Basically I have spent my entire life in the turbulent wake of the 60's generation from when I was ridiculed at 4 YO because I couldn't hula hoop, to the "new celibacy" just as I wanted to become sexually active, lost a great opportunity because of affirmative action PC, and on and on.
So what does this mean to me? It means that by the time I become elderly the entire elder care system will be hopelessly screwed up and I will be caught in its chaotic demise. There is no escaping it except to die young.
Lafroste, some people call your generation the lost generation that fell between the baby boomer hippies and the generation X yuppies.
I loved being at the front of the yuppie wave and coming of age in the 80’s, it was a magical time similar to the 50’s in my opinion.
I never really identified with the Boomers either. I am a bit older than you, but we fall into Boomer sub-group called ‘Generation Jones’:
http://www.generationjones.com/
It’s the 1954-1965 age group. I hated hippies, and can’t stand almost anything 1960’s. I identify with the 70’s (minus disco, of course! yuck!) LOL!
I feel the same way... born in '59, always a step behind.
I read yesterday that a wave of 70's nostalgia is coming in the movie theater... by that, they mean a movie about Linda Lovelace... great. THAT's what we get remembered for. :-(
But... in that article, I did read something that really resonated with me. People are looking back at the 70's as the "last generation before the explosion of the computer age.... ie: the calm before the storm".
It really was.... By the time I started working in 1981, computers were starting to appear... Truly, it was a few more years before I'd say the "storm" started... that came with connectivity, email.
But, the 70's were pretty much "computer free"... at the personal level. So, we'll always have that! :-)