Terrible Excuses for Missing our Celebrations

We've checked the previous guest lists, the email lists and cross-referenced it against our fading memories, and found that it is 100% jerk & snob free.  So why haven't you come to anything we've had in the 21st century?  Come on!   Start your new decade with a fresh approach.   You have only today to accept life for what is now at hand.  "OLD AGE".   There's going to be beer (maybe). (Hey, that always worked in high school!)

You've heard about the 2022 Reunion and the previous 2019 Birthday Festivities.  Already you start thinking of all the reasons you should stay home.
In 2022 we enjoyed virtual at home celebrations.  Very different for all involved.  Thank You
Life challenges us every day.  Take a look at our Photo Albums.  

For those with 'Cluck and Feather' Syndrome [chicken!]

Excuse #1: My husband, wife, significant other, etc., can't make it, and I don't want to go alone. I'll look like a loser if I show up alone.

Rebuttal: We'd love to meet your spouse and coo over your kids, and/or grandkids, but we want to see you. Plenty of classmates have already indicated that they're flying solo. Got a wallet? Put your pictures in it. (you can upload onto the website too!)

Excuse #2: I’m overweight.

Rebuttal: You are definitely NOT alone. 

Excuse #3: I don’t think I look very good. I (multiple choice a-d)

a) am going bald
b) am getting wrinkles
c) have cellulite on my thighs
d) all of the above

Rebuttal: So do we! Your friends will be so happy to see you, they won't be paying attention to those little things. Over 50% of us now wear corrective lenses, so don't worry about it!  BALD is in big time!  Throw on your baseball cap, get a big pair of sunglasses, and lower your hemline. 

Check out 'The Cat In The Hat' on the photo album page.

It won't be the same without you!  Have you seen some of the pictures?  Some of us were caught off guard when we heard you weren't going to make it the last time we were together. Help us all to have smiling pictures!

Excuse #4: I’m not successful. I told everyone in high school that I was going to be a doctor, (lawyer, astronaut, chief fire eater).

Rebuttal: WHO CARES ABOUT THAT NOW???  Plans change. Goals change.   We've all matured and realized that having money doesn't make someone a success, and it certainly doesn't guarantee happiness. We are getting older, but let's hope we're also a lot smarter, and wiser. 

Excuse #5: I wasn’t part of a popular clique [the 'click'] in high school.  

Rebuttal: See above regarding: older, smarter, wiser. The only cliques[clicks] at the reunion will be the sound of our joints cracking as we walk around finding old friends.  Look at the photo album where some of us are kneeling.  We had special helpers assigned to help us slowly get up again and regain balance! 
 

Yvonne Jackson Brooks, yjbrooks@aol.com

Roger Hoover, 330-697-3550, rhoover4@neo.rr.com 

Becky Graf DelPropost, Rod Siddall, Carol Zeh, Beverly website info

Room for YOU on the 2024 Virtual and/or Live 75th Birthday Celebration