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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]No longer the appropriate time of life to be hosting family events, not on a regular basis. Pass the baton, and the control, to the next generation. They should be living in the bigger houses. If they have a family, they need the bigger homes[/quote]

I'm thisl poster. I'm 60 with married kids and grandchildren. 
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At 60, you are not a boomer. If you or your male peers were not eligible for the Vietnam war draft, you are not a boomer. Dealing with the draft was the factor that coalesced the boomer generation. If you were too young for the draft, you just are not a boomer. 
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Wrong.  The baby boomer generation was 1946 to 1964.  The defining feature was being born during the massive population spike immediately following WWII.[/quote]

I was a child in the 60s. Anyone who had to face the draft or had same age peers facing the draft will tell you that people too young for the draft had a completely different experience in life.  The Vietnam war draft was the defining shared experience of the boomers. If you didn’t share it, you are not a boomer, no matter what year you were born. 
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Good grief.  The name "Boomer" comes from "baby boom."  That's the determinative factor.  It's not "Namer."[/quote]

You do know that the baby boom was caused by soldiers returning from WWII, right? [b]And those babies were the ones who were eligible for the Vietnam War draft when they turned 18. [/b]

There weren’t a lot of soldiers just coming back from WWII by the late 50s and early 60s, and kids born in those years are also the ones who turned 18 after the draft had ended.

[b]Talk to some boomers who turned 18 before the draft had ended. They will tell you that their experiences were very different from those of people who turned 18 after that. [/b]
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The draft ended in January 1973, so that would be anyone born in 1955 or later. 
No.   People born in 1955-64 are boomers.[/quote]

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