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Anonymous wrote: I'm very young Gen X (46) and liked it. Yes the characters are all older than me but I still found them relatable. The show is particularly good about showing what a marriage looks like when you are way in and also getting older yourselves. And the challenge of staying relevant and important to each other even when you are are evolving as people and not tied to each other by young kids.

It also has several laugh out loud moments for me. The summer episodes are particularly funny, especially everything with Mark Brett.

To the PP, I was also weirded out and annoyed initially by the relationship between Anne and Ginny. And yes that goes to some weird and not great places, but ultimately makes sense and contributes to the characters growth in a good way. The show is aware of the weirdness of that dynamic and doesn't do something true or obvious with it.

Honestly, if my husband went and knocked up some younger woman but I got to raise an adorable little baby, I’d be basically fine with that. After 30 years of sleeping with him. I really don’t care that much … but I would love another smooshy faced baby! Yes, I know that’s wrong and clearly I would never to anything to encourage that — but just saying I get where Anne is with the smooshy faced baby joy.

Anonymous wrote: I'm very young Gen X (46) and liked it. Yes the characters are all older than me but I still found them relatable. The show is particularly good about showing what a marriage looks like when you are way in and also getting older yourselves. And the challenge of staying relevant and important to each other even when you are are evolving as people and not tied to each other by young kids.

It also has several laugh out loud moments for me. The summer episodes are particularly funny, especially everything with Mark Brett.

To the PP, I was also weirded out and annoyed initially by the relationship between Anne and Ginny. And yes that goes to some weird and not great places, but ultimately makes sense and contributes to the characters growth in a good way. The show is aware of the weirdness of that dynamic and doesn't do something true or obvious with it.

Anonymous wrote: I'm very young Gen X (46) and liked it. Yes the characters are all older than me but I still found them relatable. The show is particularly good about showing what a marriage looks like when you are way in and also getting older yourselves. And the challenge of staying relevant and important to each other even when you are are evolving as people and not tied to each other by young kids.

It also has several laugh out loud moments for me. The summer episodes are particularly funny, especially everything with Mark Brett.

To the PP, I was also weirded out and annoyed initially by the relationship between Anne and Ginny. And yes that goes to some weird and not great places, but ultimately makes sense and contributes to the characters growth in a good way. The show is aware of the weirdness of that dynamic and doesn't do something true or obvious with it.

Anonymous wrote:It was fantastic. The Covid episode was really emotional. Colman Domingo is a national treasure.[/quot

The show also speaks to me as a Gen Xer. Especially as a mom of two boys who feels like she has to "perform" dinner every night when dinner is not what I want--Tina Fey had a line about eating Triscuits and cottage cheese that was awesome.

I jumped on this thread to point out that Colman Domingo is an amazing actor and if you want to see his range hope on over to Dead Man's Wire, also on Netflix, where he plays a radio DJ in the 70s with the most amazing voice.