Here’s where the old pics come into play!
Tonight my old school class are having a reunion! I am going to be travelling to Birmingham to my parents, with Lil Princess in tow, to hopefully see many old faces from my school years! We have all changed, married, grown up, become mums or career women, or both, and our main reason for meeting this year? We have all finally turned 40! I thing I was the last one to hit the milestone, and one of the others thought it would be a great time to meet up again!
I’m not sure how many of us are going to be there, out of 50 girls, spread amongst 2 classes, but I am so excited! Some, I haven’t seen for 24 years, some 21, some a little less than that, but I think I can safely say I haven’t met any of my class mates for at least 13 years! The power of social media means we have all been parts of each others lives in one way or another. There probably won’t be huge surprises as to who is who, hopefully we will all remember each others names! (I was always known as Ratty, to my friends, nothing to do with personality, but shortened from my full name Ratinder, once we had watched Wind In The Willows for the first time in school together!)
I haven’t been to a reunion before, and living in Kent after marriage, a good 3 hours away it was never likely that I would bump into people! So here goes to a fabulous night of reminiscing!
I shall make sure I post all about it soon!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Oct 02, 2015 @ 03:23:06
Did you have fun?? Remember, “Life begins at 40.” And also, “40s is the new 30s!”
Cheers~
Vivienne X
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Oct 02, 2015 @ 08:39:03
I had an awesome time thanks Viv!
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Oct 02, 2015 @ 13:15:24
Cheers~ 🙂
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 03:33:07
Ooh, this sounds so exciting! Hope you have lots of fun! 😀
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 09:14:18
It was a lovely evening thank you ! 😊
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 17:25:48
Glad to hear! 🙂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 21:49:27
Have a wonderful time! 🙂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 23:42:35
Thanks Tonya, I had a lovely evening! 😊
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 03:46:29
😊
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 17:39:32
Have fun….😀😀😀😀😊😊😊☺
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:13:54
Thank you!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 15:00:13
Have fun. Hope many show-up!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:11:03
It is looking to be a lovely evening! Thank you !
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 14:42:34
Have fun!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:10:29
Thank you ! I hope to!!!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 13:20:42
This sounds amazing sis I hope you have a fantastic time… Ratty. Lol😂😂😂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:10:12
Yes… Ratty! Nothing to do with my personality though, honestly!
We watched Wind In the Willows in First Year, and the class saw Ratty, and my full first name is Ratinder, … Rat… inder… so guess what stuck? 😀
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:43:54
Well so do I call you Ratinder, Ratty, Ritu, Miss, Master, Yoda, Sis, Bhaiṇa, Sīsa or just plain old Superteach. I’m confused no wonder your a Master of Disguise ❤
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 19:16:02
I pretty much answer to anything Lol!!! 😘
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 19:17:21
Oi you! Does that work😜
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 19:18:15
Yup!!!! 😂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 19:24:29
😉
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 12:28:44
Sounds like you’re going to have a lot of fun. Enjoy. 🙂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:07:07
Thanks Charles, I really hope so! 🙂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 11:02:58
Oh, I almost forgot… lol… I nominated you for The Dragon’s Loyalty Award, Sis 😀 https://erikakind.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/the-fire-of-the-dragon/
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:06:50
Lol ! I saw sis! Thank you ! I did a Ritu Reblog Acceptance! 🙂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 21:43:29
Ritu Reblogs are the best 😊
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 23:42:10
😘😘😘😘
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 09:40:02
😘😘😘😘
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 11:02:07
This is such an exciting event. I remember when we had our first class reunion after 23 years. It was amazing. We all were together in our old “US” immediately. So funny. It was an amazing evening. I wish you a lot of fun, Ritu! So happy for you. Big hugs!!!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:06:23
Thanks sis! I am looking forward to it! Just going to get Lil Princess ready for bed, so she behaves for her granddad, while I’m gone!!!!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 21:43:00
I am late with replying, was out all evening too. I hope you had a fantastic class reunion!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 23:41:56
Thanks sis! It was lovely! I was the first to leave as Lil Princess was refusing to go sleep without seeing me, but I managed a couple of hours with around 12 of my old classmates! It was wonderful!!! 😊
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 09:39:44
12 out of 50 sounds like you really had the time to chat with everyone. This lil princess 😊 But I am glad you enjoyed the time you had!😊
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:01:10
Yes, and we plan another one next year, bigger and better!!!! 😘
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:08:56
Oh, so wonderful!!! It is funny once the connection is back it is cherished so much more! Sounds wonderful!
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:35:11
Absolutely sis!!! It was strange… No one has really changed!!!
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:37:35
That really is so funny! I experienced the same. Everyone is kind of back in time. 😀
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:38:30
It was just like that… Stepping back!!!
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:40:50
Yep, exactly! 🙂
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Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:44:03
😊
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 08:57:35
Wow this would be fun 🙂 I haven’t attended any reunion yet but I seldomly think about it and the whole idea excites me 🙂 have fun gal 🙂 enjoy 🙂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 09:12:29
Thank you! I am really looking forward to it!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 09:18:13
🙂
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 08:47:14
My grammar school class had a 25 year reunion in 1997. However I wasn’t invited though there was really no excuse as to ‘finding me’ as my maiden name was unusual and there was only one of us in the phone book!
However, I worked with the father of one of my ‘classmates’ and he kindly gave me a copy of the newsletter of the event.
The year stars / ‘swots’ / top students were married with four or five kids, or single parents, my so called ‘friend’ had four kids, was on her third marriage and had become a sports fanatic, and one was heavily pregnant with her eighth child!
Only one had fulfilled the school programme of becoming a nurse, none were teachers, and sadly two had died, one of which had been a fantastic athlete.
I wondered what they’d make of me and my life: the teased and ridiculed class misfit with ‘no future or brains’, now a financial analyst on a good salary, umpteen foster children under her belt, happily married and owning her home outright.
In a way, I’m glad I missed it, as I felt I still didn’t have anything in common with these girls, and having moved away for some considerable years from their normal environment may well have just increased the gulf!.
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 09:12:00
I was never very outgoing as a school kid, but I pottered along. But kept in quiet contact with some. We have been in tough via Facebook too. And it s funny how those I seem to have more of a connection with now are not necessarily those I would have been seen with at school! But I am looking forward to it!!
You’re right though, it is strange to see who has ended up doing what, marrying whom, living where!
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 09:13:52
Enjoy it and have fun. For me, I had no contact with anyone after I left the area anyway.
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Sep 26, 2015 @ 18:03:08
Thank you!
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