[qam1]

I was born in 1963. Does that mean I'm a boomer? I note that Doug Coupland, the author of "Generation X," was born in 1961, and that the book was published in 1991, when I was 27/28. Please tell me I'm not a boomer.

Sorry but you are considered a Baby Boomer. I know in that once instance 1961 was chosen but the overwhelming start year of Gen-X is 1965 (There is a lot if debate between 1975 and 1981 of when Gen-X ends and Y begins).

The reason 1965 is chosen is because that's the year the birth rates (The "Baby Boom") collapsed and it would have been the first year adult baby boomers would have had their first kids.

Also what I think separates the late boomers from the early Xers is the Late boomers brought us Disco.

[technochick99]

Actually, I've seen both 1961 and 1962 as the start of GenX, with 1962 being more common.

[mondonico]

"Also what I think separates the late boomers from the early Xers is the Late boomers brought us Disco."

That rules me out.