If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

Despite what the media would lhave you believe, most generation Xers didn't give a shit about the Challenger.

Um, Gen X person here. I didn't really care about it BEFORE it blew up, but I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when it did.

I absolutely remember when it blew up. We weren't following it beforehand, but it was a big deal when it blew up.

Yes. Of course it was a big deal in the news. But as a teenager, I remember hearing all the news stories about kids were so traumatized about the explosion and I certainly didn't feel that way, nor never saw it from anyone else my age. Maybe younger kids were more affected by it.

I was 13 I think when it happened and was annoyed b/c I was home sick from school that day and it preempted General Hospital. I certainly was not traumatized by it nor was anyone I know.

Odd. I was in 3rd grade and in class watching it when it happened, and I was certainly traumatized by it...

You were young and watching it live on TV. Older teens felt the same way that they would in hearing about a plane crash. We felt bad for the victims and their families of course, but it was not personally distressing.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

Despite what the media would lhave you believe, most generation Xers didn't give a shit about the Challenger.

Um, Gen X person here. I didn't really care about it BEFORE it blew up, but I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when it did.

I absolutely remember when it blew up. We weren't following it beforehand, but it was a big deal when it blew up.

Yes. Of course it was a big deal in the news. But as a teenager, I remember hearing all the news stories about kids were so traumatized about the explosion and I certainly didn't feel that way, nor never saw it from anyone else my age. Maybe younger kids were more affected by it.

I was 13 I think when it happened and was annoyed b/c I was home sick from school that day and it preempted General Hospital. I certainly was not traumatized by it nor was anyone I know.

Odd. I was in 3rd grade and in class watching it when it happened, and I was certainly traumatized by it...

You were young and watching it live on TV. Older teens felt the same way that they would in hearing about a plane crash. We felt bad for the victims and their families of course, but it was not personally distressing.

I was in college and it was distressing. It was a total shock to see the space shuttle blow up like that. And then the stories of who was on the Challenger - heartbreaking.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

There really is no defining question like this for Xers. I think it's if they can remember the Reagan/Carter election.

Yes there is. Where were you when you found out Kurt Cobain was dead? I bet a lot of my fellow Gen Xers would agree.

Only if you were white.

Nah. I'm white and that was not on my radar either. I was practicing law by then anyway.

If you were 24+ in 1994, you are not an Xer.

The thread is asking about people born between 60-64 and suggesting that they are Gen X (they aren't).

I was born in 1967. But I actually agree: we are The Lost Generation, because we aren't Boomers and we really aren't Gen X either. We are the Breakfast Club/Brat Pack Generation.

I tend to agree with you. The younger Boomers and the older Gen Xers fall into this category I think. We were the Breakfast Club/St Elmo's Fire generation. Latchkey kids who relied heavily on each other to get through life. We started shared group rentals after college as opposed to getting married after college.

Which is generation X. Why the confusion?

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

Despite what the media would lhave you believe, most generation Xers didn't give a shit about the Challenger.

Um, Gen X person here. I didn't really care about it BEFORE it blew up, but I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when it did.

I absolutely remember when it blew up. We weren't following it beforehand, but it was a big deal when it blew up.

Yes. Of course it was a big deal in the news. But as a teenager, I remember hearing all the news stories about kids were so traumatized about the explosion and I certainly didn't feel that way, nor never saw it from anyone else my age. Maybe younger kids were more affected by it.

I was 13 I think when it happened and was annoyed b/c I was home sick from school that day and it preempted General Hospital. I certainly was not traumatized by it nor was anyone I know.

Odd. I was in 3rd grade and in class watching it when it happened, and I was certainly traumatized by it...

You were young and watching it live on TV. Older teens felt the same way that they would in hearing about a plane crash. We felt bad for the victims and their families of course, but it was not personally distressing.

Maybe you’re more of a boomer.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

Despite what the media would lhave you believe, most generation Xers didn't give a shit about the Challenger.

Um, Gen X person here. I didn't really care about it BEFORE it blew up, but I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when it did.

I absolutely remember when it blew up. We weren't following it beforehand, but it was a big deal when it blew up.

Yes. Of course it was a big deal in the news. But as a teenager, I remember hearing all the news stories about kids were so traumatized about the explosion and I certainly didn't feel that way, nor never saw it from anyone else my age. Maybe younger kids were more affected by it.

I was 13 I think when it happened and was annoyed b/c I was home sick from school that day and it preempted General Hospital. I certainly was not traumatized by it nor was anyone I know.

Odd. I was in 3rd grade and in class watching it when it happened, and I was certainly traumatized by it...

You were young and watching it live on TV. Older teens felt the same way that they would in hearing about a plane crash. We felt bad for the victims and their families of course, but it was not personally distressing.

Maybe you’re more of a boomer.

Um no. I was born in 72.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

There really is no defining question like this for Xers. I think it's if they can remember the Reagan/Carter election.

Yes there is. Where were you when you found out Kurt Cobain was dead? I bet a lot of my fellow Gen Xers would agree.

Only if you were white.

Nah. I'm white and that was not on my radar either. I was practicing law by then anyway.

If you were 24+ in 1994, you are not an Xer.

The thread is asking about people born between 60-64 and suggesting that they are Gen X (they aren't).

I was born in 1967. But I actually agree: we are The Lost Generation, because we aren't Boomers and we really aren't Gen X either. We are the Breakfast Club/Brat Pack Generation.

I tend to agree with you. The younger Boomers and the older Gen Xers fall into this category I think. We were the Breakfast Club/St Elmo's Fire generation. Latchkey kids who relied heavily on each other to get through life. We started shared group rentals after college as opposed to getting married after college.

Which is generation X. Why the confusion?

It's the wide span of ages that encompasses Gen X. There was a difference being an older teen/college age when the Breakfast club and St Elmo's Fire came out and being a preschooler when those movies came out. There was a difference between going to a high school dance when Michael Jackson first came out with Thriller and having the song played at a HS dance 10 or 20 years later (if it was played at all).

We were definitely after the Saturday Night Fever crowd but also quite a bit before the kids born in the 70's or 80's.

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Anonymous wrote:‘61 here. Technically a Boomer, but I don’t feel like either a Boomer or a Gen Xer. Can’t relate to either.

x1000 Born in '64.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

John Lennon shot.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

There really is no defining question like this for Xers. I think it's if they can remember the Reagan/Carter election.

Yes there is. Where were you when you found out Kurt Cobain was dead? I bet a lot of my fellow Gen Xers would agree.

Only if you were white.

Nah. I'm white and that was not on my radar either. I was practicing law by then anyway.

If you were 24+ in 1994, you are not an Xer.

The thread is asking about people born between 60-64 and suggesting that they are Gen X (they aren't).

I was born in 1967. But I actually agree: we are The Lost Generation, because we aren't Boomers and we really aren't Gen X either. We are the Breakfast Club/Brat Pack Generation.

I tend to agree with you. The younger Boomers and the older Gen Xers fall into this category I think. We were the Breakfast Club/St Elmo's Fire generation. Latchkey kids who relied heavily on each other to get through life. We started shared group rentals after college as opposed to getting married after college.

Which is generation X. Why the confusion?

Yeah, I don't get it either. The Breakfast Club was the epitome of Gen X. I was born in Jan 1970 and you've described my childhood and young adulthood exactly. If you were born in '67 we were in high school at the same time.

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I am 48 (1970) and my SO is 54 (1964) and we don't share a common culture. He was a husband in 1987, dad in 1989 and I was a teenager in college living in the dorm and still suckling from my parents' tuition and expenses teat.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

There really is no defining question like this for Xers. I think it's if they can remember the Reagan/Carter election.

Yes there is. Where were you when you found out Kurt Cobain was dead? I bet a lot of my fellow Gen Xers would agree.

Only if you were white.

Nah. I'm white and that was not on my radar either. I was practicing law by then anyway.

If you were 24+ in 1994, you are not an Xer.

The thread is asking about people born between 60-64 and suggesting that they are Gen X (they aren't).

I was born in 1967. But I actually agree: we are The Lost Generation, because we aren't Boomers and we really aren't Gen X either. We are the Breakfast Club/Brat Pack Generation.

I tend to agree with you. The younger Boomers and the older Gen Xers fall into this category I think. We were the Breakfast Club/St Elmo's Fire generation. Latchkey kids who relied heavily on each other to get through life. We started shared group rentals after college as opposed to getting married after college.

Which is generation X. Why the confusion?

It's the wide span of ages that encompasses Gen X. There was a difference being an older teen/college age when the Breakfast club and St Elmo's Fire came out and being a preschooler when those movies came out. There was a difference between going to a high school dance when Michael Jackson first came out with Thriller and having the song played at a HS dance 10 or 20 years later (if it was played at all).

We were definitely after the Saturday Night Fever crowd but also quite a bit before the kids born in the 70's or 80's.

Someone who was an older teen when these movies came out is definetly an Xer. These are generation x movies! Someone who was a preschooler when they came out was a millennial.

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Anonymous wrote:64, Gen X, and I hate, hate, hate the Boomers!

Hate will kill you.

No, I will live long enough to see the last Boomer die so I can piss on their grave.

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The thread is asking about people born between 60-64 and suggesting that they are Gen X (they aren't).

Yes they are.

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, if you remember the jfk assasination, you are a boomer. After, gen x

Yeah, that's the quintessential boomer question. "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"

I think millennials can be identified with a question like this too. If you were in school or college on 9/11, you’re a millennial. What would it be for Gen X? The Challenger?

There really is no defining question like this for Xers. I think it's if they can remember the Reagan/Carter election.

Yes there is. Where were you when you found out Kurt Cobain was dead? I bet a lot of my fellow Gen Xers would agree.

Only if you were white.

Nah. I'm white and that was not on my radar either. I was practicing law by then anyway.

If you were 24+ in 1994, you are not an Xer.

The thread is asking about people born between 60-64 and suggesting that they are Gen X (they aren't).

I was born in 1967. But I actually agree: we are The Lost Generation, because we aren't Boomers and we really aren't Gen X either. We are the Breakfast Club/Brat Pack Generation.

I tend to agree with you. The younger Boomers and the older Gen Xers fall into this category I think. We were the Breakfast Club/St Elmo's Fire generation. Latchkey kids who relied heavily on each other to get through life. We started shared group rentals after college as opposed to getting married after college.

Which is generation X. Why the confusion?

It's the wide span of ages that encompasses Gen X. There was a difference being an older teen/college age when the Breakfast club and St Elmo's Fire came out and being a preschooler when those movies came out. There was a difference between going to a high school dance when Michael Jackson first came out with Thriller and having the song played at a HS dance 10 or 20 years later (if it was played at all).

We were definitely after the Saturday Night Fever crowd but also quite a bit before the kids born in the 70's or 80's.

Someone who was in elementary school in the 90's is a millennial, not an Xer.

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The thread is asking about people born between 60-64 and suggesting that they are Gen X (they aren't).

Yes they are.

1960- early 64 Boomer
Second half of 64 Generation Xer