After posting about Josie as a 'tween,' I got to thinking about my own status. All this talk of Boomers and Gens X, Y (Millennial,) Z and Alpha---but I'm part of the Silent Generation (1928-1945.)
I think of James Thurber's reply to a woman who asked if he was a part of the Lost Generation (1883-1900.) "Madam," he said, "I am a part of the Hiding Generation." Not sure what designation I would choose for myself--the Skeptical Generation perhaps.
Then there are the age groupings--infant, toddler, pre-schooler, child, tween, teen, young adult, adult, middle-aged, elderly . . . ay, law, so many stages!
I feel fortunate to have gotten this far. And while I could wish my knees and back were in better shape, I'm comfortable with being an old woman.
Or an old lady, though that always makes me think of my grandmother's friends who played bridge and smelled of Jergens Lotion. That ain't me, babe.
5 comments:
I am an early boomer. I do resent some of the stereotypes that are applied, for they do not seem to be me.
I'm a boomer - and still middle-aged, haha!
As a member of the Boomer generation I can keep that one straight but the other more recent ones - they are all mixed up for me.
I think you and many of my friends are all in the totally individual stage of life – living without using your age to define you
Actually I had to look up at the "generations' guide" to see that I was a baby boomer. I have been realizing that I am one of the fortunate ones (spoiled in a way) as for the way of life but that my generation missed the fact that we had to give back to nature much more than what we gave. Though it's never too late.
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