Originally Posted by
datlas
I was born in 65 and always felt too young to be a boomer but too old to be a Gen Xer.
The official definition of Baby Boomer is born 1946-64, so I missed out by a year.
Same but I'm between Gen X and Millenial. Born in 1980.
Depending on which definition you're looking at, I can claim either.
Personally I claim Gen-X, largely because of the influence of my older siblings, who were unquestionably Gen-X (born in the 70s.)
I personally define the difference as being that I had an analog childhood and digital teenage years.
Like, partly due to economics and rural geography, in the 80s growing up I had antenna TV only, record players, and a rotary phone (again, because the phone companies didn't want to run individual lines to the rural areas until the government forced them to.)
Then in the mid-90s we got dial-up internet to our house, and I was in my late 20s when smart phones became a thing.
But however you define it, I get to enjoy the **** sandwich that is our current economy, environment, and global political reality!