The Class of 1960 (Mine)
This past summer, I turned sixty-five, as of course did all of my high school classmates. There was a reunion, and a memory book, and some sort of survey study as well.
One thing that struck me is that, of the class of 830 graduates, it was reported that 72 are known to have passed away. That is about nine percent, a fairly significant portion. Quite a few, especially from a relatively affluent town.
A related but separate survey, based of course on a sample, also indicated that nine percent had been widowed (12% of the females said so, as did 4% of the men).
I was interested I guess in part because my wife, Barbara, died at just age 60 of "natural causes:" a cancer, and not an accident. And not a war.
Of the men, half are retired.
Average happiness (on a scale of zero to ten) was 8.
Politically, while a plurality was "the same," women tended to have become "more liberal," and males "more conservative" with the passage of these years. Most men indicated they are now Republicans, but most of the women called themselves Democrats.
So it is with the passage of time.
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back to a class reunion since my 20th. It was a hoot but I hadn't seen most of them since graduation and very few since the 20th.
I married my high school sweetheart and we were one of the few still married at that time. A few years later we divorced and I've nver gone back to a reunion. My ex has gone to a few of them...I hear from my daughter. I guess I prefer to look ahead and not back.
It is interesting that the women become more liberal and the men less. Wonder why. I don't think I've changed..still a liberal..ex was a liberal when it was to his advantage during the Viet Nam war...now is very conserative.
Current husband was a republican but Bush has converted him over to the good side. So I can say Bush has done some good. lol