Jessie Stephens

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Can I ask why you decided to go?

Because I think the big thing about high school reunions is some people go, I'm curious to see how everyone's going, and others believe that people don't change and they go, I've been there, I've done that, I don't need to revisit it, I don't have fond memories.

What made you choose to go to a 25th year?

That's what I was wondering.

No, and they're very egocentric.

And I wonder if there is something about ego that is brought out with high school reunions.

And I was reading this article that said it was a psychologist saying there is a time of year where my office is full of people who sit there for an hour talking about whether or not to go.

Like it's a really distressing kind of big decision where they go, I just don't know what to do.

And I wonder if for some people it's like you want to show up and go, this is the newest iteration of me.

I want to feel seen and understood and I'm not, it's like a shedding.

Yeah.

And like this social pageantry of like I am now this, I have evolved, while at the same time maybe wanting to believe that everyone else is exactly the same.

Whereas in high school there are a lot of people who have never been humbled.

Yep.

And so that's what's quite interesting is that I do believe people evolve over a lifetime.

Mm.