"It Was Seriously Disturbing": People Who Attended Their High School Reunions Are Sharing The Most Shocking Twists They Discovered Since Graduation
"I was just so wrong about how some people would turn out..."
1."The biggest surprise was finding out about my former classmates' careers. Most of us have pretty unremarkable jobs but some stood out. The guy who got arrested for underage drinking three times is now a cop, the super genius decided to move to Costa Rica to save the rainforest, and the 'bad' kid joined the Army and now runs a small business. He's now doing very well for himself."
A cop raising his eyebrows
Universal Pictures
—u/PM_Me_UrRightNipple
2."A couple years after my parents got divorced my dad went to his high school reunion and ran into his prom date. They caught up. She'd been the one that got away. Turns out she recently divorced from husband number two. They agreed to meet for drinks, then dinner again soon, and the next thing I knew they started dating. When I left for college they got married. This didn't happen at a ten-year reunion, mind you. Sometimes you have to wait a little bit longer to get the happy ending you've been hoping for."
—u/wedonotsew
3."So many people went in completely different directions than I ever would have expected. For instance, a guy I played football with was nicknamed Boozing in high school because, well, he was always boozing. He's a cardiologist now and doesn't drink at all."
McDreamy from "Greys' Anatomy" smiling
ABC
—u/-Handsome-Jim-
4."There was a discussion about how you don't remember the nice things done to you in high school, but those mean, disgusting things and comments haunt you forever. At this point, one of the shyest girls from high school slams her drink, pounds the glass on the table, and screamed at the mean, popular girl from high school. She said she was evil and tortured her every single day with snide comments. Every single person there then started sharing horror stories about the mean, popular girl until she left in tears."
—u/deleted
5."Back in high school, there was one girl who was extremely popular, extremely pretty, and seemed totally unapproachable. She was also really catty, embodying a lot of the 'mean girl' stereotypes. Talking with her at the reunion, it turned out that she was very insecure back then and had a very tenuous home life for which she was over-compensating. Now she is extremely kind, full of gratitude, and just really down to earth. I love seeing that sort of change in people."
Gretchen Weiners from "Mean Girls"
Paramount Pictures
—u/Hetvenfour
6."The massive stoner from the year below me who used to get suspended on a monthly basis turned out to be the head of the school English department."
A teacher holding up a piece of paper
MTV Films
—u/lagoon83
7."The only real surprise was just how wrong we were about how people would turn out. The Ivy League-bound students you were sure would be CEOs one day ended up dropping out of college, having normal middle-class lives, jobs, and marriages, and just being happy as 'average.' The athletes are now anything but athletes, having turned out of shape and frumpy. One guy ended up becoming a semi-successful author, and nobody saw that coming. It just goes to show that who you are on graduation day is absolutely not who you will become in three, five, ten, or thirty years. The future is yet unwritten."
—u/whomp1970
One of the sweetest and quietest chick became a police LT. We were calling her "Van Buren" at the reunion. Most became truck drivers and business owners. Most of the fuck ups never overcame it. One of the fuck ups ended up at an Ivy League school. 
