Generation Xer's do you feel more similar to baby boomers or millenials?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1970 and millennials. My SO is a boomer (1964) and we laugh often that those six years are like 30 sometimes. SO was married and a dad when I was 13.

‘64 isn’t really a boomer. When they used to define boomers they stopped at 1960. When they invented Gen-X,they started with 1970. They soone said, “oops”,and they stuck the first half of the 1960’ with the boomers and the second half with the Gen Eers. But heightened fit well at all IMO. (Born July 1964).

Significant events for boomers are supposed to be JFK’s assassination. (Dead before I was born)
Summer of Love and assassinations for MLK and RFK - (I learned about them in a recent history class in HS).
Moon shot - all I remember of that is being woken up in the middle of the night and told to sit don and shut to and watch history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't identify with either Boomers or millennial.

Same here....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1970 and millennials. My SO is a boomer (1964) and we laugh often that those six years are like 30 sometimes. SO was married and a dad when I was 13.

‘64 isn’t really a boomer. When they used to define boomers they stopped at 1960. When they invented Gen-X,they started with 1970. They soone said, “oops”,and they stuck the first half of the 1960’ with the boomers and the second half with the Gen Eers. But heightened fit well at all IMO. (Born July 1964).

Significant events for boomers are supposed to be JFK’s assassination. (Dead before I was born)
Summer of Love and assassinations for MLK and RFK - (I learned about them in a recent history class in HS).
Moon shot - all I remember of that is being woken up in the middle of the night and told to sit don and shut to and watch history.

I was a few months old for the moon shot. I don't think I remember it but maybe I am repressing the memories.

Defining events for GenX: attempted assassination of Reagan and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate both.

I love Gen Z. I really admire them.

How are they any different from millennials?

[Anonymous]

Neither.

[Anonymous]

I don't care nor care about all the labels.

[Anonymous]

I am a boomer and like boomers and work best with folks under 25. The 25-40 year crowd too lazy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't identify with either Boomers or millennial.

+1

Politically, I side more with millennials.

‘72

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More with the millennials, possibly because baby boomer professors seemed to hate my cohort in college and tell us how lacking we were. There just weren't as many of us.

Yeah, the Millenial hate has been great for Gen Xers image, but before us the boomers hated Gen X. You were the "slacker" generation with no ambition or work ethic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1978 here. I think a lot of us younger Gen Xers bridge the gap between the Boomers and millennials. There are aspects of both that we can’t relate to, but a lot that we can. It’s a unique position to be in, really. We are the pragmatists who can deal with both sides - if they cared to listen to us, that is. Shrug.

This is why I think the micro-generation 1975-1985 ish makes sense. The "Oregon Trail" generation or the "Bridger" generation, sometimes Xennials. Basically those of us who grew up without the internet and cell phones, etc. but were introduced to these things early enough to adapt to them fairly easily.

/older Millenial

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't identify with either Boomers or millennial.

+ 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in 72, and I feel more of a connection with baby boomers than millennials. Although that could be because boomers are considered as being born up through 1964, which I think is way too late, but whatever. But culturally I feel a lot more similar to those who were born in the early 60's and even late 50's than I do with those who were born after 1980. What about other Xers, which generation do you feel more in common with?

OP I was born in '64 and am married to a boomer who is 8 years older. I definitely relate to millennials more than boomer since I'm on the cusp. Also I'm the oldest of 5 who are solidly Gen X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More with the millennials, possibly because baby boomer professors seemed to hate my cohort in college and tell us how lacking we were. There just weren't as many of us.

Yeah, the Millenial hate has been great for Gen Xers image, but before us the boomers hated Gen X. You were the "slacker" generation with no ambition or work ethic.

Yeah, who actually worked really really hard. The boomer professors were giving us a hard time because we needed to make money to live instead of going out and protesting. Not that I was against protesting, but I liked eating and keeping my scholarship too.

[Anonymous]

Boomers definitely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1978 here. I think a lot of us younger Gen Xers bridge the gap between the Boomers and millennials. There are aspects of both that we can’t relate to, but a lot that we can. It’s a unique position to be in, really. We are the pragmatists who can deal with both sides - if they cared to listen to us, that is. Shrug.

This is why I think the micro-generation 1975-1985 ish makes sense. The "Oregon Trail" generation or the "Bridger" generation, sometimes Xennials. Basically those of us who grew up without the internet and cell phones, etc. but were introduced to these things early enough to adapt to them fairly easily.

/older Millenial

Yes, I was born in 69 and still have difficulty in understanding where to put the string and tincan on my smartphone. Thank God for those younger genXers. I wish I was a digital native that could just grok all this technology. :Rolleyes: