Tragic Comedy

I just got an invitation to my high school graduation 20th reunion. It is amazing how quickly childhood insecurities come back even at age 38. I was never really friends with many people in high school. I have not heard from these people in 20 years. I was not what you would call a social butterfly in school. Especially high school. I guess it was a combination of my non existent social skills and being awkward. I never had a girlfriend or went to dances or proms. I guess it was me trying to attain the unattainable. I always went way out of my league. Some of the people from school became friends with me on Facebook. It is taking some getting used to having these people read the daily goings on in my life. I don’t know. I hope I have changed or at least grown from the experience of youth. Sometimes it seems like I have not changed at all.
Another blast from the past is I joined a group on Facebook with alumni from my youth group from church. It was kind of the same thing there. It always seemed like I was the outsider with them. I spent a lot of time by myself when we were on youth tours. It seemed like the to do. I have some fond memories but they are overshadowed by the feelings of low self worth when I was with them.
So it has been a battle thinking that I have changed and I am not that same awkward kid with not many friends and even less prospects. I guess time will tell.

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