Top 10 Reasons

 TOP 10 EXCUSES FOR NOT ATTENDING REUNION

10.) I am not rich yet or my job is not high-powered enough.

When will you be successful enough to face everyone? In 2029 at our 40th reunion? Please don't wait that long --- life is too short to miss a chance to connect.  Check your ego and attend our reunion anyway.

9.) I'm 38 and have not yet married, had kids, bought a house, written a book, sold my screenplay, traveled the world . . . (fill in your favorite personal disappointment here)

You have been doing something during these past 20 years. Come and tell everyone about it.

8.) I'm too fat/going bald/have an embarrassing skin condition.

You aren't alone. None of these are good excuses. Pull on your Spanx, comb it over, slather on the Eucerin, and forget about it for the night.

 7.) I hated everyone from high school.

Everyone? Not one single person you can remember with fondness? Check your e-mail contacts list and I bet there is at least one faithful high school pal there. Message them and see if they are going. Ask if they would like to see you there.

6.) Everyone from high school hated me or I haven't kept in touch in 20 years, so if they didn't hate me then, they hate me now.

And ignoring this problem will make it go away? Time to make amends. Show up at our reunion, make peace, and enjoy a special bonus - you won't spend the next 20 years being hated.

5.) I can't remember anyone's name.

That's why God invented name tags and an open bar.

4.) I'm afraid to see the one who broke my heart/whose heart I broke. Or, I'm afraid I won't see them.

Suck it up, they probably don't remember you anyway.

3.) I don't want my spouse to know what a loser I was in high school.

They already know and they love you anyway.

2.) I hate '80s music. I refuse to go anywhere where I might be trapped in a room listening to Milli Vanilli, Salt 'N Pepper, Duran Duran or Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Our reunion committee hasn't hired a sadistic DJ & if you give us some notice, we'll include your song requests in our playlist.

1.) I can't go because I am having a baby, live more than 3,000 miles away, just declared bankruptcy, don't have permission from my probation officer to cross state lines...

OK, in those very special cases, you get a free get-out-of-reunion card, and we wish you well.

Seriously, there is something to celebrate about where we came from and how far we've come, even if some of you are afraid it's not far enough.  We hope to see you at our 20th high school reunion because Once A Grover, Always a Grover  and our reunion won't be the same without you there!

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