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Introduction

I always thought that when I received an invitation to my high school reunion I would feel nervous about attending. I thought that I would be filled with feelings of anxiety regarding what everyone would think about me. Would they recognise me? How would I summarise what I have been doing for the past ten years? When the invitation to my reunion eventually came, it was from my school friend who posted to my Facebook wall. She wrote, ‘Hey AJ – I created an event from you and me for Dec 20th (Sat night) to catch up for a few drinks and celebrate being free from MSHS for 10 years … Hope you don’t mind?’ She (We) created a Facebook event for the reunion and invited as many Facebook people from our graduating year as possible, and ...

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