1. Alcohol. There’s a reason it’s called social lubrication.
2. Stir the pot. If your spouse has told you any juicy stories, spill them to the appropriate people:”Hi Heather, I remember hearing about you. You were John’s girlfriend on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Who was Mondays and Wednesdays again?”
3. Make up stories: “The movie rights to my novel were just optioned by Spielberg;” or, “You didn’t know I met E when he was a traveling male stripper?”
4. Be the designated photographer. At the end of the night, mention that you have a blog that gets 10,000 hits a day and that all photos will be posted by the next night. Including the ones of the guy who left his wife behind with the kids and spent all night dancing with his high school girlfriend, and the ones of all the “social” smokers hanging behind the tent.
5. Flirt. With the cutest guys from your spouse’s class. e.g.: “Hi Joe, I just heard that you have an amazing tongue. Can I see it?” If that isn’t lively enough, make a pass at your spouse’s high school girlfriend. When she’s surprised, say: “He never told you we were bi?” If she’s not surprised, have fun.
Caveat: I am not in any way saying that I did any of the above at E-spouse’s high school reunion. Oh no. Not me. Okay, maybe a little of number one and number five. But I did enjoy standing in a corner thinking about all of this. And more.
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So, was she surprised?
Nothing you would do would surprise me, dear.
hahaha I’m laughing so hard right now my tea is coming out my nose. I just went to my high school reunion and jokingly told my friend’s new wife that last I spoke to her husband he told me her engagement ring was cubic zirconia. She’d never met me so she didn’t know whether or not I was being serious. Pretty funny for a second while my friend sweated it out.
Hmmm. I have never had the pleasure of attending someone else’s reunion. I would think that #2 would be lots of fun though.
I have never gone to a high school reunion, but you know…armed with this list…I just might. Haha! I always thought they’d be BORING. Who knew a little creativity could make the occasion so much fun?