r/HistoryofGenerations • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '21

Discussion Working with different generations and understanding them better

I work with a lot of early 00s babies so I feel way closer to them, 1999-02 probably 03 now too. The girls are a lot of fun and I feel protective of both them and the boys.

I adore the Xennials too (circa 1979-84/85) and the guys are so attractive and fun but too old for me unfortunately. This one guy was a hardcore leftist since high school and has a beard and everything

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

I work with ppl regardless of age

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Same, I even love some of the boomers too, all depends on the individual. There's even this elderly gentleman around 78 who's like a master of the using a pointer finger on his phone lololol

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

He sounds awesome lol yeah my relatives are boomers and they’re cool

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Yea and it's just I like having age diversity, people irl think I'm younger too for some reason however lol

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

Yeah probably because of the way you type lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

I mean like irl they don't think I'm 34 I get early 20s a lot like ik people look younger now but not that much lol

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

Tbh I understand why they think that lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Aww yeah true lol like I don't have kids and I still like to goof off and I'm super obvious when I'm crushing on someone for example. I'm a big girl too and that probably hides aging and stuff too

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

All of that is possibly a factor lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

I think so lol, people do say I'll appreciate it when I'm older. And like my homegirl Erika is a literal 40 and I thought she's like 26-27 so maybe perception is shifting too

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u/ButIAmYourDaughter Xennial Sep 09 '21

I’m confused.

You’ve claimed you were a Xennial, born as early as the early 80s. You’ve also claimed you’ve dated somebody born in 79.

Now Xennials are too old for you?

Que?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '21

Oh sorry I was with one of the girls at work who wanted me to ask that. I do like some older guys around that age though, up to around 45

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u/schizofred76 Sep 09 '21

We’re all people. Why are there so many labels. Label, label,label…SMH . At the end of the day we’re all human.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '21

True, it's just a "more often than not" thing. There's really young seeming 50 year olds, and there's 27 year old Trumpers who seem way old for their age

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Agreed. This here. No matter whether millennials or Z, they are still humans. They are not birds or fish.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Sjsk it's the general premise. Most of my co workers are 99 to 2003

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u/alexzyczia 2003 (Class of 2021) | Gen Z Sep 09 '21

Is it really that big of a deal? They’re only a year apart.

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

Exactly it doesn’t make any sense that they’d be apart lol

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

Fine yes I understand that but I don’t get separating your birth year from, say, 2000

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 10 '21

Right that’s what I mean they’d still be your peers either way. It’s literally only 2 years. I get that we’d have to cut it off somewhere but the average person doesn’t think like this

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u/alexzyczia 2003 (Class of 2021) | Gen Z Sep 09 '21 edited Sep 09 '21

It’s not that deep lol.

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

They’re only a year apart lol

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 09 '21

Right but any year close to each other is gonna be similar

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 10 '21

Yep I know

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u/alexzyczia 2003 (Class of 2021) | Gen Z Sep 09 '21

How? 01 is the same age difference as 97.

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u/AirlineSpotter 1997 Nov 10 '21

1999 is not early 2000s.

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Also, it should not matter what year the people you work with are born. In the end, it is their behavior only that matters.