There's a school reunion arranged for Saturday the 10th of January. It's in a pub not too far away, meaning I could walk there. The organisers have set up a chat page on some social media. The thing is I haven't been mentioned once! Maybe I've been overlooked, and they aren't sending out a 'we rather you didn't come' message as my slight paranoia suggests. I wasn't popular at school, as in one of the clique. Nore was I unpopular, as in one of the bullies, or creeps etc. I was pretty insignificant. A fellow insignificant ex pupil, when I asked if he would be going said he won't be as he hates the bullies from that school period from 1972 to 1977. He told me some of those bullies send him best wishes messages on Facebook when it's his birthday etc, but he ignores them. I told him that it was 50 years ago and those people probably regret their bullying days and in a way they aren't the same person, but he won't have it. I interact with those ex bullies as to me, it all happened a long time ago, so that person probably regrets those days. I think I'll be going to this reunion, even if the bloke I've mentioned won't be going. If it involved a taxi there and back, I'd most likely give it a miss, but with the venue being so close, which to be fair to the organisers, they took folks ability to get there into consideration, as if it'd been miles away from our former school, it would've been difficult to reach for those of us who can't walk for miles, and for those who don't like travelling in taxis, like me in both cases. If I feel uncomfortable when I've been there for a while, I'll make my excuses and leave. If I'm interacting well, I'll stay till the end. These events only come round as we know every decade, even every other decade, so this could be my last chance to see those folk, many of who I haven't seen since 1977.
