My Dad/Mom were Silent Generation born (1937/39 births). Siblings Boomers. Me, Gen X...

Dear facebook

What do you want from me?

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What do you want from me?

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Must be Gen Y. Shave your pedo mustache, easy on the weird kid's naming and spellings and call your grandmothers just to say hi.

I am Gen X, born 1970. I was raised by my maternal grandmother who was born in 1920, so thus part of the Greatest Generation. I have a brother two years older than me and a two cousins (both really 2nd or 3rd) who were born around the same time as me.

All my aunts & uncles were actually my great aunts and uncles, all born from 1914 to early 1930s. The only “boomer” relatives I had were my two cousin’s parents who were the children of my great aunts and uncles. Growing up, I called these relatives aunts and uncles as well.

In reality I had no actual aunts, uncles, or first cousins.

Short answer, yes.

My parents were Silent Generation as well, but my brother and sister are both Gen X. My sister was born in 67, brother in 75 and I was born in 77. My parents were the epitome of the silent generation, never complained worked their asses off and did their best to provide. I miss them every single day.

Bro story

I was playing with hot wheels and watching the power rangers on television while y'all were in college

The woman in their 50 s and 60s are not even remotely close to the loyalty and humility of their mothers.

Who cares? Really, I'm getting too old to care about such shite.

My father served in WW2, so he counts as Greatest Generation (1926). He looked at his watch right after I graduated college in 1988 and said "My Daddy (that's the name he preferred so it's also what I called him) was born 100 years ago today". Later this year, I will do the same.

I am Gen X, I was on the leading edge (1965). I have three boomer siblings, they and their friends and classes were night and day compared us. Boomers, even as kids, were just way more social and made many more social things like school dances and parties work. We were cliquish, never came together, never really played in the reindeer games. My younger sister is also X.

My mother is silent generation (94 now, still kicking, still tries to rearrange all my furniture when she comes to my house). All of her siblings have departed, she is the last one.