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2016 Postmortem

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

14. I am in my forties, and we say "girl" and "boy" all the time to refer to ourselves in our twenties

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 06:07 PM

Jul 2016

My husband and I say "we were kids" and "boy" and "girl" all the time to refer to ourselves at that time. I believe I am the same age as Rachel (we are also from California), and I have no idea why she was complaining about an excellent speech. Honestly it just seems ridiculous to me. Even our conservative friends liked the speech -- ESPECIALLY the love story aspect.

I also call millenials kids!

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Bill Clinton's Speech: "He Had Them At 'In the Spring of 1971, I Met a Girl..." [View all] reggieandlee Jul 2016 OP

Yes, and Rachel made way too much out of that. redstatebluegirl Jul 2016 #1

I didn't hear Rachel, but I heard him call himself Hortensis Jul 2016 #3

She seemed to find an issue with the words girl and boy. Well I have a husband I love to bits redstatebluegirl Jul 2016 #4

I'd rather google you and your husband. That's sweet. Hortensis Jul 2016 #5

Thanks! We do love each other like kids :-). redstatebluegirl Jul 2016 #10

:) Hope Bill and Hillary are close and Hortensis Jul 2016 #16

Rachael Maddow is awesome, but loses perspective occasionally Bradical79 Jul 2016 #9

I am in my forties, and we say "girl" and "boy" all the time to refer to ourselves in our twenties anneboleyn Jul 2016 #14

I loved that line & I'd be willing to bet... Little Star Jul 2016 #2

It was great. Music Man Jul 2016 #6

Yes, to your whole post. Welcome to DU, Music Man. n/t pnwmom Jul 2016 #13

Bubba nailed it tgards79 Jul 2016 #7

It was the classic boy meets girl story. It was sweet and it was his personal remembrance. procon Jul 2016 #8

I like Rachel but... tgards79 Jul 2016 #11

Yes. I was hoping he'd begin at that point exactly -- when they met as young, idealistic pnwmom Jul 2016 #12

That's when Rachel had a break with reality workinclasszero Jul 2016 #15