Generation X: Are we still young, or are we old now? NT.

[Mike 03]

[yvr girl]

1. Neither

We're middle aged. :cry:

[Deja Q]

3. Lordy... I was thinking double-aged when driving home with a new bird playgym

(made in China, step 1 fails because the struts are too close together by one lousy millimeter... so the $110 P.O.S. is going back... grr.)

Still, we're alive and having a reasonably fun life. I'm concentrating on that. Like Devo's song says, (take) "Time Out for Fun"

[SoxFan]

2. We are what we are

And we are ornery.

The nice thing about being an Xer is that no matter what we do, we won't look as foolish as the generation that preceeded us. Hopefully, that means we won't waste everyone else's time yammering about how we are still relevant.

[Deja Q]

4. We are relevant.

As much as the media wants to hype otherwise, we are not a so-called "youth culture". If it wasn't for us, there'd be no youths. Babies having babies is a silly idea, and the hippies were stoned when their anti-capitalism bands started selling bumper stickers hawking their names on it. I've got Grateful Dead's sticker on mine (well, not really...)

[ikojo]

5. I don't think any generation can feel

as self important as those born immediately following WWII.

[latebloomer]

24. Good, that leaves me out.

I was born 7 years after the war ended :D

I'm too tired for a flame war. You'll be rid of us soon enough. :cry:

[LeftyMom]

7. Intergenerational flame war in 3... 2... 1...

:popcorn:

[flvegan]

8. Nice post, Generation Y-Bother.

:eyes:

[LeftyMom]

35. You're just jealous because I'm young and perky, old man.

:P

[supernova]

6. We're middle aged

:P

:D

But at 46, I don't feel a day over 30.

[latebloomer]

10. Sorry to tell you

but at 46, you're on the tail end of the baby boom, which ended in 1964.

From one boomer to another, , , :D

[NashVegas]

15. Not Necessarily

"Boomers" born in the '60s simply don't have the same cultural touchstones as earlier-born Boomers. Generally speaking, if you were aware of the band Generation X at the time they were together, you were probably Generation X, yourself.

[latebloomer]

19. Well, you're right

in that someone born in 1946 has very different references than the one born in 64.

But demographically, that's when the actual boom happened.

Anyway,I have never heard of the band "Generation X".

But I was at Woodstock!

[Genevieve]

27. You're a boomer,

Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born during the demographic Post-World War II baby boom(1946-1964)

www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=baby+boomer&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

[Chan790]

9. You're old.

Heck, I'm the leading-edge of Gen-Y/pre-millennials and I'm old. I mentioned wiffle-ball earlier today and had to explain what it was to these whippersnappers.

You kids! Get off my lawn!

[Happyhippychick]

11. Am I GenX? I'm 43

[latebloomer]

21. Yep

Born in 65? You're right at the beginning.

[Happyhippychick]

28. Well then we're young of course!

[TK421]

12. I'm still confused as to what is considered Generation X ....

I'm 33...do I fall into that category? ( by the way, I frigging hate that label..nothing towards you, but I hate being put into any category like that ) Who came up with this label? It had to be one person at one time.....

[latebloomer]

16. Born from 1965 to 1980 n/t

[TK421]

18. 1975

[NashVegas]

17. My Definition Was

If you ever puked your guts out at a Cheap Trick show, you're probably Gen-X.

[TK421]

20. Hmmm...my older brother ( 6 years my senior, perhaps ) but not me

I remember just about everything from the 80's ( more so than most people even older than me ) but I didn't actually "grow up" with it, so to say...

I do remember the Saturday morning ritual of waking up with my favorite bowl of cereal to Saturday morning cartoons ( thing of the past, apparently ) and the whole USA VS USSR mentality going on at the time ( what with all the movies that came out during those years....Red Dawn, Russkies, Rambo...etc ).


edited to add: Oh...we had the Atari 2600, and that was "da'bomb" back then....although I do remember getting the first Nintendo 8 bit system and loving it to death....

Looking back....the Nintendo 8 bit system actually sucked ass!

[Witchy_Dem]

13. Tweeners.

I'm 42

[latebloomer]

14. Some Xers are still in their late 20s.

Hardly old, nor middle-aged.

The oldest were born in 1965- yes, middle-aged.

Believe it from this boomer, someone who's "old" has to be at least 15-20 years older than you!

[Mike 03]

22. I'm reading all the responses with great interest and respect.

It's just too painful to deal with the reality of it.

We are as old as Kurt Cobain would be if he had lived.

For some reason, I'm having trouble owning up to aging. But your posts are awesome.

Keep talking...

[TK421]

23. How old are you? and were you a big Nirvana fan?

[InvisibleTouch]

25. Well, I think I'm young, but...

...others may not agree. Not that their opinions influence mine. :)

Oddly enough, I remember being about 19 or 20 and commiserating with a grade-school friend that we felt "old" and were "no longer the up-and-coming generation." We were aware that we had already been replaced, at least during the span of that one evening. It depends on what you focus on, I guess. When you think of all the crap you've been through and all the things you've survived and experienced, it's easy to feel ancient even at 20. But when you can recall with perfect clarity being 14, as though it had been last week, it's easy to feel young even at 40.

[Droopy]

26. I thought I was feeling the effects of aging there for a while

but I have had a youth revival. Now if I could just find some other 30-somethings who would like to get their green on, I'd be doing really good. Your mind can feel just as vital and youthful as ever even though your body may be aging. I'm not saying that you can control the every day aches and pains through will-power. You might still find yourself reaching for the Ben-Gay even though your mind feels 18. I'm 36, btw.

[AngryAmish]

29. middle aged.

[MorningGlow]

30. As X-ers, we just DON'T CARE

Apathy and anarchy, baby!
:rofl:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

36. That is the RIGHT answer!...........

11!!!!!!!

[Connonym]

31. starting to get old

I suppose middle aged would be the accurate description but for some reason I find that even more painful than "old"

[BleedingHeartRN]

32. Since most of us are in our 30's and early 40's

I think we could be considered the "old age of youth."

What's the span anyway? 1965 - ? When does "Y" officially start?

[The Doctor.]

33. Yes.

Now leave me alone, I'm depressed.

[Nikia]

34. I feel old until I remember

That my grandfather, who was old when I was born, got married to my grandmother at my age (30) right after WW II and is still alive and at home. He now has great grandchildren, including my son, born last month and didn't even have children yet at my age.