同窓会
週末は高校の同窓会が鳥取県の皆生温泉であった。早や高校を卒業して４４年、年月の経つのは早いもの、
とても４４年も前とは思えない。１０数年前に倉敷で一度開催してはいるものの、３分の１は４４年振りであった。でも、集まって１・
２時間もすれば殆ど昔のまま、宴会は２次会、３次会になるのは当たり前で結局ご就寝は深夜２時過ぎ、
ところが未だ夜も明けやまぬ５時過ぎにはゴソゴソとしはじめる小父さまがおり、６時過ぎには大半が起きてワイワイガヤガヤ、
昨夜の続きが始まる。年月がただ無駄に過ぎただけで大半の吾人に成長の跡が見られない。情けないと云うか何と云うか、
大半のお方が高校時代に帰っており、「こら、お前」の世界で、敬語など誰一人として知らない感じ。
学生時代の同級生とは誠に不思議なものである。たった６２分の３であるのに、社会人になってからの３０に匹敵するくらいである。
翌日は安来市の「足立美術館」と「とっとり花回廊」をまわって、解散。楽しい楽しい１泊２日の同窓会であった。
My high school reunion was held at Kaike Onsen in Tottori Prefecture on the weekend. It’s been 44 years since I graduated from high school, how quickly the years go by.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 44 years since the first one was held in Kurashiki more than a decade ago, but one-third of the events have been held for 44 years. But we’ve got to get together.
It is natural that the party becomes a second party and a third party, and after two hours, it is almost the same as the old days, and the bedtime is after 2:00 midnight after all.
However, the night is still dawning and there is a father who begins to swoop in after 5:00, and by 6:00, most of us are up and about, and it’s all going on.
The continuation of last night’s story begins. The years have simply passed in vain, and most of us can’t see any sign of growth. I don’t know, it’s kind of pathetic.
Most of them had gone back to their high school days, and it was a world of “Hey, you” and not a single one of them knew how to use honorifics.
It is truly a strange thing to be a classmate of mine when I was a student. It’s only 3 out of 62, but it’s about the same as the 30 I’ve had since I became a working adult.
The next day, we visited Adachi Museum of Art and Tottori Hana Kairo in Yasugi City, and left. It was a fun and enjoyable one-night and two-day reunion.
