Woman drives 13 hours to high school reunion only to discover no one bothered to attend: 'Besides the girl who planned it, I was the only person who showed up'

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  • I drove 13 hours to attend my class reunion and ended up being the only person who showed up besides the girl who planned it.

    I drove 13 hours to attend my class reunion this weekend, and besides the girl who planned it, I was the only person who showed up.
  • A representation of two women posing next to party balloons at their class reunion.
  • The girl who organized it was one of the shyest people in our graduating class, but also one of the smartest and kindest. She had put SO much effort into everything. Decorations, games, cake, food; she really tried to make it special and fun for everyone.
  • Then the excuses started rolling in. One person said they were sick. Another said their kid was sick.
  • But one of the girls who canceled had literally posted on Snapchat the night before out bowling with her husband and kid. I even called and texted her asking if she was still coming, and she told me she or her family was sick.
  • Then later that same day she asked me to come hang out with her that night. I just sat there thinking... I thought you were sick?
  • It honestly made me feel awful for the girl who planned the reunion. You could tell she was trying not to let it bother her, but how could it not? Imagine putting yourself
  • it not? Imagine putting yourself out there, spending your own money, organizing everything, and then watching almost everyone flake at the last minute.
  • A depiction of party decorations set up in an empty space.
  • What really got me is that I live the farthest away out of everyone. I drove 13 hours to be there. The girl who planned it. drove 2 hours. Most of the other people lived in town or maybe 30 minutes away.
  • Afterward, she invited me over to her parents' house, and honestly we ended up having a really great time together. We rode around on golf carts, looked at her chickens,
  • ducks, and turkeys, and just talked for hours. At one point she opened up about how lonely adulthood has felt and how she feels like she doesn't really have friends anymore.
  • A photograph of a model in a blue gown, clutching her high school diploma.
  • I paid the amount she originally asked everyone to chip in for the reunion, and she immediately offered to give it back since nobody came. I told her absolutely not; if anything I
  • absolutely not; if anything I wanted to help pay for half because she clearly spent a lot of time and money on all of it. She still refused to let me.
  • A silhouette of a high school student tossing her graduation cap against a blue sky.
  • The whole thing honestly made me sad. Not even just because people didn't show up, but because someone genuinely tried to create something thoughtful for people she cared about and almost nobody valued it enough to make the effort.
  • I'm really glad I went though. I hope she knows at least one person appreciated everything she did.

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