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14. Boomers, the post-war baby boom, started in 1946.

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I'm a Gen-Xer, and this is the way I've seen the generations explained. Has it changed? [View all] Coventina Nov 2018 OP

Pretty accurate, but Boomers are the post-war baby boom... brush Nov 2018 #1

Boomers actually started in 1942 Brother Buzz Nov 2018 #46

Nah, just the term post-war baby boom should give you a clue. brush Nov 2018 #62

I'm a Gen Xer ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #2

Get off of my lawn too!!! (LOL) Moostache Nov 2018 #4

I'm being silly of course ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #6

Well of COURSE we're the coolest! Coventina Nov 2018 #15

+1 million! geardaddy Nov 2018 #76

Truth! KatyMan Nov 2018 #45

We're such a tiny cohort to begin with, it does kind of bother me Coventina Nov 2018 #5

Here is something strange ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #31

It's not really that odd. Mariana Nov 2018 #55

You're both in the same generation in your family, not demographically though. brush Nov 2018 #69

I thought Millennials PatSeg Nov 2018 #3

Boomers start in 1946 BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #7

Maybe we should discard the whole generational construct? Coventina Nov 2018 #12

Well... it's something that has been around even before they started using the "Boomer" term BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #19

Am I the only one who can see that chart as a pregnant woman lieing down? Maeve Nov 2018 #32

LOL BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #37

The trouble with the notion of these "generations" is there are plently of people born between them. FSogol Nov 2018 #8

Yeah, I've always wondered about my dad, born in 1943. Coventina Nov 2018 #10

True: By your figuring, Millennials are a tiny, tiny group! Another point: FSogol Nov 2018 #16

this. to me, this is the salient point as far as generational divides anarch Nov 2018 #25

Exactly. They've moved on past generations into tribes. FSogol Nov 2018 #28

"my dad, born in 1943. He's obviously not a Boomer." BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #26

Boomers, the post-war baby boom, started in 1946. brush Nov 2018 #14

Exactly. I would be pegged Boomer but was a baby and little kid thru out the free love & drug phase Wintryjade Nov 2018 #17

I'm a 1980 baby crazycatlady Nov 2018 #20

"I don't remember Reagan at all" BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #27

I was born in 1978 and don't feel like a Gen X'er either Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #40

Look up "Oregon Trail Generation" crazycatlady Nov 2018 #42

"I remember, mainly because of 'Weekly Reader' BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #64

I think you're on to something with the historic event thing jpljr77 Nov 2018 #52

I wonder what Gen Z's is crazycatlady Nov 2018 #53

It probably hasn't happened yet. But that might be a function of the current age. jpljr77 Nov 2018 #77

This...I typed the same thing Chitown Kev Nov 2018 #57

Well, that is difficult Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #75

I'm an early Gen-Xer and I would say there was an earlier geardaddy Nov 2018 #78

Hmm, what's the event for Gen X then? The one where you remember what you were doing at the time Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #72

Conventional wisdom says the Challenger crazycatlady Nov 2018 #80

Generation Jones should be in there (1954-1964) htuttle Nov 2018 #9

Yeah, the mid-to-late part of the boom is different from the early boom Maeve Nov 2018 #41

What I have seen... Behind the Aegis Nov 2018 #11

That seems to indicate that the definitions are for shrinking time slots rather than 20 year Coventina Nov 2018 #13

Depending on what you want generations to represent, it makes sense. Salviati Nov 2018 #35

It's been awhile since I have done any personal research. Behind the Aegis Nov 2018 #38

There's a subset of Boomer that are sometimes called Bridgers... haele Nov 2018 #33

Generation Jones, in other words Chitown Kev Nov 2018 #58

The new generation (young kids today) will get a name as they come of age crazycatlady Nov 2018 #43

Have you heard anything? Behind the Aegis Nov 2018 #44

I've heard Gen Alpha (comes after Z) crazycatlady Nov 2018 #48

I am hearing both "IGen" and "Gen-Z" more often. Behind the Aegis Nov 2018 #49

well 'millennial' overtook 'Gen Y' so it could crazycatlady Nov 2018 #50

That's very true. Behind the Aegis Nov 2018 #51

Millenials Jrsygrl96 Nov 2018 #18

the kids too young to remember 9/11 are Gen Z crazycatlady Nov 2018 #21

My youngest son, born in 1996, remembers 911. FSogol Nov 2018 #23

Millenials were born in the mid 80s-early 90s. Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2018 #22

Adult as in 18 or 21? Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #71

18 is adult. nt Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2018 #73

Let's not forget the War Babies, the Silent Generation (mine), the Greatest Generation. Thirties Child Nov 2018 #24

Yes. The Silent Generation was born after the Greatest Generation TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #30

Thank your for the dates. Thirties Child Nov 2018 #87

Boomers started in '46. marybourg Nov 2018 #29

Whoever called it the "silent generation" never met my grandmother. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2018 #34

Every 18 years - 1946, 1964, 1982, 2000, and now 2018 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2018 #36

I always thought 1980 was the cutoff for Gen X and 2000 for the millennial cutoff. jpljr77 Nov 2018 #39

I'm 1980 and don't identify with Gen X at all crazycatlady Nov 2018 #47

I went to high school in the '70s. Iggo Nov 2018 #54

That's one of the breakdowns Chitown Kev Nov 2018 #56

My daughter and her friends are all Gen Z xmas74 Nov 2018 #59

I was born in 1963 and I've never identified as a boomer. Crunchy Frog Nov 2018 #60

I'm 1965 and I'm a GenX as well like you. roamer65 Nov 2018 #85

I was born in 1980, and don't consider myself gen- x at all. NutmegYankee Nov 2018 #61

1980 is a more common starting point for Millennials now Recursion Nov 2018 #63

They are not all exactly 20 years Polybius Nov 2018 #65

Millennials are everyone post-GenX Tarc Nov 2018 #66

Really, though? DangerousRhythm Nov 2018 #67

Gen Z is the post 9/11 kids crazycatlady Nov 2018 #70

Born in '83 Jspur Nov 2018 #68

Gen Xer here, too. geardaddy Nov 2018 #74

My understanding was JustAnotherGen Nov 2018 #79

What happened to the Beat Generation? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2018 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Nov 2018 #82

And the burning question - what comes after Z question everything Nov 2018 #83

just wanted to tuck this in here as well (small discussion on the post iGen/Gen Z name Celerity Nov 2018 #84

You can find differing gaps across the internet. WeekiWater Nov 2018 #86

Gen X'ers are overall the most right-wing of the generations, followed by Boomers. TSheehan Dec 2018 #88