Anonymous
09/18/2023 04:16
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:
Was going to post this too. I was born in 1972 and my husband in 1960, and we don’t have the same cultural references, but he also doesn’t relate to my boomer parents. There is another generation sandwiched in there.
Interesting. Had not heard about this sub generational category but thought t makes sense.
Anonymous
09/18/2023 00:23
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Born 1961. Do not consider myself a Boomer. Do not related to them.
Anonymous
09/18/2023 00:10
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
A sociological generation is roughly 20 years, but it's really too many years for the group to share similar cultural references.
An early "silent" (born say 1928 or 1929) for example is going to have memories of the depression and WWII and were too old to be drafted to Vietnam or (for the most part) for the 60s counterculture. Someone born in 1943, say, would have no memories of the pre-war period and have been of college age in the 1960s.
The latter half of Boomers were really to young to have experienced "the Sixties."
And so on.
An early "silent" (born say 1928 or 1929) for example is going to have memories of the depression and WWII and were too old to be drafted to Vietnam or (for the most part) for the 60s counterculture. Someone born in 1943, say, would have no memories of the pre-war period and have been of college age in the 1960s.
The latter half of Boomers were really to young to have experienced "the Sixties."
And so on.
Anonymous
09/17/2023 23:53
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it depends who you are born TO. I was born in 74 to Boomer parents. My youngest aunt was born in66 to Greatest Generation. She is definitely a Boomer (although outside your window).
Sorry you are incorrect. It has to do with when you are born, not your parents. I am 1966 and my parents were Silent. I am still Gen X
No you're not.
Of course she is.
Anonymous
09/17/2023 23:51
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it depends who you are born TO. I was born in 74 to Boomer parents. My youngest aunt was born in66 to Greatest Generation. She is definitely a Boomer (although outside your window).
Sorry you are incorrect. It has to do with when you are born, not your parents. I am 1966 and my parents were Silent. I am still Gen X
No you're not.
Anonymous
09/17/2023 23:11
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Was going to post this too. I was born in 1972 and my husband in 1960, and we don’t have the same cultural references, but he also doesn’t relate to my boomer parents. There is another generation sandwiched in there.
Anonymous
09/17/2023 18:21
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
1964, Gen X as I’m oldest of 5 in 6 years.
Anonymous
09/17/2023 17:54
Subject: Re:If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was born in July of 64 and I do not identify with either.
Me exactly.
Us cuspers have a hard time fitting in. I was born in Dec 1977 and feel the same about Gen X and Millennials. The Xennial descriptor fits me best, but most don't recognize it as a thing.
Anonymous
09/17/2023 17:42
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:I think it depends who you are born TO. I was born in 74 to Boomer parents. My youngest aunt was born in66 to Greatest Generation. She is definitely a Boomer (although outside your window).
Sorry you are incorrect. It has to do with when you are born, not your parents. I am 1966 and my parents were Silent. I am still Gen X
Anonymous
09/17/2023 17:42
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous
09/17/2023 17:41
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:I was born in '62 and definitely don't feel like a boomer. At least, not by the defining aspects of boomers: the Viet Nam War, the 60's, the sexual revolution, etc. I think I have more in common with gen x, but not quite.
Born 1962 and a boomer!!
Anonymous
09/17/2023 17:34
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
I was born in '62 and definitely don't feel like a boomer. At least, not by the defining aspects of boomers: the Viet Nam War, the 60's, the sexual revolution, etc. I think I have more in common with gen x, but not quite.
Anonymous
06/24/2022 20:40
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:I was born in 72, so definitely a generation Xer, and I always find it strange when demographers consider people born in the early 60's as baby boomers. I mean technically they may have been born during the time of an elevated birth rate, but they have nothing else in common with older baby boomers. It seems to me that generations should consist of people who shared a common culture when growing up. My parents were boomers born in the late 40's and they spent their high school years in the pre-drug, pre-sexual revolution era. People born in the early 6o's can't even remember that world. I've always considered those born in the early 60's to be honorary Xers.
There’s clearly heated debate because I see 18 pages that I don’t care to read. The definition of the baby boom period are children conceived in the few years following ww2. Considering the fact that w2 ended a full decade and a half plus before the 1960s I’d say no.
Anonymous
06/24/2022 12:24
Subject: Re:If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:I was born in July of 64 and I do not identify with either.
Me exactly.
Anonymous
06/24/2022 12:23
Subject: If you were born between 1960-1964 do you consider yourself a boomer or generation Xer.
Anonymous wrote:Baby boomer equals anyone born between 1946-1964. Sorry- you can run but you cannot hide.
You must be a Millennial. Remember that you can fix yourself through therapy. All this anger against your Boomer parents isn't healthy. At this point you are an adult and you are responsible for you. So focus on fixing you.
- Signed, A Gen Xer