Anyone go to their 30-year high school reunion? What's the point? [View All]

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I missed my 20-year high school reunion, because I only found out about it 3 days after it happened! The people who organized it didn't do a very good job of tracking me down. It was in 1997, and my stepmother was still living in the house that I was living at when I went to high school, so they could have just mailed a notice there and she would have sent it to me.

Now, I got an announcement from classmates.com that a few people from my graduating class are planning a 30-year reunion next year. I got out my high school yearbooks and looked through my class. (By the way, you couldn't pay me enough to post my picture from that book here, with the embarrasing 70's shoulder-length hair.)

Sadly, there isn't a single person from my high school that I have kept in touch with. I am wondering, what is the point of having a 30-year reunion? If you haven't kept in touch with these people for 30 years, what is the point of seeing them? What would you talk about? Memories from 30 years ago? Can you even remember the things you said and did back then? The people who have remained friends for 30 years after graduating don't need a reunion. They already are in contact with each other.

My sister, who went to the same high school and graduated 3 years before I did, went to her 20-year reunion in 1994, which was held on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, and she said she had a great time there. But I am wondering, should I even bother to go? Wouldn't I be walking into a roomful of virtual strangers? I looked through the list of people from my class who have signed up at classmates.com, and there is only one who I would even be interested in talking with now.

Anyone been to a 30-year, and what was it like?