For longer than the ages of any redditor's parents, it's been easy to keep in touch with people you want to keep in touch with. Nowadays "writing a letter" sounds like a huge, formal affair and insurmountable obstacle, but it used to be something people did for fun. Same with phone calls.
Reunions aren't (weren't) about the Tier 1 folks, the people you actively want to keep in touch with, they're about the Tier 2 folks: the folks who weren't quite your friends, but who you were friendly with. The folks that you enjoyed chatting with while in school but you didn't hang out with after the school day ended. The friends of your friends. You'd spend time with them almost daily back in the day, and you enjoyed their company, but not enough to want to keep in regular touch. But after a decade or two, you wonder what became of them and you hope the best for them and you want to talk to them again. That's what reunions are good for.
Tier 2 folks: the folks who weren't quite your friends, but who you were friendly with. The folks that you enjoyed chatting with while in school but you didn't hang out with after the school day ended.
¿Wot? Best I got was someone chatting at me giving an oral report of book they read in English class...
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u/Bugbread Jul 12 '26
For longer than the ages of any redditor's parents, it's been easy to keep in touch with people you want to keep in touch with. Nowadays "writing a letter" sounds like a huge, formal affair and insurmountable obstacle, but it used to be something people did for fun. Same with phone calls.
Reunions aren't (weren't) about the Tier 1 folks, the people you actively want to keep in touch with, they're about the Tier 2 folks: the folks who weren't quite your friends, but who you were friendly with. The folks that you enjoyed chatting with while in school but you didn't hang out with after the school day ended. The friends of your friends. You'd spend time with them almost daily back in the day, and you enjoyed their company, but not enough to want to keep in regular touch. But after a decade or two, you wonder what became of them and you hope the best for them and you want to talk to them again. That's what reunions are good for.