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In reply to the discussion: The Last Baby Boomers were born in 1964. [View all]BumRushDaShow
(165,859 posts)83. I.e., the "Yuppies"
I continually run into folks who were 3 - 4 years older than me (those born 1958 - 1959) who were usually the "older" siblings of my friends (I am a 1962). They are everywhere and through the years, seemed to get so much attention that by the time my group came along, "the rules changed". So we were always "on the cusp".
When you mention disco and Raygun - that older group were over 21 and allowed in the fancy clubs & discos of the '80s (although the fake ids were rampant in the '80s too). Yet I know my high school years ('75 - '79) encompassed the entirety of disco's popular period.
BUT, I still maintain that we were exposed to much of boomer-hood as tail-enders and although it used to bug me whenever I would hear one of the older boomers ask - "Where were you on November 22, 1963", I still have those memories of when a show would come on television and would have the "In Color" thingy at the bottom of the screen, or remember the old (mono) "Top 40" AM radio stations listened to on a transistor radio with a single mono "earphone", or going to the drive-in, etc. (i.e., the stuff you see on those chain emails that go around with a list of "remember when" stuff).... So there is a connection there that hadn't quite reached the significant "break" from boomer cultural traditions seen with the peak of GenX, who were exposed as children to the rise of personal computers (Commodore 64, Atari, Nintendo & "Mario Brothers", etc) and MTV, etc.
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I've never seen that breakdown. And since 1940 was 6 years away from the end of WWII, children born
spooky3
May 2018
#39
I personally do not believe that being born within 20 (or even 10) years of another person
spooky3
May 2018
#42
My wife and I are at the back end of the EXPANDED Boomer range, 1962 and 1964
rufus dog
May 2018
#37
A wonderful niece graduates college this week, 22. Parents b. 1952, boomers.
appalachiablue
May 2018
#55
I'm baby boomer and a parent of college student as well as a grandparent of a high school student
Fresh_Start
May 2018
#34
uuuh...I'm single and born in 62, I still want kids but thanks for the generalization
Demonaut
May 2018
#43