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EXCUSES, EXCUSES!
By Mary Fobian, Editor, Oelwein Community HS Reunion newsletter.
If you are not coming to the reunion, you need a good excuse AND a note from your MOM. The following reasons have been tried and are unacceptable.
Excuse #1: I’m overweight.
Rebuttal: You’re not alone!
Excuse #2: I’m a different person than I was in high school.
Rebuttal: Lucky for you, we ALL are. Let’s face it: we could only have improved.
Excuse #3: I don’t look as good as I’d like. Choose one or more:
I am bald
Have wrinkles
Have saddlebags
Have grey hair
No one will recognize me
Rebuttal: Guess what! You won’t recognize anyone else either. It’s called Life happens.
Excuse #4: I’m not successful or Rich.
Rebuttal: You’ll be pleasantly surprised to find how much everyone has matured. We may be plump and wrinkled (see Excuse #3 above) but we’re not stupid. Money is not success.
Excuse #5: I was not in a popular clique in school
Rebuttal: Now that we’re old and smart, those cliques have dissolved just like the superficialities they were based on. The only cliques you’ll notice at the reunion will be the sound of your joints as you walk around.
