Born in 1963 Boomer vs GenX

This is a follow up to my “I just turned 60” video which blew up@on the ⏰ app. (I'll link the original video below.) If you were born in 1963 do you feel more like a Baby Boomer or GenX?
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[@thomschall8973]

Born in 60. Feel the same way. Everything gen x takes credit for, we were doing.

[@steelheadstalker]

I was born in 1964, for a long time I thought I was a boomer, until I realized I was way too sarcastic and cynical to be a boomer and fit right in with Gen X.

[@chiarac3833]

You are GenX and have always been. Welcome to the club!

[@diamondgirl7519]

Gen x is different

[@stephaniet9264]

Same here 1961 drank out of the hose, very sarcastic and cynical, etc.

[@greyfox243.]

You’re a boomer. ‘64 here.

[@chiarac3833]

@@greyfox243. maybe you consider yourself a Boomer, but trust me you're really not.

[@peacefulpossum2438]

Born in ‘62, but I feel the same. I consider myself as Gen Jones - the generation from 1955 to 1965. Our fathers didn’t serve in WW II, we weren’t part of the draft, we lived through Watergate, the oil crisis, and stagflation. Some of us were latchkey kids and by the time we came of age, most of us didn’t have the economic opportunities and resources older boomers had.

[@johnambro1590]

Born 1963 also. Definitely GenX. Finally someone else saying this. Thanks.

[@diamondgirl7519]

Not gen x. We're different

[@matildastanford7019]

Boomer, not gen X. But thanks for the vote of confidence.

[@Geekabibble]

I've felt more Gen X definitely. But I think we are a sub group. I've heard that we're Generation Jones. I do think around 1960 to around1968 were a group that had it's own definite experiences. Probably late Gen X doesn't feel the same as early Gen X also. Just like I don't feel the same as the Baby Boomers who were born in the 40's.

[@vanessaelhenicky5288]

@@Geekabibble Technically I'm a Millennial born in 81' & my mom is a Boomer at 62'. Both of us relate more to Gen X, the neglect pipeline was short & fast. I like that there's a Generation Jones niche like there's an Xennial niche.

[@texmex4life256]

Exactly!

[@charlesbrakeville5825]

I'm a 1960 model. I grew up with 2 X'er siblings. This Boomer grew up doing everything the X'ers say they did & survived. Therefore, they are no more resilient than any late boomer other than being younger!

[@Raichle9]

This topic has been discussed by sociologists since the early 1980s. The demarcation point that differentiates the two generations has been the experience of the Vietnam war. Baby Boomers generally could be drafted into the conflict. Gen Xers were too young to be drafted. It is like the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. McCain supporters asked why Obama didn’t serve in Vietnam. Obama supporters noted that he was born in 1962 and was a child during the whole time. As an academic, I believe those born between 1960-1965 can be fluidly put into either generation. (I was also born in 1963). The hard line demarcation of 1964 is generally used by journalists who don’t understand that generational differences are not set in stone.

[@anniesshenanigans3815]

born in 63 too young for that.

[@violetvillard1347]

I'm technically a Gen Xer, but can relate to some of the Millennial (techy) stuff. So I think there should be a cusp generation name for you all as well like we Xennials (1977-1982) have. There is a definite distinction between older & younger (before & after Vietnam).

[@bdfunke]

Your point was summarized succinctly in this clip from Die Hard. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5XHnpaFZaaNhbcsi=yk52EzfvJZq0YpIn

[@kittykatz4001]

@@violetvillard1347If you are IDing with some of the millennials experiences that mark their generation, it’s important when you were born. As I 1963 baby and technically a boomer, I probably am more like the early or old gen xers rather than the ones born later.

[@kevinstreeter6943]

I was born in the 50s but too young to be drafted. Many of us still served anyway. I think that is what distinguished our gen. More served than went to college. We had an expectation to serve. There was no expectation that we would go to college.

[@christinecampbell9575]

I’ve been thinking that same thought for ages- born mid way through 1964 and relate far more to Gen X then a Boomer.

[@medvediuk]

I'm the youngest of 4 kids. We were born in 49, 53, 56, and me in 62. Our father fought in WW2. I consider them boomers because they all remember JFK, and I don't. FYI, boomers drank out of the hose, too. When my siblings were young, mom stayed at home. By the time I came around, she was working, and I got myself up, fed, dressed, and out for the bus. I came home and nobody was there.

[@joepegel]

I'm the 11th of 12 kids. My oldest brother was born in 45, I was born in 63. There's definitely a generational divide between us siblings.

[@Sabbathissaturday]

@@joepegel and I was born in 1970, with my sister being born in 1963, and brother in 1965. There’s not too much of a difference between us. My sister got married at 17, when I was 10, though.

[@jojo_inthemitten36]

Your story is my story. Only girl with three older brothers. All went into the Army and 1 to Vietnam. Same story as your parents, and on top of that I remember the angst my mother experienced while my brother was there. She tried not to show it but I FELT it. He was my favorite bother. He came home, and so did her happy heart. Anyway, I enjoyed your comment very much. ✌️

[@janetross3891]

I agree. We were part of that blip in birth rates, but I think most descriptions of baby boomers refer to the older members. The ones that were old enough to be drafted for Vietnam, that experienced Woodstock, etc. Our experiences, finances, etc. were definitely not the same.10-15 years can make a huge difference.

[@jojo_inthemitten36]

So true, but I was an accident, born in ‘64 while my older brothers were ‘48, ‘49 and ‘52. So I was too aware of Vietnam and the draft. All of it. My first 45 was Get Back. I listened to the Woodstock 8-track all the way to Florida and back in 1970. They’re saying that we late boomers are called Generation Jones now. We ARE different than the early Boomers, that is for sure!

[@user-tc6cj7sh9t]

Good point. Certain presidential candidates over recent decades were Boomers who escaped service in Vietnam. Vietnam was a selective (no pun) experience for Boomers.

[@djv.8424]

1958, did not have any experience re: Woodstock, Vietnam etc. always felt I was not a boomer - they were always old and weird .

[@user-tc6cj7sh9t]

@@djv.8424 Late SilentGeneration, 1945. All the way from VJ Day to Afghanistan. But Gen X had experiences I and every one like me had, too. Gen X did NOT dive under class room furniture to be ready for nuclear bombs.

[@djv.8424]

@@user-tc6cj7sh9t Didn’t do that - I always thought those films were fake

[@ryimscaith1593]

GenX here, born in '72. The GenX Council will take your application to GenX under advisement. Several questions have already been put forth. 1) Can you program, or have you ever programmed, a VCR? 2) Have you ever ridden your bicycle barefoot? (Bonus points if you had the pedals with the metal spikes for "grip") 3) Have you have participated in a roman candle fight? 4) Did you ever own a stereo system that had a volume knob that went to 11? Any additional information will expedite the Council's decision. Thank your for your interest. Now I have to go fight off the monkey with lawn darts, so if you'll excuse me. P.S. They people that said you don't look 60 were correct. Definitely have that "Hot Stuff" look going. Have a good one, chica.

[@brendaokuda2158]

Yes to all. Actually had a system that went to 25. I also made my mother her own 8 track tapes. Please consider my application. Thank you 💖💖💖

[@primebeef3938]

@@brendaokuda2158ouch. Leave that 8 track tape thing out. Gen X are cassette people.

[@williamanderson4029]

@@primebeef3938 No man, I was born in 67 but my first car (65 ford Falcon!) had an 8 track & AM radio (I could hear NY radio in central Vermont at night), yes we had more cassette access, but most of our first cars had 8 track.

[@ickster23]

​@@primebeef3938I remember sitting on the porch in 1972 arguing with my boomer friend (born in 1964) about which was better. He was an 8 track supporter while I, born in 1965, was a fan of cassette.

[@chiarac3833]

Not only did I do those things, but my dad gave us the Roman candles for those fights. I could tell you other crazy shit but I don't have the space here.

[@user-ln9hd9fc9u]

Born in 62. Technically a boomer, grew up Gen X. I affectionately call myself a baby Baby Boomer.😅😅

[@diamondgirl7519]

You grew up totally different from Gen x.

[@user-ln9hd9fc9u]

@@diamondgirl7519 not understanding what you mean. I grew up with Gen X.

[@user-ln9hd9fc9u]

How is it that I grew up totally different from Gen X just because I was born in 62? I was born in Dec so I was under the age of 3 when Gen X started. It's who I grew up with. It's also how I grew up.

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

​@@user-ln9hd9fc9u I was born December 62 as well.

[@thomthom6268]

April 1962. I claim the title "tweener". I grew up with Star Trek, the original Battlestar, liked Donna Summer, BeeGees, Flock of Seagulls , DuranDuran, Yes & Alan Parsons, my first car was a Chevette, liked Star Wars, Fame, Flashdance & Footloose [the three dancing Fs], and learned how to avoid AIDS. I came out my COLLEGE senior year. When I got my MBA most of my classmates loved Big Chill, the ultimate boomer movie [Meh].

[@bdfunke]

Billy Idol started out in a band called Generation X in the late 70s. Since I was born in 1963, I was still in high school. Also, Richard Hell from Television released a song around that same time called The Blank Generation. I’d say if you were coming of age during the punk era, you were Generation X.

[@heywoodjablome5630]

Billy Idol isn't Gen X?

[@Hodad3000]

Solid reasoning.

[@avengingemmapeel]

There is nothing wrong with the Baby Boomers. Let's be real, though, Baby Boomers born in the late 50s were out with the kids born in the early 60s. Everybody ran the neighborhood from sun-up to sun-down, with stops for lunch and bathroom breaks. We all drank from garden hoses. We would all just as soon knock the crap out of somebody if they continue with nefarious BS for too long. We relate to our couple-of-year-younger siblings more than we do to the much-older siblings and cousins. At any rate...ageism is just as pernicious as racism and sexism. Respect everybody, unless and until they prove an a$$hole, and then just blame it on THEM...not their tribe! Edit: So I never heard about Generation Jones, but that sure fits us late Baby Boomers better than just plunking us down as a Boomer. We are the cohort who watched the Vietnam War LIVE on TV during dinner (until a couple of soldiers were blown up in front of us all, and CBS decided that wasn't a great idea). I remember coming home from school to catch part of the Watergate hearings. I was a very young child when Kennedy was assassinated. I remember walking into a shop with my mom and the discussion the ladies had about his being shot in a parade. I remembered thinking how odd it was because the parade in our town was held in spring, and here we all were, cold in our winter coats. In case anybody is wondering...Gen X got their toughness from Jones! We invented the bad-a**ery that X appropriated and taught them how to do it. We coped with the worst recession in the 20th century, competed endlessly for our jobs because the economy was crap, and struggled to buy homes...then, in 2008, to keep them. Jones struggled...and we do not want to hear that sh*t about how easy we had it. We didn't. And, PS, most of us have had careers where we had to know technology and how to pivot on a dime, so...take your ageism and.....!

[@journey3227]

What we boomers did growing up was fun. All that you said true. The main DEMAND was, be home before the street lights came on. IF you weren't there was consequences. Most likely it never happened again 😂😂. World too dangerous for kids to know what playing outside means today. The good old days!!!!!

[@kevinstreeter6943]

More Boomers need to speak up. Early or late Boomers, we did not have it easy. You did not mention the inflation of the 70s.

[@avengingemmapeel]

@kevinstreeter6943 , worst recession in US history. There wasn't a job to be had for the vast majority, but, we, by golly, kept applying and working where could...changing careers...until we figured it out!

[@journey3227]

@@kevinstreeter6943 i can't speak on that cause it wasn't my experience. Parents were divorced but had good jobs. I was the only girl until age 16. I got a car, nowhere new, on my birthday. Gas was only $.50-75 cents a gallon. YES my parents put me on their car insurance. Got a part-time job. Had an apartment after graduation. Blessed to get grants and a few minor scholarships for college. Married a military man, traveled the world, had my one and only birth child overseas.(adopted 2 more children stateside) Times didn't get hard until around age 37. Husband died in car accident. Navigating learning how to be a single parent and 1 income was a rude awakening. Now that I'm considered a senior citizen times are really hard. Compound that with serious health issues is no picnic. I'm blessed to have great children., grandchildren who are close and thick as thieves 😂. Even have a great grandson who lights up my life. Survival in these days are for the fittest as it's said. For all ages, young to the old. My family wants the multi generational house and I understand why. Financial beneficial. As for me, I'm keeping my senior 1brm apartment and do a lot of visiting. They all assume to be my babysitter. Loving my independence and life in general. GOD takes care of HIS own.

[@journey3227]

@@avengingemmapeel YES we did and made the most of it. Life happens, you readjust, PRAY for guidance and move on.

[@lm2205]

We are NOT baby boomers...we are the beta testers for Gen X :) (Also born 1963 - and you do look great btw).

[@grownupdish]

Agree. and thanks.

[@hitlercat7341]

Yes you are a BABY boomer Bummer 4 u

[@hopefeaster6532]

I’m December ‘63 and I have more Gen X sensibilities than baby boomers. Throw in being a latch key kid, the music & sarcasm. Not feeling my age 😂

[@diamondgirl7519]

63 is worlds different from gen x

[@ms.rocketscience4924]

I don’t know…that reply sounds kinda millennial🤔.

[@kevinstreeter6943]

What is the difference?

[@immar1075]

Im a 70 yr old Boomer. Everything you listed as Gen X we did. So heres my thoughts on it. The two generations are very similar because we were the last free range kids. That's the difference between our generations and the upcoming generations. We weren't coddled, we used our imagination, played creatively and were allowed to explore our neighborhoods. Our two generations rocked PERIOD! 😊

[@lafemmedevastation]

Not speaking about you in particular here because I don't know you personally, but most Baby Boomers are *absolutely* atrocious, and did much to cause the ills of the world. If you deny this basic fact, you're probably part of the problem. Speaking as a Gen X here, with parents slightly older than you (both of which were also part of the problem, and I don't have any qualms saying as much).

[@lisakillz1853]

yep Dec "64" hard-core gen X, without even trying

[@nicolataylor6011]

Same..Dec 64..gen x through and through

[@diamondgirl7519]

​@@nicolataylor6011no

[@diamondgirl7519]

No

[@richardterroni9433]

You definitely are Gen X, heck someone born in late '64 could have gone to Woodstock '94 before their 20s were out

[@leslieweeks9279]

Same. Born 12/25/64. IDC what category I'm in. I know I am a hella woman,a great daughter,a good mom, a strict grama and just a strong , loving person ,who doesn't do stupid.

[@ToddDesiato]

I was born in 1961 but I was late and grew up with multiple nephews, nieces, and friends who were born throughout the 60's. I consider us to be X-Boomers!

[@DevonRexLady]

Sorry, still a Boomer. 😞

[@aotctd]

There was talk in the 90s of Gen X being 1961 - 1981

[@richardterroni9433]

​@@aotctdI still think it is, they got the dates right and virtually no one born after 1960 considers themselves to be a Boomer

[@darkhighwayman1757]

I'm mid way through Gen x and your a decade older than me. Sorry but that is solidly boomer. That's maybe generation jones

[@richardterroni9433]

@@darkhighwayman1757 Gen Jones and Gen X

[@user-kr4vi7dx7s]

Born in ‘64 here…. I Looooove being able to call myself a Boomer! Excuse me, I am a Boomer, can you help me!! I love it. I feel born in ‘64, we are the “Evolved” best of the Boomers, and the best of Gen X with our Boomer experience!!

[@mr.northman9762]

born in '64 as well, and I consider myself a boomer too. Not only because of its often defined period 1946-1964, but I cannot in truth align myself with many of the tropes associated with X such as grunge and rap and being perpetually cynical. This choice , "cusper" folk have and and I'm a-ok with this decision to the end, as I don't require or desire inclusion, as perhaps an effort to maintain control over the ever elusive elusion of youth, that attaching oneself to a subsequent generation may provide.

[@lauriivey7801]

Born in 62 ... definitely more GenX ... latchkey kid, raised myself

[@darkhighwayman1757]

You would have been almost mid 20s when most of us were in still in high school or not there yet.

[@lauriivey7801]

@@darkhighwayman1757 GenX officially started in 1965, I believe, so there were a few in grade school at the same time i was. Boomers started in 1946, so, yeah, I'm much closer to GenX ... and so are most of my experiences.

[@troyglenn4353]

Im 1963. I definitely have behavior characteristics of gen x

[@frederickraywell5362]

Unfortunately you say you feel 60. This automatically voids your request to join Gen X. Born 1970 and I've been 30 since 1980! I'm about to turn 54 but still feel 30.

[@leward7788]

born in '56 but whenever I hear genx musings i'm well, that's my experience yet i'm definitely a boomer. perhaps what part of the country you grew up in that impacts it all? i loved my childhood. we explored anywhere we wanted, did whatever we could dream up, learned self-reliance, not allowed in the house except on rainy or deep snow days, drank out of the house, did every chore going, etc, et al. everything I hear genx talk about, perhaps we're a less angry about it and our music started differently. i think i got the best of a span of music experience

[@amydecker6207]

You are Generation Jones. Get put of my Gen X newsfeed. 😂

[@anniesshenanigans3815]

I am a 63er as well! I feel like I am NOT a boomer. I never got the benefits of boomers that they all talk about. No pensions or one income households with the nuclear family unit. I call myself a "BoomereX". I definitely enjoy all of the new technology and don't poo poo advancement. People that are just 1 to 3 years older than me REFUSE to use any new tech for the most part. I have a sister one year older than me. Different mindset. A brother 3 years older, and we are WORLDS away in our view of tech and worldly things. I want to travel and experience life all around the world and they are content to stay put. I don't think my brother has ever ventured out beyond 100 miles from home and that was ONLY when his wife was alive. Still lives in the same house they bought in the 80's.

[@apsarasangreal84]

Gen X

[@L-mg2sg]

1963? No idea why this or any of the couple of birth years around it could ever be considered Boomers - totally Gen X - all the responsibilities of Gen X and zero benefits of Boomers. Gen X used to start in 1961 which makes a lot more sense…no idea why this got changed to 1965.

[@chiarac3833]

I agree, anyone born after 1960 had it very different than those before.

[@diamondgirl7519]

Gen x never started in 61

[@DevonRexLady]

Gen X never was considered to start in 1961. 1964, yes, but now lately revised to 1965.

[@richardterroni9433]

Personally I still think it starts in 1961

[@rexrexrex992]

1963 here. I’m a boomer. My mother and father came of age in the depression. My dad was WWII vet ( not the occupation). My values align with the older boomers. I went to a very small public school. Half the class were the last child of a large family(5-7kids) and half the class were the oldest child (2-3 kids). Of course there were a few outliers. A discussion for another time is how our lives were differed based on that division.

[@causticchameleon7861]

Yep. February 1963. We are more like GenX than baby boomers. Just like my parents born at the end of the silent generation (December 1942) are more like boomers than silents. We are the kids our parents experimented on before having the Gen Xers.

[@diamondgirl7519]

Boomers start in 46. Too young for late boomer kids. As gen x you seem more boomer

[@DevonRexLady]

You're still a Boomer, sorry. 😞

[@causticchameleon7861]

@@DevonRexLady Yep. That’s what they label people born in my year.

[@richardterroni9433]

@diamondgirl7519 According to some, they start in 43 or even 42.

[@tedparreco5963]

My wife was born in '63, the toughness she's displayed in the adversity we've faced definitely makes me think she's more Gen X, I describe her as Greatest Generation sacrificial too, she gave that much of herself to our kids raising them, and two of them were autistic. But she poured herself into managing their schedules, therapies, music lessons, the whole of their lives she supported. So yeah, you could say '63 is early Gen X.

[@laurapersons6556]

1964.... definately relate more to Gen X

[@jpbart1390]

1946-64 was when the baby boom happened. The baby boom ended in 1965 mostly due to the pregnancy control pill being publicly available & Vietnam war conscriptions being rife, among other factors.

[@Phoebe-gt7ur]

64, I remember Gen X being defined as 1960 - 1980, don’t know who the f decided to change it!! I was an avid fan of the band Generation X when I was 13/14, was latchkey kid, out from sun up til sun down etc, etc, what more do you want!?

[@olla9307]

Agreed! I remember that as well as a kid then some ass changed it. Same experiences as you. 😊

[@rexrexrex992]

1963 - I remember always being classified as a boomer. No changes. However, I remember a Time or Newsweek article in the late 80’s classifying 1960-1964 as “tweeners” - a confused blend of the two classifications. My guess is it’s the case with every line between generations.

[@darkhighwayman1757]

I don't remember that

[@michellekirwan-woods7623]

I'm 47, but I relate because at times I feel more connected to "older Millennials" vs. Gen X.

[@richardterroni9433]

I can see that being the case I know a few other people born around your time who seem more Millennial but that is why there is the Xennial Sub-Generation

[@joyebriggs]

A lot of people only recognize the major generation names, but are not aware of the micro generations. Late Baby Boomers/early Gen Xers are Generation Jones.

[@paulgodbey304]

Born in September 1964. Right on the cusp of Gen X. My sisters, born in the late 1940's, are the real Boomers not me.

[@kenharding8181]

Technically, the U.S. Census Bureau ends the baby boom in the middle of 1964 because that's when they tabulate data. By that definition you would be an Xer.

[@katiecoollady]

1965 and 100% Gen X

[@katiecoollady]

the boomers were our annoying older siblings

[@tomchristensen2914]

Born in 70 so well within the deadline...your resume has to be validated and signed by all genx

[@sokyoutdoors588]

I was born in 1970 and my wife was born in 1963. She’s more Gen X than I am. I am more Baby Boomer than she is. Reason: I was a late life baby for my parents. She was the first child for early teenage parents.

[@richardterroni9433]

That can happen, a friend of mine was born in late 1967 but he has more Baby Boomer traits than most actual Boomers I know.

[@paryanindoeur]

The Boomers had to take 3 extra years for their generation, so, of course, they took them from Gen X, because having to grow up in their shadow was not enough punishment for us Gen X.

[@richardterroni9433]

Exactly their date range is 3 years longer than the "official" range for Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z

[@vazzy13]

Born in the last quarter of the last year of 'Boomers' - and I've never felt like a Boomer. My first summer job was data entry. We literally tore pages out of a phone book, input all the info, and moved on to the next one. Yes I helped put everyone's info online - the horror! However, I did have a WWII vet as a parent, and my mom was just 4 years younger than my dad. My brother, who is the oldest, is 19-1/2 years older than me and a Vietnam era vet. There's two sisters between us who were born in the 50's. So I have a great appreciation for boomer music from Elvis to the Doors, to AC/DC, etc. But the my high school and college years were all about Journey, Foreigner, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, and of course Prince and Madonna! And I was definitely a free-range kid, playing outside all day around the neighborhood. I too just recently discovered there was a name for us, and I finally feel 'seen.' 😉

[@cee8mee]

Born in March 1963, turned 61 last month. I agree with your assessment and have been saying this for years. Early on in the generation naming game, being born before the destruction of Camelot was the cutoff, a designation that calls me a boomer by a few months. But I have little to no recollection of that or active reports/friends lost from the battle fields of Viet Nam. That describes my oldest brother's generation, born in the early fifties. I was a latchkey kid before the phrase was coined. My bike was my freedom and my parents were fine as long as I showed up for supper, and not brought there by the police. I'm 100% GenX. Now leave me alone.

[@jkbrown5496]

I would throw in '62 when I was born. I used to joke those of us graduating high school in '80-82 at least had the decency to kill Disco. It's a age group of transition. The fall of 1980 was the last semester my engineering program taught how to use the slide rule. Couple years later, you had to own a personal computer just to get in. I did play in the mud during the Summer of Love, but it was in the backyard around the plastic splash pool.

[@user-ln9hd9fc9u]

😄😄😄

[@jakeaurod]

Once upon a time, your age bracket was known as Generation Jones. There are lots of ways to define Gen X, but growing up where I lived, most people my age had grandparents who did or were old enough fight in WWII and parents who did or were old enough to fight in Vietnam and go to Woodstock. Edit to add: I think cohorts aren't that precise. Not only do different people of the same generation (e.g. within families) have children spread out over multiple years, but they also spread out their children over several years. I think a good rule of thumb for a cohort is how many years-worth of students you know in high school. Since most people go to a 4 year high school, they know seniors when they were freshmen and knew freshmen when they were seniors, which is a 7-year spread or a cohort based on people who actually know each other. If you allow 1 degree of separation on each side, for a friend-of-a-friend/relative you extend that to 13 years. This seems more sensible than assuming 18-20 years for minimum birth cycles. Then, it might make sense to think of there being two cycles offset from each other, like a left foot then right foot progression, with strides overlapping by about half. This means there should be a generation between Boomers and Xers. Though to be fair, there were so many boomers that Millennials are their kids too, messing up the progression. This is just my idea though.

[@glenbateman5960]

Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. I was born in 1961. Boomer. My little sister was born in 1966. Gen-X.

[@gozerthegozerian4603]

Mid ‘64 for me, and I’m definitely GenX

[@diamondgirl7519]

Gen x starts in '65

[@cee8mee]

​@@diamondgirl7519 Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling me you didn't watch the video.

[@richardterroni9433]

@cee8mee Agreed Gen X starts in '61 no doubt about that

[@hitlercat7341]

​@@richardterroni9433boomer , you are . Get over yourself Just cuz you may act and do thing Gen X does doesn't make you one

[@richardterroni9433]

@cee8mee This person likes to go all around KZbin claiming that she knows the absolute definite start date.

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

I was born in 1962 and have more in common with GenX. Apparently we are the Gen Jones which is between Boomer and GenX

[@arcanewyrm6295]

Anyone within a couple years of the dividing line are *_cusp_* kids, and can either lean toward one side of the line or the other, or smoothly transition back and forth between both sides as needed. And this goes for all of the "defined" generations. As a '77 model GenXer myself, I feel very firmly planted (most of the time) within the bounds of GenX, but I do have the occasional moment where I find myself toeing that GenY line. But this may be a result of some of the company I've kept over the years, often folks who were several years younger than me. We are, after all, products of our environments, to include the people with whom we surround ourselves.

[@elainedodson4114]

I was born in '62. Never fit into the boomer vibe and never understood 'participation' trophies. I definitely identify with GenX. In the summer, we left in the morning and played baseball, built forts, rode our bikes without pads, helmets or shoes. We waded through swamps collecting leaches, frogs, salamanders and other insects. Came home for dinner and then back out until the street lights came on or the 'old man' whistled. In the winter, we flooded the street, played hockey, made snowmen and dug tunnels through the snow mounds. A 'play date' was walking down the street knocking on doors until we collected everyone in the neighborhood. We played hard and we fought hard. Their were no fucks given.

[@impalaman9707]

As a Gen Xer, I was in 5th grade when the older kids graduated from high school in 1982. It never made sense to me that those kids born in 1964 were of a different generation than me---especially, my boomer parents generation, because they seemed so much like us underclassmen.

[@maryrudelich9000]

I feel more like both generations. Sometimes you’re a hippie and sometimes you’re not. Sometimes I feel I’ve been swept up in the ideology of the X generation. Definitely both.

[@oregon32nursenurse43]

Born in 1964- Definitely not a boomer. My mom was a boomer. I don’t care what anyone says-

[@ShannonColleen]

1970 here, married to a 1963. We have WAY more in common with each other than not in common from our childhoods. There are a few minor differences, but not enough to call him a Boomer. Now, the majority of the residents in our mobile home park are Boomers - and neither of us can relate to them - it's like living with Aliens, and we just don't care. Rent is cheap though. 🤣

[@jasonlessard2373]

I have “later boomer” siblings that fall more into Gen X than their kids born in 1980. It’s like who ever designed the years missed the mark by 4-5 years.

[@donnaw4725]

61. I identify as Gen X.

[@DevonRexLady]

I identify as a frog, still doesn't make me a frog.

[@donnaw4725]

That would make sense if a Gen x person was an actual thing instead of an arbitrary label.

[@richardterroni9433]

'61 is definitely the best year to start Gen X

[@heywoodjablome5630]

​@@DevonRexLady ...not a frog.

[@hitlercat7341]

​@@richardterroni9433😂

[@MrJBest78]

I’m from 1978. For some crazy reason I feel like a millennial. Some have called us xenials. Internet and lots of other social media was just starting to come in when I hit adulthood.

[@richardterroni9433]

Technically late Gen X but you probably have some Millennial traits

[@PatGilliland]

Born in 63, my sister was born in 59 - our lives, especially in our teens, were very different. She's a Boomer but a nice one, and I am very much GenX.

[@nigelwitgunn3406]

Latchkey boomer here, born late in 59 I identify more with GenX too.

[@justsayin3647]

I think that if you want to be Gen X then you should retire like Gen X

[@420luvsounds]

It depends on who raised you

[@richardterroni9433]

Gen X, definitely Gen X, Generation Jones yes but definitely not Boomer

[@gunnoir]

Actually you should look up Generation Jones which goes from 1954 to 1965, I was born 1961 and I don't feel like I'm a boomer either nor do I feel like a generation X, although I can identify more with the Xers but there are things that I don't, but generation Jones I fully understand and identify with, were the generation that got caught in between the old and the new and where always trying to keep up with the "Jones". Check it out

[@grownupdish]

Yes! We are Generation Jones. I've done a whole series of videos about it. This is just the first one. Check out the others.

[@gunnoir]

@@grownupdish I didn't realize that until after my comment, I enjoy your channel, keep up the great work "Dear" !! We are the generation Jones !! lol

[@blisterbill8477]

Born in 57. Had to tell the butler to get my golf clubs out of the boot and tee up my ball myself. Used to drink Glenlivet from the crystal decanter my grandfather brought back from his White House visit with FDR. Summered at the vineyard but it was a rental. Definitely a Gen-X.

[@joannegoebel]

Born in September of 64 and I identify way more with Xers than boomers. I call myself a Boomer X.

[@LivingforGod]

I was born in 61 but according to your prescription …I fit in the Gen X category as well.

[@reebee9851]

That’s because baby boomers were doing that stuff before GenX. Drinking out hose pipes staying out to the lights came on, riding our bikes all over the neighborhood exploring or being home alone. Boomers were already doing this as evidenced in historical photos and videos and old tv shows. I’m a proud baby boomer our generation marched for civil rights laws and the last generation forced into war and lived through segregation but were also the first to integrate schools and businesses we took the hard knocks and paved a way so GenX and future generations could easily integrate and have a more peaceful prosperous life. So when GenX comes off like they are tough it’s just tougher than the generations following them not the generations before them.

[@anotherroady6234]

I’m a 62 vintage. It’s all different.

[@bigredmed]

I was born in 59. From 57 to 65 is the "Shadow boomers". We grew up too young to do any of the boomer things and we wore clothes, listened to music, and watched TV based on what the actual boomers wanted.

[@rogerwatson7514]

Born in 61’. Definitely a baby boomer, born and bred.

[@melvance7281]

1965 here. I can easily identify with both boomers and x. But in many ways, i feel I'm more boomer than x. Growing up, i was hanging out more with my parents friends than anyone my age.....and, yes, I watched Vietnam news coverage while eating in front of the TV. My dad was there in the Navy. What kind of hit me hard as a kid was seeing military vehicles arriving at my school to pull one of my classmates out because they had recovered/identified the remains of their father.....

[@tamarackgaming]

I'm gonna say that those of us born between 1963 to say 1967 share traits with both the boomers and GenX and it may skewed on way or the other depending on if your parents joined the counter-culture during the 60's or stayed with the traditional mode of thinking.

[@mulengroak4687]

The last few years of the baby boom is generation Jones. Boomers by the calendar, but Gen X by lived experience. I was born in 1963 too. My parents were boomers, I taught myself to swim and ride a bike. I and my siblings came home to an empty house and let ourselves in. I lost my house key ONCE and to this day I carry a big, jangly key ring that you cannot fail to hear fall . I grew up with, ran with, partied with, and fought with the Gen x kids and don't give a shit about calendar definitions.

[@JuanitaThompson-cm5tq]

Gen Ex born in 1966. In my neighborhood we rode our bikes around in packs with our siblings, so you could say the age range was from 1960-1970!

[@terrelmchenry9524]

BORN 63 AM 61. RAISED BY PEOPLE BORN AT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY. I AM A BOOMER AND I BEHAVE LIKE ONE.

[@troylange5838]

Born in 63. More boomer as I get older. We should have respected our elders more.

[@yogimarkmac]

As a child of '63 I've always considered us the ? generation. We're too evolved for the boomers, but the GenX crowd thinks we're dinosaurs. We're the ones who got to witness and experience the last fleeting moments classic rock and the spirit of freedom that came from the hippie boomers, and also witnessed the birth of spaceflight and the electronic revolution from our infancy. We didn't grow up with VCRs, we got them while we were growing up, and we learned and adapted to using them. Questions for the GenXers: 1) have you ever patched an inner tube to fix a bike tire? 2) what types of chemicals did you get to play with while unsupervised? 3) did you ever learn to throw a beer can into the back of a pickup while legally drinking and driving down the highway? Questions for the Boomers: 1) Have you learned how computer files are organized yet? 2) How many megabytes are in a terabyte? 3) Who showed you how to use youTube?

[@maryhill1903]

Dec. 64 definitely a Gen. X. No doubt about it.

[@hitlercat7341]

Boomer no doubt about it

[@richardterroni9433]

I agree, not even close

[@jeffreyhowarth7850]

What they have in common is most of them voted for Obama. Most Americans voted for Obama. So what should we call this last gen of Americans?

[@cindyscanlan7826]

Please include 1962! I was born in 1962 and I most definitely am a GenXer All those things and more describe me and my childhood And I want to be a part of the tribe😊 Thanks for the clarity and truth Keep it coming!

[@hitlercat7341]

Just because you did things gen x would do doesn't make you one Bummer 4 u

[@timothyhare3267]

Born 1963, always behaved Gen X. Who picked the years anyway???

[@denisedevoto5703]

I was born in 63, my sister in 65. Always felt like an Xer. When I graduated from college the economy was already in the tank, and I never got to experience a booming economy like the boomers. I don't feel like a boomer at all.

[@Hawken54]

I read where the baby boomers were split in half. The 1st boomers are from 1945-54 and the 2nd are from 1955-65 which are now called generation Jones.

[@user-nn1mk7fm9j]

Born 1962 and never fit the boomer category at all….totally grew up in the GenX world. Unsupervised, biked everywhere, outside from sun up to sun down, even on rainy days, latchkey…etc. When someone calls me a boomer I just tell them I’m a ‘Cusper’- not sharing the Boomer traits or memories but not fully accepted by GenX despite fitting their description perfectly.

[@richardterroni9433]

Definitely Gen X

[@VoxUrania]

Yeah, I was born in 1964 and got the full Gen X deal. My Mother worked, I had a house key. I had to make meals and entertain myself. Nobody “taught” me around the house, just had to do it or else. My kids get it. When they want to learn something practical, like cooking, I point at the pots and say go for it. Go play outside was like the weekend theme song. I’m still super sarcastic, straight from the hip. My husband is older, a Boomer workaholic, can’t understand my sarcasm. Literally, totally confused by it. Millennials in his family also draw a blank at sarcasm, and vintage TV references. Things go very quiet. 🦗

[@jojo_inthemitten36]

I can SO relate! 😂

[@hitlercat7341]

That's what's called a "latchkey kid"

[@shortblockflexinit5219]

I'm the oldest of 5, born in 1961, so technically a boomer, but I was raised just like gen x, along with my siblings (2 boomers, 2 gen-exrs). Bottom line, we were raised in the 70's, an awesome time to live. We learned to run a household, and as long as we came home by dinnertime, my parents had no idea where we were. And we liked it 🙂.

[@gschmidt3320]

I give my 1962 husband, honorable gen X membership,he is definately gen X at heart

[@just_peachy77]

I was born in '63 but I relate more to Gen X. But everyone insists that we are Boomers.

[@galaxycoder]

I was born in March 1962 and my childhood matches that of Gen X too, I think the official dates are out by 5 years.

[@fredbrown4950]

Born in "65 " EVERYBODY CLAIMS TO BE GEN X !

[@grownupdish]

Not claiming to be GenX. I'm saying that I don't feel like I fit with the Boomers.

[@diamondgirl7519]

They latch onto us

[@Denise-pn1tj]

1965 is the first year for Gen X. I just barely made Gen X by 26 days.

[@CorvusAlyse]

As a fully fledged Gen X (72), from your attitudes on some of the clips I’ve seen, and the spirit of most of your conversations, we accept you into our ranks!

[@ezdboy]

Add 1961 and 1962. Recently the label Generation Jones came to be for the transitional generation of sixties Boomers.

[@donnapavlock8304]

I don’t feel like a baby boomer

[@kevinstreeter6943]

What does that even mean?

[@donhopf]

64 is a boomer. At the end but boomer.

[@sancoffsr]

63 here never felt like a boomer I noticed that real boomers all have pensions and seem to have easy retirements I was closer to Gen.X

[@RogueSiren11]

I wasn't sure but I went with GenX because that's my childhood. I grew up free-range walkin' around barefoot all over the place. You know, until the pavement got too hot. I grew up in the time of the hip hugger bell bottoms fashion trend, on a side note 🤨 they came back re-branded as low rise wide leg. I don't know if that branding is still trending I grew in the time of the cut-offs, the original Daisy Duke. Watched American Bandstand, Soul Train, Carol Burnett, Flip Wilson...Captain Kangaroo. 😅 Naw, that ain't Boomer that's straight up GenX. Like Grease, it's got move, its got meaning. We didn't take the pressure and throw away our originality. In the time that I've been part of this conversation I've with wrestle which am I. I came up Boomer with GenX mentality. But it wasnt quite right. In a thread elsewhere on this topic someone called themselves BoomerX I liked it and used it too. But as I reminsce ain't no Boomer in all that. "Sneakin' out the back door although I told you not to go outside" is more than song lyrics. We were sneaky. We're not lost, we escaped. So, I conclude given all that, I am heart and soul through and through GenX. "Keep Feeling Fascination" y'all 😉

[@cdcdogs4961]

I just turned 60, I still have my portable eight track player along with my eight track collection… Abbas greatest hits! 🤭🤫🤣

[@ktrimbach5771]

Wow! I was shocked when we last moved that I discovered my old car stereo 8-track and cassettes from my totaled T-bird from ‘83. I didn’t know I still had it. I would have plugged it in somehow and played them. But too late then

[@johnloftus]

I was born in '63 and I think of myself as a boomer.

[@randylucas2458]

Here's how this works if your grandparents fought in world war II you are Gen x. My older brother was born in 1956 he's still Gen x my youngest brother was born in 1965 he is still Gen x. If your parents fought in world war II your a boomer.

[@michellesmith2901]

Born in 1964. Definitely gen x. I remember when referring to boomers it stopped at 1956. Then no one knew what to call those born 1957-1964 so we all got lumped into boomers. My mom is a boomer. I am not.

[@hitlercat7341]

Boomer