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5. Nineteen years, pretty typical for a "generation", the Rolling Stones, Jane Fonda, and Audie Murphy

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Stuff it: Millennials nix their parents’ treasures [View all] Jesus Malverde May 2016 OP

How the hell is 1964 still part of the "baby boom" when actual boomers were old enough to have kids? arcane1 May 2016 #1

Nineteen years, pretty typical for a "generation", the Rolling Stones, Jane Fonda, and Audie Murphy braddy May 2016 #5

Yeah, it always seemed odd to me. I'm practically the same generation as my own parents :) arcane1 May 2016 #12

I think it's odd how the 1960s is attributed to the boomers. braddy May 2016 #15

I've thought that too. LisaM May 2016 #30

It depends on what you mean, but for government and institutions, yes. braddy May 2016 #37

And they elected Reagan in a landslide in 1984. former9thward May 2016 #160

Everyone voted for Reagan in 1984. Why pick on boomers? braddy May 2016 #162

How many years to a generation wain May 2016 #135

The boomers for instance are 1946-1964, the silent generation 1925-1945. braddy May 2016 #137

'63-'65 is considered on the edge between BB and Gen X. HuckleB May 2016 #11

I'd always heard it described as "Generation Jones" - 60=65 hatrack May 2016 #38

That's new to me, but interesting! HuckleB May 2016 #40

Yup, as in "Keeping Up With the Jones" n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #77

First Desribed by the person who coined it as 54-65 TuxedoKat May 2016 #142

No way Reter May 2016 #154

Actually, I prefer the baby boom years SheilaT May 2016 #56

Thanks for the recommendation, it sounds like a fascinating book! arcane1 May 2016 #65

Generations is SheilaT May 2016 #75

Thanks again! I'm adding it to my list now :) arcane1 May 2016 #79

Good. SheilaT May 2016 #81

Their 1997 book "The Fourth Turning" is also a good read. Odin2005 May 2016 #125

It is based on birth rates drmeow May 2016 #84

Sociologists William Strauss and Neil Howe start Generation X at 1961. Odin2005 May 2016 #124

probably a consequence of having had to buy everything on their own IF they could MisterP May 2016 #2

Midcentury was big in the mid '0s, but it's fading now. HuckleB May 2016 #10

I don't know if its fading TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #67

this just seems stupid Skittles May 2016 #3

I don't know. Some of those couches were made to last. HuckleB May 2016 #7

We re-upholstered ours. tazkcmo May 2016 #29

Those frames were seriously incredible! HuckleB May 2016 #33

And heavy! tazkcmo May 2016 #35

Oh, indeed. Still, I don't see titanium couches taking over the planet, just yet. HuckleB May 2016 #52

Holy shit, after that much time there must have been another 40 lbs of dandruff and dirt snooper2 May 2016 #165

Bad Move throwing out that couch GulfCoast66 May 2016 #23

And some of them have serious steel keeping them together, to boot. HuckleB May 2016 #34

Or as in the case of some of my parents' furniture - all wood frames csziggy May 2016 #63

Reupholstering can cost as much as a new couch! TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #82

My 60's couch 840high May 2016 #89

My wife and I wouldn't take our boomer parents couch if they parachuted it down into our house GummyBearz May 2016 #158

ZZZZzzz. Classic sloppy journalism filler. HuckleB May 2016 #4

A couch is one thing melman May 2016 #6

Most people would, if you actually did a real survey, I suspect. HuckleB May 2016 #8

Exactly. If this article were based on anything more than the author's whimsy Quantess May 2016 #127

What do I need silver service for 12 for when most of my friends can't afford Dixie cups? n/t Chan790 May 2016 #17

Uh melman May 2016 #20

Not to me. Chan790 May 2016 #24

The tragedy here is not that you threw memories away, SheilaT May 2016 #60

You Threw RobinA May 2016 #152

She didn't want them either. Chan790 May 2016 #155

I've got some old sport coats that don't fit anymore, you interested? snooper2 May 2016 #166

When I was younger I did not want it because it had to be jwirr May 2016 #144

I've got two plastic tubs worth of silver AnnieBW May 2016 #146

Sell the items and give your kids the $.Take digital pics of somestuff from their youth and send it Person 2713 May 2016 #9

Most of the stuff... you can't GIVE it away... Bigmack May 2016 #13

It is, the shops here are just full of stuff. IMO the whole notion of what possessions are is RKP5637 May 2016 #73

Picture -scan in the computer yeoman6987 May 2016 #157

That, is a great idea!!! RKP5637 May 2016 #164

They'll wish they changed their minds in ten years malaise May 2016 #14

I agree JustAnotherGen May 2016 #16

That's amazing malaise May 2016 #19

Speaking as a veteran of the Harvest Gold shag carpet generation . . . . hatrack May 2016 #42

ROFL malaise May 2016 #45

Oh, it gets worse . . . hatrack May 2016 #53

Haven't seen it malaise May 2016 #54

That was a fun movie. Blue_In_AK May 2016 #95

Ahhh, and Harvest Gold appliances, and wow, those olivicola kitchens!!! RKP5637 May 2016 #80

To be fair, the house I describe was the first house we owned that I remembered . . . hatrack May 2016 #88

My Grandmother's RobinA May 2016 #153

Some of those appliances were built to last forever. We have an Oster from back then and it RKP5637 May 2016 #156

After planting that image in our minds... brer cat May 2016 #47

Or at least post some photos! hatrack May 2016 #66

Before I moved across country I offered my grown kids my stuff. dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #18

Yep they're worth real money as well malaise May 2016 #21

Art is rough, because sometimes it just don't match your taste. LeftyMom May 2016 #25

I know what you mean but you have it malaise May 2016 #28

Indeed. HuckleB May 2016 #39

Too bad you could not have given such a precious remembrance to one of her best friends dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #139

Let's say something is worth $500 Jesus Malverde May 2016 #113

You're probably right. Now owning "things" is very big right now. LisaM May 2016 #31

Agree. Their parents' stuff will end up in antique stores mainer May 2016 #32

Yep malaise May 2016 #46

Either I'm wrong about my age or I'm in the wrong house. LeftyMom May 2016 #22

Well, I don't fall in the survey (born in '67) LannyDeVaney May 2016 #26

You're right. It's always the same old transition between generations, for the most part. HuckleB May 2016 #36

yes it is DonCoquixote May 2016 #74

This part resonates Jesus Malverde May 2016 #110

so i'm selfish because i don't want any of the china sets my mom keeps pushing on me? fizzgig May 2016 #49

Way to misinterpret a post. HuckleB May 2016 #51

well, how do you interpret this? fizzgig May 2016 #58

Cherry picking is fun! HuckleB May 2016 #59

are you actually going to respond to anything i have to say? fizzgig May 2016 #61

Are you? HuckleB May 2016 #62

i have no idea what you're talking about at this point fizzgig May 2016 #69

Lol. HuckleB May 2016 #107

Yeah, you are selfish. LannyDeVaney May 2016 #78

you going to explain how? fizzgig May 2016 #133

Selfish. Lol. RedCappedBandit May 2016 #76

As someone born in 1980, you sound like one of those "damned kids these days" when you say that MillennialDem May 2016 #93

I guess you missed the 'get off my lawn' reference. I admit as much ... LannyDeVaney May 2016 #96

There's a difference between aging and becoming an old fusspot :p Especially when you're not MillennialDem May 2016 #97

Again, please pay attention to my original reply ... LannyDeVaney May 2016 #98

Oh look, another Hillary supporter bashing us Millennials. Odin2005 May 2016 #126

Given housing costs and "the gig economy" JackInGreen May 2016 #27

Sigh. I remember everything I owned fit in my little station wagon. And I lived in there too. hunter May 2016 #41

When I was VERY young, and first on my own, SheilaT May 2016 #103

It has ever been thus. nolabear May 2016 #43

Antiques arent in fashion right now. Minimalism is in. ErikJ May 2016 #44

Where do you live? HuckleB May 2016 #50

Portland ErikJ May 2016 #55

You went to the wrong places to sell it, then. HuckleB May 2016 #57

Well it was on Craigslist for 2 months and no bites. ErikJ May 2016 #72

There are much better places for items like that. HuckleB May 2016 #109

Oh, dear. Ever since I was in my 20's, SheilaT May 2016 #64

I'm 59 and I used to be fascinated by them TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #85

I have actually seen reproductions of those old, wonderful, SheilaT May 2016 #104

Do you have any nieces? tammywammy May 2016 #159

I do have nieces, two over 30, one over 50. SheilaT May 2016 #161

Aren't "Millennials" rather fond of Vinyl LPs? HuckleB May 2016 #48

Vinyl is making a resurgence but in new releases mostly...nt Jesus Malverde May 2016 #111

Actually, there are tons of rereleases, as well. HuckleB May 2016 #112

My point is the phenomena is not in dads record collection...nt Jesus Malverde May 2016 #115

A lot of it is, however. HuckleB May 2016 #116

In my family the problem is distributing the stuff from earlier generations csziggy May 2016 #68

A lot of those kinds of documents and pictures and such Mariana May 2016 #91

Oh yes - that is what I spend a LOT of my time doing csziggy May 2016 #92

Bless you. Mariana May 2016 #105

I have my everyday forks XemaSab May 2016 #70

just because an item has sentimental value for a parent doesn't mean it will have sentimental liberal_at_heart May 2016 #71

I heard most millennial are either living at home or moving back. They know where the stuff is. LOL Laser102 May 2016 #83

Exactly. This article is a generalization based on an anecdote. HuckleB May 2016 #114

Our girls don't fit that mold liberal N proud May 2016 #86

I don't want it IronLionZion May 2016 #87

I'm becoming more and more of a minimalist ThoughtCriminal May 2016 #90

I'm almost 70 Blue_In_AK May 2016 #94

Just read this again melman May 2016 #99

I'm sure you are right about that! Quantess May 2016 #163

This Thanksgiving, we are having a post dinner "trunk opening" SoCalDem May 2016 #100

tupperware shanti May 2016 #150

This is nothing new. NanceGreggs May 2016 #101

4 generations of shifting stuff all over the country gwheezie May 2016 #102

now, i am not the biggest fan of my MOM's stuff. but my aunt, my paternal grandma, & do NOT get pansypoo53219 May 2016 #106

Estate sales are amazing. I'm always astounded at some of the items that go for RKP5637 May 2016 #131

New Stuff --> Tat/Kitsch --> Antique MowCowWhoHow III May 2016 #108

What about the fuckin' hipsters? I thought they loved retro kitsch? Blue_Tires May 2016 #117

Gen y are millennials Jesus Malverde May 2016 #118

The term "Millennial Generation" was coined in 1991 to describe us 80s babies. Odin2005 May 2016 #129

Yep. nt bemildred May 2016 #119

I have the same attitude as these millenials, and I'm in my 40s. Quantess May 2016 #120

In a culture that values having lots of things, rich people having multiple houses as an example Jesus Malverde May 2016 #121

Back when people didn't move so often and life was more static, AND Quantess May 2016 #122

Yep, that is often what happens, "Do your things own you or do you own your things?" RKP5637 May 2016 #128

It's not easy, but when it's gone, you most likely won't miss it. Quantess May 2016 #134

Yep, especially the last part, not really missing them after they're gone. What always amazes me is RKP5637 May 2016 #140

Well yes and no. It's market value. Quantess May 2016 #148

there are people in this thread calling us selfish fizzgig May 2016 #136

Yeah, I saw. That's silly. They just don't get it. Quantess May 2016 #141

Who wants their parents' hideous 70s/80s furniture? Odin2005 May 2016 #123

and then after you dump it. it appears on antiques roadshow for mega bucks dembotoz May 2016 #130

I'm just going to give all my furniture away to people I know who need it ... polly7 May 2016 #132

probably because most of us live in cities and have no space La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #138

Exactly. This article really picked a nerve on me, so out-of-touch. Quantess May 2016 #143

Hell, I don't want my parents' crap, either! AnnieBW May 2016 #145

Yeah, because my generation could not WAIT to wear our pop's bell bottoms! Rex May 2016 #147

This doesn't seem like anything unique to Baby Boomers and Millennials. Zing Zing Zingbah May 2016 #149

I'm a Boomer, and when my mother and stepfather (both born 1921) Lydia Leftcoast May 2016 #151