Baby boomers
 

I read an article the other day about Baby Boomers (mentioned on another thread) - apparently the generation that is classed as Baby Boomers is anyone born between 1946 and 1964. This amused me because my Mum was born in '46 and my Dad in '47 and I was born in '64. So at both ends of the 'generation'. Would anyone really want to be classed as being of the same generation as their parents (no matter how cool their parents are)?

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your parents had you at a early age;)
i was born in 72 so im afraid im not a boomer

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Yes, i don't think I was planned. ;)

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I am one of those 'Baby Boomers' and to answer your question Gayle....I would not mind being classed in the same generation as my parents........and they were not the least bit 'cool'...though I think way back then it was called 'hip' or something like that.
My parents were indomitable, self reliant and persistent. They brought up seven of us on very little money......they gave us all a strong moral background and a healthy work ethic.......for which I thank them heartily.
We learned that every action has a consequence and rights came with responsibilities.
I would be proud and happy to be counted in their generation.

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Gayle, with some of the teenage pregnancies nowadays you could almost class some as sisters and brothers :eek:

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Hurrah!

My parents are just too old to be baby boomers, and I'm too young.:D

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If we're putting name tags & handles to everyone, I'm Generation X.

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I'm a baby boomer.

'Generation' is one of the most difficult concepts to understand. I have a cousin in the USA. From then viewpoint of our family tree she is of my generation, but from the viewpoint of her age group she would be my mother's generation. If generation was based solely on age my late husband would be of a different generation to his oldest brother! :D

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If you keep telling porkies like that, you will have to change your name by deed poll... to Pinnochio! :rolleyes:

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By about a month! :D

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Arrrrrr poor little unwanted Gayle :p:D:D

At least they are young enough for many more years of baby sitting and collecting the kids from school.

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Not a porky.;)

I was due on the 4th December, 1964, but decided to stay in the warm, and popped out on 7th January, 1965. Therefore not offically a baby boomer.:D

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I'm one, but keep in quiet please....

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well thats me labelled! a BOOMER, nicest thing ive been called for years.:D

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Good news for you Gayle, according to this you're in Generation X with me.:D

Generations: Dealing with Boomers, Gen-X, and Beyond

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I'm just surprised that so few of the children born in 1945/46 wern't given the name "Burtonwood "

(from what my late Mother used to say it seems it was a very popular place for young ladies from the north-west who liked to fraternize with the US troops stationed in the UK prior to the D-Day invasion )
:eek: :eek:

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My dad born in 1918, mum born in 1926 - i was born in 1967 - so what does that make me? :D



And before you say it - yes i probably was the mistake!!!! :D:D:D

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...and for the lucky few they got to go and be married ladies in America after the war and live in Hollywood mansions, or do I mean shacks in infested swampland?:D

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Well, looks like there isn't a definitive period - see this one

What happened the year you were born?

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I always thought that baby boomers were babies born soon after the war ended when the men had come back home.The war ended in 1945 so that would make a baby boomer born in 1946.How do they work out that someone born in 1964 can be a baby boomer?That's 9 years after the war finished.:confused:

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see maths wasnt yer best subject Lilly.:rofl38:

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Lol,you're right actually,it wasn't,but that mistake is particularly bad! I'm shaming here:o.On a public forum too! Anyway,1964 is a long time after the war finished,19 years? Is that right?:o:o.

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I was born in 1953

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Well i must of been one of the baby boomers i was born in the 60s

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Was Brian Blessed a baby-boomer?

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Booming yes, but having been born in 1937, can't claim to be a true baby boomer, not matter how loud he booms about it.:D

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I was born in 1943 so I was a war baby, pre-boom. My eldest child was born in 1964 and I can't equate her with being a baby boomer. I thought they were 1946 to 1956.

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That'll do me I always saw myself as a Tony James kind of guy :D.

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That's cool Tony, because I see myself more as an Idol.:D

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Aw Yerself, I hardly know ya but appreciate the compliment! But yes, I was born in 1960!:p:p:p:p:p

Brian (just Brian please):p

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Alive?:confused:

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I'm not a boomer ... I was born in '45 ... I guess that means I can pontificate in righteous indignation about the failings of youth ... I like that.