[equaviator]

“As one at the tailend of that generation,(1959), I have at times been embaressed by the antics of my generation.”

I was too young to have been drafted or volunteer for service in Vietnam. I wasn’t old enough to vote For Carter in ‘76, I voted for Reagan in ‘80, I never participated in any protest or antiwar demonstration in the 60’s or ‘70s, I never saw Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin or Jim Morrison in concert. So why should I consider myself a “Baby Boomer” when I have so little in common with so many of them?

[Biggirl]

Thank-you for making my day.

[ansel12]

I was too young to have been drafted or volunteer for service in Vietnam.

Almost 9.5 boomer men served, and by no means was it all about Vietnam since Vietnam ended before many boomers were even of age to serve.

If you didn't serve, then that would indeed separate you from millions of boomer males.

[thulldud]

So why should I consider myself a “Baby Boomer” when I have so little in common with so many of them?

There is a term for that: Generation Jones