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Dear Jan and Dean, fail I have seen that the one that didn't graduate from the high
I'm in a situation and I really don't know what to do so I school celebrating the reunion was always in a hurry to just eat
am counting on your sound advice. My high school reun- and leave. No socializing whatsoever. Frankly they were misera-
ion is coming up in a couple of months and I really want to ble and made everyone else around them feel uncomfortable.
go. As a matter of fact, I AM going! My problem is with my
husband Bob. He insists on going too. To be perfectly hon- Unless you are a compulsive cheater, I have to agree with Jan on
est, I don't want him there. He says he wants to meet all of this. (That's a shocker, huh?) Your hubby obviously doesn't trust
my friends I have talked about for years. We did not attend you. That's a bummer in itself.
the same high school together.
High School Reunions are very special times in our lives and are
I think the real reason he wants to go is so he can keep an
eye on me. To be frank, I had a lot of guy friends in high meant to be enjoyed. I love seeing my former classmates and
school. That's all they are, is friends. I know he would not letting loose and just have a rockin' good ol' time. Is your hubby
like us hugging and laughing with each other. I couldn't be the kind of man that has to close his eyes often because he can't
myself if he was right there with me. Help!!! Mary with a stand to see you having fun? Go to your reunion. Have fun and
problem. enjoy your friends. Hubby will be there when you get back
home unless he goes on Facebook when you are away and tries
Well Mary, I have been to a lot of my reunions and I to hook up with his old high school girlfriends. Ha
always am scratching my head as to why oh why a
spouse wants to come to the spouses reunions. They
don’t know anyone. They sit in a corner bored to death and
want to leave early. The other spouse feels like they need to en-
tertain them, and therefore misses out on a lot of fun. And yes,
he wants to come to keep an eye on you. I would be blunt with
him, and just say, I want to enjoy my friends without the burden
of keeping you entertained. Go ahead and go without
him. Your marriage will survive and he will probably thank you
in the end that he wasn’t there.

Hello there, Mary. Are you the kinda woman that a
man needs to keep his eye on? Haha. I have been to
several reunions of my own and I have seen what you
are describing first hand.

In my reunions, I have seen many couples where only one of
them went to that particular high school. The other spouse
doesn't know one person there but insisted on coming. Without

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