Forty years seems like an eternity...but, within a few hours (as well as a few glasses of wine!) we were all right back in high school.
Laughter filled the room that night and it felt so good. We could now talk openly about old boyfriends, insecurities, teachers, proms, and all the other rites of passage that occur in every person's high school years. Of course, the conversations covered marriages, divorces, remarriages, children, and, last but not least, grandchildren. We ahhed and oohed as pictures were shown of our families, pets, etc. How wonderful to be able to talk about "our lives" to this group of very interested onlookers.
It was interesting to see how quickly old groups of friends (I guess that cliques would be a better word?!) began to find each other and hang out again. I felt an instant bond to so many of the girls that I had been close to....and it amazed me how quickly the closeness was felt. The music in the background was from the 60's and groups of us found ourselves out on the dance floor "twisting" away to the old sounds. While men aren't comfortable doing this, women will go out in a group and just dance with each other. Such fun! A few of the braver guys even joined in. Temporarily forgetting the aches and pains of getting older, we all found ourselves transformed into crazy teenagers once again. Of course, we would pay for all of this in the morning as we tried to get out of bed...but, for the moment, it felt great.
As Friday night came to an end, one of my girlfriends invited us all over to her house the next day for lunch and a continuance of what we had started.
...more to come. : )
1 comment:
Ah, that's something ! Must have been just wonderful and music out of the 60th, that was something even our children are jalous about that !
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