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Hard
to Convince?
If this website hasn't
stirred your enthusiasm for spending a weekend with
your classmates- the friends who helped you become
the person that you are today, we urge you to think
again. The following reasons have
been tried and are unacceptable. Excuse #1: I'm
overweight. Rebuttal: You're not alone.
Gaining weight is Nature's way of assuring that we
keep up with the times and won't be wearing the
same clothes we wore in high school. Excuse #2: I'm a different
person than I was in high school Rebuttal: Lucky for you, we
ALL are. Let's face it: we could only have
improved. Excuse #3: I don't look as
good as I'd like. I (choose one or more) am bald,
have wrinkles, saddlebags, grey hair and no one
will recognize me. Rebuttal: Guess what! You
won't recognize anyone else, either. Using the
reunion committee as a representative sample, our
whole class looks like a "before" photo in a
plastic surgery ad. Excuse #4: I'm not successful
(i.e. rich or famous). Rebuttal: You'll be
pleasantly surprised to find how much everyone has
matured. We may be plump and wrinkled (see Excuse
#3, above) but we're not stupid. Money is not
success. Excuse #5 : I was not in a
popular clique in school. Rebuttal: Now that we're old
and smart, those cliques have dissolved just like
the superficialities they were based on. The only
cliques you'll notice at the reunion will be the
sound of your joints as you walk around.
Excuse #6: I don't think it's
worth the price to attend. Rebuttal: How much money did
you spend to have lunch at Pup 'n Taco? I assure
you that your dollars will go much further here.
And when you figure in inflation and how hard money
was to earn back then- it's almost the same
price! Excuse #7: Don't push me, I
don't NEED to come! Rebuttal: Wrong! If you
remember the contract you signed as a condition of
graduation:
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