I don't consider myself a boomer either, even though I fall within that 20 year window. I have nothing in common with those aging hippies.
me either. xsteen and i were talking about this, bc she had never heard of Gen X and i explained. so she wanted to know what she was, figuring maybe it was Gen Y. i have no idea and i said if you come on the tale end of one of these groups, you really don't have a lot in common with them. i was in elementary school/Jr high for the vietnam war, what could i possibly have in common with the baby boomers?
The Baby Boom generation includes persons born in certain countries after the end of WWII (1945) but before the end of 1964. William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations called this generation the Boom generation (they are no longer babies) and put the birth years of United States members of this generation at 1943 to 1960, not based on parental fecundity, but because of a common peer personality.
Both my husband and I fall into the definition of boomers.......but because of the 5 year age difference, it's almost as if we are from different generations.