* Their career success: Downplaying early struggles and emphasizing current achievements, sometimes embellishing titles or responsibilities.
* Their family life: Presenting a picture-perfect family life, glossing over challenges or difficulties.
* Their social life: Claiming more friends, more exciting activities, and a more vibrant social calendar than actually existed.
* Their physical fitness and health: Minimizing age-related changes and highlighting their health and fitness levels.
* Their involvement in high school activities: Inflating the importance or extent of their participation in clubs, sports, or other extracurriculars. "Oh yeah, I was *the* captain of the debate team!" (when they were maybe a member)
* Their academic achievements: Exaggerating grades, test scores, or scholarships received.
* Their travels and adventures: Making trips sound more exotic or exciting than they were.
Essentially, people tend to exaggerate things that portray them in a positive light, boosting their self-esteem and social standing within the reunion context. It's often a subconscious (or sometimes conscious) attempt to present the "best version" of themselves.