On Perspective and rewriting the past

I was chatting with an old friend on the phone a few years ago and I asked if she was planning to go to our high school reunion. She was going to be out of town anyway the date it was being held but she followed her answer up with, "Besides, Hill, high school was a horrible experience for me. You probably don't understand this because you were really popular but high school was total hell for me. I never want to see those people again."

I wasn't really sure what to say to this. I think any...