Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 19:38     Subject: Re:Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

I am born in August. My colleague was born in May of the following year. We were in the same grade in school. She still tries to act like we are NOt the same age, and she in fact, is quite a bit younger. Is OP my colleague in 12ish years?

Lol
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 19:29     Subject: Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

I agree with others; you are in the same age range. I mean, unless you are in your 20's, maybe. But at some point, five years is considered the same ageish.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 19:23     Subject: Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm in my early 40's and a colleague in her mid 20's referred to me as a boomer.


Omg brutal. I would have died.

Right? Gag me with a spoon!
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 19:07     Subject: Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my early 40's and a colleague in her mid 20's referred to me as a boomer.


Omg brutal. I would have died.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 19:06     Subject: Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

My DH is 5 years older than me and I consider us to be around the same age. I sometimes tease him that he’s a different generation than me b/c I’m a millennial and he’s Gen X. But really it’s close enough.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 19:02     Subject: Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

I'm in my early 40's and a colleague in her mid 20's referred to me as a boomer.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 18:44     Subject: Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

Sandra bullock graduated high school in 1982. IMO there is little difference in age between people who graduated high school in '82 v. '87 -- signed '94, who would also consider myself about your age.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 17:08     Subject: Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

Maybe you need to step up your skin care regimen
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 11:56     Subject: Re:Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

After college, it is common to refer to people within the same decade of life as a group. e.g. the 30-somethings, 40-somethings, those in their 50's, hexagenerians and so on.

54 and 59 are essentially the same age.