Baby Boomers, Millennials, Generation X, etc...

[steverob]

I was born twixt WW2 & the Korean war.. Is that where the BOOM comes from?

The Boom is referring to the sudden, massive increase in birth rates after the end of WW2.

 

[PeteXXX]

The Boom is referring to the sudden, massive increase in birth rates after the end of WW2.

Ahhh.. Not Basil Brush, then!

 

[Sharky]

The Boom is referring to the sudden, massive increase in birth rates after the end of WW2.

And that generation (including me) has swept though the years influencing trends etc. So in the late 50's & 60's, it was the rise of the teenagers and pop culture, the yuppies in the 80's, 50 is the new 40's and into the retirement ages when pension funds start to suffer from less people working and pension ages being forced to rise. And some where in that range was the emergence of the "Mamil's"!

Also interesting, in our family from grand parents through to grand children, we have family born in each of those categories, except for the "Silent Generation".

 

[Baldy]

According to that chart I'm a baby boomer although I wasn't born until 12 years after the war ended.

 

[mistyoptic]

Whoever labelled it “the silent generation” hasn’t met my MIL

 

[raleighnut]

yep got me down as a 'boomer' even though I was born in 62.

 

[Beebo]

As a gen Xer I can see both sides.
The boomers in my family have definitely done well for themselves in the property stakes.
The houses they own are better than they would be able to afford today.
I have a smaller house with mortgage and will have to work longer for less pension. But have had a very comfortable life,
the younger generation are going to really struggle with property and general debt unless some of the money comes down for the generation above.
Which will just exacerbate the already wide gap between the haves and have nots.

 

[Julia9054]

Whoever labelled it “the silent generation” hasn’t met my MIL

Ha! You beat me to it! Came here to say the same thing - only about my mum!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Oh bugger I’m a millennial, well atleast that explains my sense of entitlement.

I heard there are shortages of avocados 🥑 at Waitrose. You’d best be quick as panic buying settles in.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Also interesting, in our family from grand parents through to grand children, we have family born in each of those categories, except for the "Silent Generation".

You just haven’t heard from them yet.

 

[newfhouse]

Is it just another way to divide and conquer?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Boom is referring to the sudden, massive increase in birth rates after the end of WW2.

Indeed, everyone was having sex after the Second World War. Sane as First World War really. The roaring twenties, and forties / fifties had a lot in common.

 

[Jenkins]

I'm generation X apparently but have no idea what that actually means!

I'm one of the very early Generation X types myself. I think it means that we spend a lot of time dancing on our own

 

[Dirk]

Churchill was prime minister when I was born. That makes me a Boomer, I guess.

 

[Fnaar]

According to that chart I'm a baby boomer although I wasn't born until 12 years after the war ended.

I'm a (tail-end) Boomer, born 16 yrs after WWII ended