Comments on: The double edged sword http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/ I live, I laugh, I love and I wear a lot of pink Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Laurel http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2336 Laurel Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:20:34 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2336 That definitely is what is weird about Facebook! My high school friends and I seem to grow more and more apart every year. Most of them stayed in Minnesota, got married, work "just okay" jobs, while I have moved around, pursued an elite graduate degree, etc... It's hard for me to accept that I have made very different choices and that, frankly, I don't have the time and energy it would take to maintain all of those old relationships. That definitely is what is weird about Facebook! My high school friends and I seem to grow more and more apart every year. Most of them stayed in Minnesota, got married, work “just okay” jobs, while I have moved around, pursued an elite graduate degree, etc… It’s hard for me to accept that I have made very different choices and that, frankly, I don’t have the time and energy it would take to maintain all of those old relationships.

]]> By: Julie http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2335 Julie Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:09:34 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2335 I went to an all girls Catholic high school, that had about 500 girls total. While there were a few days that sucked, I really loved it all. I tried to be friends with almost all of the girls... not because I needed to be popular, but because once someone knew something about you then the whole damn school knew. I stay in touch with maybe 5-6 girls from HS. Most of them I was friends since middle school and one of them is pregnant and married. :) I went to an all girls Catholic high school, that had about 500 girls total.
While there were a few days that sucked, I really loved it all.

I tried to be friends with almost all of the girls… not because I needed to be popular, but because once someone knew something about you then the whole damn school knew.

I stay in touch with maybe 5-6 girls from HS. Most of them I was friends since middle school and one of them is pregnant and married.
:)

]]> By: Jess http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2334 Jess Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:04:09 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2334 I went to a very small school for 12 years with the same people. By the time we were in high school I was sick of almost everyone. I spent my senior year abroad in France and it was the best decision ever. I went to a very small school for 12 years with the same people. By the time we were in high school I was sick of almost everyone. I spent my senior year abroad in France and it was the best decision ever.

]]> By: LJ http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2333 LJ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:47:47 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2333 Ahhhh high school. It was an okay time, but would I go back if someone paid me? Ohhhhh no way! I hated that everyone wanted to compartmentalize everyone into certain buckets. I sort of crossed a few lines and that always seemed to not be kosher for the system. The funny thing though about the reunion was that, for the most part, those barracades seemed to be lifted. People were friendly regardless of how they may have typically been in high school. Of course, there were the select few who remained their usual sour-puss selves, but for the most part, all pleasant surprises. And because I looooove this topic so much ... :) <a HREF="http://lj-dc.blogspot.com/2006/11/grissom-point-blank.html" rel="nofollow">Post #1 (Pre-Reunion)</a> <a HREF="http://lj-dc.blogspot.com/2007/08/weekend-review-reunited-it-feels-so.html" rel="nofollow">Post #2 (Post-Reunion)</a> Not bad times - but yeah, not sad to be on a much later chapter! Ahhhh high school. It was an okay time, but would I go back if someone paid me? Ohhhhh no way! I hated that everyone wanted to compartmentalize everyone into certain buckets. I sort of crossed a few lines and that always seemed to not be kosher for the system.

The funny thing though about the reunion was that, for the most part, those barracades seemed to be lifted. People were friendly regardless of how they may have typically been in high school. Of course, there were the select few who remained their usual sour-puss selves, but for the most part, all pleasant surprises.

And because I looooove this topic so much … :)

Post #1 (Pre-Reunion)
Post #2 (Post-Reunion)

Not bad times – but yeah, not sad to be on a much later chapter!

]]> By: Michelle & the City http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2332 Michelle & the City Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:20:25 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2332 double edged sword is such a good definition of facebook. in high school i was sort of like i am now. wasn't popular, but wasn't unpopular. i hung out with everyone. long term boyfriend (i'm a serial monogomist). goody two shoes. and a good student. scary, but not much has changed. well my eyebrows are plucked now. i think i need to post about this soon for proof. double edged sword is such a good definition of facebook.

in high school i was sort of like i am now. wasn’t popular, but wasn’t unpopular. i hung out with everyone. long term boyfriend (i’m a serial monogomist). goody two shoes. and a good student.

scary, but not much has changed.

well my eyebrows are plucked now. i think i need to post about this soon for proof.

]]> By: Cris http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2331 Cris Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:24:25 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2331 I feel the same way. I'm secretly dreading my high school reunion. Everyone I know has gotten married and had babies, I feel so left behind. I actually loved high school. I wasn't really in a clique but I floated between them. It was fun. The real kicker came a year after I graduated I bumped into a friend of mine whose sister I was really close with. The sister, C, was really virginal, never really had a boyfriend, was always the one to state that she was saving herself for marriage. When I spoke to her sister she told me she was pregnant and had to drop out of the military. It's sad really, but I just smiled and said wow a lot. Now, I've lost contact with most of my friends from high school, even though I still live in the same city. Sad, but true. I feel the same way. I’m secretly dreading my high school reunion. Everyone I know has gotten married and had babies, I feel so left behind. I actually loved high school. I wasn’t really in a clique but I floated between them. It was fun. The real kicker came a year after I graduated I bumped into a friend of mine whose sister I was really close with. The sister, C, was really virginal, never really had a boyfriend, was always the one to state that she was saving herself for marriage. When I spoke to her sister she told me she was pregnant and had to drop out of the military. It’s sad really, but I just smiled and said wow a lot. Now, I’ve lost contact with most of my friends from high school, even though I still live in the same city. Sad, but true.

]]> By: nicoleantoinette http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2330 nicoleantoinette Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:18:17 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2330 Man, high school. I totally feel the same way about the facebook. Sometimes I see something and I'm like WHAT! ::jawdrop:: I really loved high school though, and remain close with a few people from it. It's just crazy to think how much has changed and how far I've come between then and now, and it wasn't even THAT long ago. ps- cute picture :) Man, high school. I totally feel the same way about the facebook. Sometimes I see something and I’m like WHAT! ::jawdrop::

I really loved high school though, and remain close with a few people from it. It’s just crazy to think how much has changed and how far I’ve come between then and now, and it wasn’t even THAT long ago.

ps- cute picture :)

]]> By: freeandflawed http://www.legallyheidi.com/2008/03/25/the-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 freeandflawed Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:15:03 +0000 http://legallyheidi.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-2329 High school was just so-so for me. I wasn't popular but I wasn't forgettable either. I was the shy girl, turned class clown, turned shy girl again. I had fun but I didn't have a really big group of friends. I had a small, tight knit group. We stayed in contact for a couple of years post graduation, but I don't talk to anyone anymore. I see plenty of them on Facebook and Myspace...even at my gym. I don't know if they don't recognize me or choose to ignore me. And I'm okay with that. I went to an all-girls school. Most of them are those typical snotty girls who get wasted, sleep around and talk about their friends behind their backs. I'd rather reminisce about grade school haha! High school was just so-so for me. I wasn’t popular but I wasn’t forgettable either. I was the shy girl, turned class clown, turned shy girl again. I had fun but I didn’t have a really big group of friends. I had a small, tight knit group. We stayed in contact for a couple of years post graduation, but I don’t talk to anyone anymore. I see plenty of them on Facebook and Myspace…even at my gym. I don’t know if they don’t recognize me or choose to ignore me. And I’m okay with that. I went to an all-girls school. Most of them are those typical snotty girls who get wasted, sleep around and talk about their friends behind their backs.

I’d rather reminisce about grade school haha!

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