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In reply to the discussion: It seems like there's a lot of dislike and contempt for "boomers" from "millennials" [View all]tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)I was born in 1980 and my sister in 1982 (my parents were both born in 1949 and are Boomers). From the reports I've seen, we're early millennials or Generation Y (1980 was actually the 'lost year' as Gen X ends in 1979 and millennial begin in 1981 from some sources I've read). I was a very sheltered child and do not identify with Gen X at all. (I could not tell you who Michael Jackson or Whitney Houston were at the peak of their careers in the 80s--- the music I was exposed to then was more of the Wheels on the Bus type). I didn't see a PG movie until the 90s. From my own experiences, it's easier to lump me with someone born in the 90s than the 60s. A youngest child in the family born the same time as me might say otherwise.
I would consider my cousins born in 2000 and 2001 to be of a different generation. The event that defined the millennial generation was 9/11. My cousins were in diapers when that happened (one was less than 2 weeks old). Their sister who was born in 1994 IMO is the tail end of the generation (and she is old enough to remember 9/11).
I've heard the too young to remember 9/11 generation referred to as Generation Z. They'll probably be given a better name when they come of age.