fat remarks from my parents, the teachers and the doctors - but never from the kids). I was liked. I just never made that connection with anyone. I don't even recall some of their names now. There was honestly no desire to see anyone. Besides marriage and kids are a big thing here. Me not having either it is a bit odd to some and at the end, it doesn't matter how many accomplishments I did in my profession or art - I didn't pop any screaming brats out of me...so I didn't do anything of value. If that makes any sense. :)
Well not everybody didn't make this their top 1 priority and I don't blame them for this. I didn't go here because I had a bunch of great friends in there, I went partially to show off how cool I am nowadays. :D Because I was such a loser in elementary school
Two things:
i have that,kind of things also when i was in my Senior high scholl, not bullied that much, but i have a bad time. but when grow up, that things seems to be evaporate.
nice you could have a good time in the class reunion
Well luckily you too seem to be doing quite well nowadays :)
Thanks, I enjoyed it!