Um, I’m pretty sure what you just went to wasn’t so much a HS reunion as it was a calculated networking event! lol!
Merely a reflection of our current economic climate.

First clue – the “financial advisors” wanting to offer “free” financial advice. Yeah, not so much. More like trying to rope you into handing any currently invested funds or 401K’s over to them to manage for a nice percentage…but…you’re a music critic! I’d have loved to have been there just to see the face of that guy when you told him that! Lol!
Second clue – The other people politely walking away when they too out your career is. You don’t own a business so they can’t garner a position from you and you don’t work for Coca-Cola or some other large Corp. with a presence in Charlotte, so you therefore can’t possibly even help garner them a position with a secure company elsewhere.

Think again about the convo’s you had while you were there and how it all played out…you’ll begin to see things a bit differently I’m sure.

5 yr. High School reunion, that’s really very funny.
Hm…what on earth will you all talk about at the next 5 yr. reunion? How someones 2 yr. old child has now become 7?
lol!