Boomers: Only 2 years to go

Sunday was my co-author's 63rd birthday.
Julie is the oldest baby boomer.

In just two years Boomers will be turning 65.  In 20 years every Boomer will be over age 65, even Barack Obama.  In 20 years Gen Yers will be age 30 -50. Guess who runs the show in 2030?

For those Boomers welcoming the new century, things will be exciting. For those mourning the loss of newspapers, cars, suburbs, post office, motorboats, factories and offices, well.... they will just get old.
Happy birthday Julie!  Photo: big preparations for Julie's birthday.
Julie's presents: From the last century, the commemorative Ozzie and Harriet stamps; From this century, a Kindle.

Comments

[Julie Coates]

So, call yourself anything you like. The definition of a Baby Boomer is someone who was born (in the US) between 1946 snd 1964. The dates vary slightly in other countries. Canada's boom began about 5 years later than the US boom, for example.

A generation is considered to be a span of about 20 years in contemporary times. Those born at the end of the baby boom are still boomers, but they are trailing edge boomers. Everyone in a generation is not identical. There are many subgroups or segments.

One of the behaviors attributed to the boomer personality is the desire. . .even the NEED to stand out from the crowd. Come on Jonesers. Pick your own, unique name.This makes you different from every other "generation." You will really stand out from the crowd. It's the boomer way.

You can't secede from your generation because you don't like it. Psychographically the trailing edge boomers, (Gen Jones) are very different from the leading edge boomers, but demographically, defined by birth rate over a span of time, those born 1946-1964 are boomers all.

[Stephen Downes]

People who were born in the late 50s - early 60s are not Boomers. Please do not refer to us as Boomers. The last of the Boomers will turn 65 in 10 years, not 20.

People who are today around 50 are part of the Jones Generation, and are very different from boomers.

[Kay Leonard]

Happy Birthday Julie! I'll follow you in November. Aloha Bill! :)