Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of great memories for us Gen-Xers. Too bad we are sandwiched between two very large and selfish generations. At least we gave a sh!t about something besides ourselves. Sigh!

+1

Preach.

This post made me LOL because it's the stereotypical 'most miserable generation' comment.

Aqua Net Hairspray
Dyeing shoes to match taffeta prom dress
Depeche Mode and The Cure
Watching scary movies like "When a Stranger Calls," "Carrie," and "Halloween"
Watching "Sixteen Candles," "Weird Science," "The Breakfast Club," and "St. Elmo's Fire" over and over
Spending hours on the phone w/ friends
Going to my friend's house to watch "Thriller" because we didn't have cable
Never wearing sunscreen
Contempo and Wet Seal

Anonymous wrote:I am a millennial woman, and I find Gen X guys irresistible (or at least the younger ones from that generation).

Please keep your hands off our men. We need all of them b/c there are so few of us. You have TONS of guys your age to choose from.

Being on the beach on the 4th of July in South Caroline. Looking up and down the beach and seeing 5 other people...that's it for the whole beach(Hilton head island). Oh and we would put coconut oil on for tanning.

Long trips down 95 in the summer. 95 was not all the way built in NC so all the traffic was forced to a side roads. No devices or screen time ...just a lot of time to kill looking out the window. My old sister would put up signs saying "help we are being kidnapped". We were in a VW Van- 4 kids, a dog, my parents and we were towing a hobiecat. People would just drive by and shake their heads.

I am a millennial woman, and I find Gen X guys irresistible (or at least the younger ones from that generation).

Anonymous wrote:Sitting around and waiting for the phone to ring.

And party lines!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The a/c in cars not working well or the car we had did not come with it. Also seatbelts and carseats were not used a lot.

Actual roll-down car windows. I would be driving down the highway leaning over to my passenger side to roll down that window!

The firm vinyl bench-style back seat, with seat belts that only went across your waist, that you had to tighten yourself, with those metal buckles that would be searing hot on a summer day.

Coca-Cola rugby shirts.
Those barrettes made with woven ribbons.
Friendship pins.
Cinnamon toothpicks.
Cropped pants and cropped top matching sets.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of great memories for us Gen-Xers. Too bad we are sandwiched between two very large and selfish generations. At least we gave a sh!t about something besides ourselves. Sigh!

+1

Preach.

+2. I feel like the Millennials are so impassive and self absorbed. Someone could be murdered in front of them and they wouldn't look up from their phone. Or they would tape it, but wouldn't lend a hand to help.


We X'ers are basically forgotten right now. We need to be louder, I think.

Learning cursive handwriting and phonics
MTV was just music videos
Manual hand cranked pencil sharpeners
Neon colors
Feel like our childhood was so free and safe. I knew all my neighbors and we spent time together. Feels like the days of riding your bike and coming home when the street lights come on are gone

Anonymous wrote:Lots of great memories for us Gen-Xers. Too bad we are sandwiched between two very large and selfish generations. At least we gave a sh!t about something besides ourselves. Sigh!

+1

Preach.

Anonymous wrote:Charm necklaces
Cross colors
Hypercolor shirts
Z Cavaricci
Wearing 2 different earrings
Teddy Ruxpin
Jem!

Ahh! I loved my charm necklace with the plastic links and all the cool charms to choose from. Just thinking of it makes me happy!

Anonymous wrote:Hyper color t shirts

Oh how I loved them

Anonymous wrote:The a/c in cars not working well or the car we had did not come with it. Also seatbelts and carseats were not used a lot.

Actual roll-down car windows. I would be driving down the highway leaning over to my passenger side to roll down that window!