Any other Xennials married to another Xennial?
Posted by Public_Juggernaut997@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 206 comments
He’s 1977 and I’m 1982. I love how we reference pop culture, slang and world events. Tell me your favorite things. If not, tell me your experience. Also, if you live in a van down by the river you are included in this conversation.
sbaggers@reddit
How is 77 Xennial?
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
Anything before 1980 is gen x. I don't understand why your getting down voted.
luxtabula@reddit
Xennials are 77-84 between Gen X and Millennial.
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
Wrong. 77-83
luxtabula@reddit
It's literally in the sidebar.
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
That's not what Google said. Google said 77-83 if it went to 84 why doesn't it start at 76
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
Hell, Gen Y, sort of the original Xennials used to start in 1974! and go to like 1986 or something.
It's all vague and fuzzy anyway, not exactly something based on mathematical precision.
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
Gen y is also millenial https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/style/generation-names-and-years-a-cheat-sheet-for-parents/
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
More or less. But mostly the Gen Y range had been more like an extended Xennials than modern Millennials range. I believe starting anywhere from 1974 to 1976 and ending some time in the mid-80s (maybe later 80s) or so. It's Millennials but they chopped off the earliest OG Millennials and then added a bunch of late Millennials when they dumped Gen Y term.
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
Gen y means millennial. There's gen x, gen y, gen z. Gen y is millennial. But xennials is a group of late gen x and early gen y.
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
Yeah. But when they switched from using Gen Y label to Millennial label they kinda of changed what it meant some since they lopped off early Gen Y and added a bunch to the tail.
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
No. Millennial is gen y. Just like gen x is gen x and gen z is gen z. Millennial and gen y means the same thing. 1980 and before is gen x. You can't just pretend otherwise.
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
But it didn't use to be. First Gen X was like 1958-1969 but that was a bit of a proto-Gen X. Then full on Gen X was at first 1961-1972 (and also an alternate S&H 13th Generation that was 1961-1981) then a couple years later it was 1961-1973 and Gen Y created and 1974-1986ish. Then Gen X was 1965-1976 and Gen Y 1977-1980 something. Then Gen X was 1965-1981. Then Gen X was 1965-1980.
It's shifted all over the place. Some of it even just based on marketing hyper and the year 2000. It's always changing, heck look at this video, Brittany Murphy (1977) says she MISSED being a Gen X by one or two years and this was taken in 2001 so at that point most or at least some to plenty still considered Gen X to end '74-'76 or so and start in 1961. As recently as 2001 1977 borns were still often considering themselves to be Gen Y or maybe Millennials (and similar story I've heard on some episode of Charmed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpTTrP-srRM&t=176s
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
Lol boomers are millennial. Millenials are gen y. The alphabet goes xyz, this is not confusing. Hen x are considered boomers, duh.
sbaggers@reddit
So genx was only 66-73 originally? GenX is a tiny generation already, why are you trying to make it smaller?
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
Personally I'd think Gen X would make the most sense either all encompassing like 1961-1985ish or you go to all micro gens and have Jones then Gen X like 1964-1975? and Xennials (Gen Y?) 1976-1985ish? Millennials 1985/1986ish-1996ish? etc. which probably works best of all, but still has issues.
But it's all vague stuff, nobody ever agrees and it never really works out in all ways no matter what you do.
So yeah it's just all vague and fuzzy.
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
No, 1961-1973.
Started earlier and ended earlier and 'Millennials' (Gen Y originally) started earlier and ended earlier.
Around 1997 it got shifted later for both although it seems like on the street, the little people even used generational terms, the Gen X ends in 1980 or 1981 and term Millennial didn't seem to fully catch on until some time in the 00s.
6randomgirl66@reddit
I did not grow up identifying as gen "x." That was the teenagers. I think we were deemed "y" back then.
a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit
If you were born before 1980, then your gen x. If born1980 or after, then millennial.
encino___man@reddit
Being 18 in the mid-90s and 21 circa Y2K is probably peek Xennial in terms of being on the cusp of the millenium
SirMayday1@reddit
I would expect that to be normative; don't most people who marry, marry someone rather close in age?
Anyway, yeah, I (41m) married another Xennial (42f). We share fond memories of the same cartoons.
face-puncher@reddit
I’m 1978 and she’s 1982. Met in 2004. Married in 2006. She immigrated to the US from Eastern Europe when she was about 19 in 2001, and we have very different upbringings and experiences.
Then_Increase7445@reddit
My wife and I are 7 weeks apart in age, but from different countries so I know what you mean.
GottaUseEmAll@reddit
He's 76 and I'm 82.
LiveZookeepergame513@reddit
Wife and I are both 77's.
Weak_Radish966@reddit
She's 1976, I'm 1979. We have a mostly great relationship filled with 80s/90s/00s references and music. I gotta say though, perimenopause is no friggin joke! Ruff stuff.
Separate_Job_9587@reddit
My wife and I were both born in 1979.
clownShowJudge@reddit
Wife was born in 78 and I was in 82
hottboyj54@reddit
Yes, my wife and I were both born in ‘85, three weeks apart lol
We met in college and grew up every similarly so it’s awesome to be able to share not only that, but pop culture references, taste in music, movies, slang, etc. It’s truly like having a best friend and then deciding to marry them.
TheLowFlyingBirds@reddit
Yup. 1977 and 1978
xnekocroutonx@reddit
I’m 77 and my husband is 75. He’s definitely more GenX while I feel more Xennial. I tease him sometimes and call him a Boomer with the way he reacts/gripes about some tech stuff. 😂
LazyZealot9428@reddit
He’s 1977 and I’m 1978…but we are only 6 months apart
junepath@reddit
June 82 and September 82. Started dating in 99 in high school (despite being just weeks apart he was a grade below me) and we definitely have so many jokes that originate from growing up in that era. So many Wayne’s World Quotes.
PersnicketyHazelnuts@reddit
82 and 84 - so many Wayne's World quotes. And when I need to get my husband's attention I say (in a southern voice, of course) "Lieutenant Dan... ice cream....". I also call him "Farm boy" when I need him to get something of a high shelf for me.
regina_phalange05@reddit
Pretty similar here. Husband is March 82, I am November 82. Started dating Aug 27, 1999. We were in the same grade, even tho he repeated 7th to end up in my grade.
junepath@reddit
August 9, 99 here! August must be a special month for 17 year olds ;)
Public_Juggernaut997@reddit (OP)
Gun racks for your birthdays?
junepath@reddit
Sha! We don’t even own A gun.
A lot of Baseketball and Orgazmo quotes too.
Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit
I love that. Haven't seen those movies in forever.
Status_Jump_2496@reddit
Heard your mom is going out with Squeak.
trickstress@reddit
Dude.
TotallyRadDude1981@reddit
She is ‘76 and I’m ‘81, so we just say we’re both Gen Xers.
TotallyRadDude1981@reddit
I see by the downvote I offended someone. Was it the age gap between my wife and me, or is it the fact that we’re both Gen Xers?
BohemiaDrinker@reddit
I'm 81, wife is 79
hey_suburbia@reddit
Wow, same. I’m ‘81 and she’s ‘79 as well. Never met another couple like us
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
dang you in the wrong sub
BohemiaDrinker@reddit
Well, I tried the silent generation sub but no one ever said anything there.
lottieslady@reddit
I’m really tired and read this the wrong way, despite knowing full well what sub I was in. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Miz_momo82@reddit
Dude same
JasonGD1982@reddit
Oh. Yeah I get it now too.
redditprofile99@reddit
I'm 79, and wife is 81 lol
Stunning_Radio3160@reddit
No, I’m xennial he’s Gen X (1968)
To0n1@reddit
I'm '82, my wife is '83, early 83, late 82 respectively.
IdaDuck@reddit
78/78 here.
Adrasteia-One@reddit
My wife is 84, and she says she does not identify with Millennials, so we say that she is Xennial, too. It's great being with someone who (mostly) gets my random movie and music references.
minibini@reddit
Yes. We goof around and find dark humor in everything. 15 years strong!
RoxyLA95@reddit
My husband and I were both born in 1977, I’m 6 months older. We both grew up in So Cal and experienced the same earthquakes, fear of the Night Stalker, and both went to see the Olympic Torch run by in 1984. We are baby Gen X but we have more compassion and empathy than our older Gen X friends and family.
Professional_Heat973@reddit
83, partner is 78.
rshana@reddit
Yes I’m March ‘81 and he’s July ‘81. We met in college so we have most of the same experiences too. He loves the 4 months when I’m older than him!
Nephite11@reddit
‘79 here and my wife was born in 1977. Definitely shared recollections from our age range despite growing up across the country from each other
putitontheunderhills@reddit
Yup. I'm '79, she's '78.
frustratedComments@reddit
82 and my wife is 80. She leans a little more gen-x than I do though. One of the biggest things we agree on are 90s comedies like Ace Ventura, Happy Gilmore, etc.
Overall_Falcon_8526@reddit
Read this as if you're octagenarians watching Ace Ventura.
frustratedComments@reddit
We will be, in time.
Overall_Falcon_8526@reddit
https://youtu.be/jYk7QyZPNkU?si=NxTUqcWGjBOH-v2C&t=28
IceSmiley@reddit
No because I cheated on my wife and she said "you're cheating on me" and I said "you don't know that!" 💀
Overall_Falcon_8526@reddit
1977 and 1978, about 11 months apart. We certainly know similar pop cultural things, with standard boy-girl differences.
She tells our kids we're the "Oregon Trail Generation."
elphaba00@reddit
I'm 78, and he's 77. He's almost exactly (except for a couple days) 11 months older. We grew up in the same area, so we shared a lot of the same experiences. The only difference is that he watched a lot of the horror, sci-fi, and action movies of the 80s while I didn't. But he also knows a lot of the "girl" things - My Little Pony, She-Ra, Cabbage Patch - from the 80s because he had a sister who was a year younger.
He once joked that his sister should thank him for helping get a husband. Her husband (also 77) is somewhat like him, so when she started chatting with him, she knew all these common pop culture connections because of their childhood.
grunge615@reddit
I'm 84 and wife is 82. We align pretty well. Might be a cartoon or two she remembers better than I do. We both love annoying our kids with 90's alternative on road trips.
Side note: can you believe this kids think Pearl Jam is bad. Where did we go wrong?
ih4teme@reddit
81 and wife is 76. It’s been good since we share a lot of similar views.
wintertash@reddit
My husband and I met on our first day of college, we’re a month and five days apart, so most of our cultural references are in alignment. Our mutual ex-husband (still one of our closest friends) is also a Xennial, but he grew up overseas for much of his childhood, so he didn’t get many of those references and touchstones.
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
wait, mutual ex-husband?? each of you were married to him before, wow that's a wild scenario
wintertash@reddit
No, we were with him together all three of us for about a decade. But I’m never sure the clearest way to express that concisely
JaredUnzipped@reddit
I've got the exact opposite experience. My wife is a millennial and I often say things that she has no understanding about. There are things from our world that she has no frame of reference for. I can mention something tech or pop culture related and makes no sense to her.
We really are a different breed.
msheehan418@reddit
No. I’m married to a Gen X raised by silent Gen grandparents. You can tell the difference.
He doesn’t like Nirvana. It’s a real problem in our marriage. What he lacks in musical taste, he makes up for in other ways.
He’s a musician and he says the same thing about me
FemaleMishap@reddit
I'm 78, wife is 76, but she's British and I'm American. We still run into cultural differences today after more then twenty years together.
LunaSea1206@reddit
I'm late 1978 and he's early 1977. We say we are two years apart since there's 20 months between us.
RedSolez@reddit
He's '81 I'm '83 and we started dating in high school when he was a senior and I was a sophomore. Doesn't get more Xennial than that 😂
ChaucersDuchess@reddit
Yep I’m 82’ and husband is 83’
pickleranger@reddit
We were both born in late ‘83.
I know I’m right on the cusp, but I have 2 older siblings who lean more GenX so I got cultural exposure from them. My partner is the eldest and skews a bit more Millennial but not by much.
Also I grew up in the south, partner is from CA. We have just enough differences to keep it interesting, but most of it overlaps.
ISeeYouNoThanks@reddit
Yeah ; same exact years, too. I noticed he won’t catch some references to the oddest shit, too.
“Ohh Garbage has a new album coming out.” “Who?”
_buffy_summers@reddit
My husband cannot resist making puns about Garbage whenever I'm listening to them. Or if it's raining. He's four years older than me, so I used to lovingly say "shut up, old man." But now I just let him have his jokes.
ISeeYouNoThanks@reddit
LOL I tease mine about how I will always look younger due to a lifetime of being an indoor nerd who avoided direct sunlight after my childhood.
Altruistic-Energy662@reddit
81 and 81, 6 months apart to the day. We’ve also been together since 1997 so…
Our biggest differences are public vs private school, I’m the oldest and he’s the youngest in his family, he’s Midwest, I’m east coast. Every other thing is a similar experience bc we basically did our teen years together.
Gsquat@reddit
I'm 83 and my wife is 82. Very xennial around here.
Neat-Gift-3624@reddit
I’m ‘81 and she is ‘80. I dated GenX and Millennials. Never worked out.
YesHaveSome77@reddit
I'm '77 and she's '80. I'm more X in a lot of ways, while she is fully Xennial and hates Millennials! 🤣🤣
ILikeToEatTheFood@reddit
We're both '80. Graduated in '98 (same high school even). We have an incredible catalog of Xennial references but also local jokes. Basically we're the raddest couple you know (/s).
Diligent-Resist8271@reddit
Both '79 (he's July, I'm December). So many references and similarities.
Hootinger@reddit
My wife is 20 days older than me.
LusciousofBorg@reddit
I'm 26 days older than my husband and he says I'm a cougar lol
Anjapayge@reddit
What is up with that? I am 2 years older than husband and he calls me grandma. With his birthday it seems like 3. But still!
lottieslady@reddit
Cradle robber! 🤣
JSpitzRule@reddit
I’m 1979, and he’s 1982. We get each other’s references.
kyle-the-brown@reddit
My wife and I are about 3 months apart in age, both 83 babies.
And yes, we sing the same songs as reactions, we have the same pop culture references, we jam to 80's and 90's music in the car.
It's funny because we are very different, and have a few completely separate hobbies and grew up in very different households in extremely different parts of the country but still being early 80's babies makes us have so much in common.
megxennial@reddit
Both 82. We are three weeks apart. We communicate in Simpsons quotes and 80s-90s action movies.
StandardStrategy1229@reddit
🙋♂️
zt3777693@reddit
I’d prefer this (I’m single, but dated women born in ‘80, 82 and ‘85) Born in ‘79
I’m sort of in a regular casual thing with a late Millennial girl now (born ‘96) and it’s not the same (she’s into vintage stuff a bit for her age but there are pop culture references that go right over her head at times
NineToeBIll@reddit
I’m 1980 and my wife is 1983. She just lived a sheltered childhood and didn’t get many references because the way she was brought up. Now I pull out one of those touchstone movies and she gets all the references it has no childhood memories or them.
Golden_Enby@reddit
Right on the cusp, depending on what metrics you use. I'm '82 and my fiance is '84. Most of the things you guys share here he slxo remembers.
Striking-Amoeba-5563@reddit
‘76 (him) and ‘77 (me). The only major difference is that he uses Fahrenheit. (We’re in the U.K. so that’s deffo more of an older person thing.)
Any other dissimilarities are more to do with upbringing than age. Both older siblings out of two kids with a relatively small age gap (though sadly my little sister died five years ago).
The big difference I notice is not between us, but between me and the parents of my youngest’s friends. I had my eldest when I was 30 so his mates’ mums / dads were similar age, deffo Xennial, whereas I had my youngest when I was 40 so her pals’ mums / dads are very millennial and there is deffo a difference. It’s quite marked in fact I’d say.
BoboliBurt@reddit
Im 78 and married to 90. Have more in common with her friends than my brothers who was born in 72 as far as how we grew up. Biggest difference was the extreme level of helicopter parenting. How kids entertained themselves was pretty similar. Our toys were far far better though…
I dont beat the VCR, Cable, NES, Home Computer drum- that these were the biggest generational sea changes until smart phones, social and streaming just to be a contrarian.
hillyj@reddit
We are '80 and '82. We like to talk about which random VHS tapes our families had that we thought everyone knew about
ButterscotchAware402@reddit
🙋🏻♀️
He's 42 (born in '83), and I'm 41 (born in '84). I noticed the older I got, I became less tolerant of age gaps when it came to dating. We were both pumped when we found out we're only 1 year and 6 weeks apart. We find it damn near impossible to relate to millennials. I often have to remind him that technically we are millennials when he's being an old man and yelling at clouds. It's pretty great having someone to be the Garth to my Wayne on Halloween, watch Beavis and Butthead with, cry at the end of the Paul Reubens documentary with and our new (old) car with no Bluetooth has a killer music selection in it thanks to the boxes we dug out of storage.
Budgiejen@reddit
I was married to a fellow xennial. We are still best friends (we just shouldn’t live together). Dating him was a lot different than dating my last ex. He was only 4 years younger, but a lot of pop culture baffled him. He was also raised SDA so that may have contributed a bit. But it’s nice that I don’t have to explain to my best friend that “Jesus Christ pose” was banned on mtv.
ahopskipandaheart@reddit
Yep. Same year. Been together nearly half of our lives. 🤙
HeyYouTurd@reddit
My husband and I were born two weeks apart. 82 so yeah we got a lot of shared experiences. But we didn’t find each other until we were both 31.
PSN-Colinp42@reddit
78 and 80. But I have older sibs and he has younger, so I feel like gen x and he feels millennial.
Triette@reddit
Same with me (79) and my husband (82), I definitely feel gen x to his millennial.
Lazy_Mood_4080@reddit
We are 78 and 79, but he's the youngest of three, and his parents are ~10 years older than mine, so he's pretty strongly X.
I'm totally Xennial, and I embrace it.
Ok-Kaleidoscope8945@reddit
79 and my husband is 77. We’re both the youngest sibling in our families which skews us more toward GenX culturally, but I love this sub for the uniquely Xennial POV
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
Dang how old are your siblings then? In their 100s?
TheManfromWoodstock@reddit
I’d be surprised if most of us weren’t. I am.
Transplanted_Cactus@reddit
Most people, I think, tend to date within a few years of their own age so yeah, I imagine the majority of people would be married to other Xennials.
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
Just a few days someone posted something and it said that Gen X actually tended to have much larger age gaps than Boomers on average.
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
I LIVE IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!!
Not sure I have anything more to say in your fancy thread, OK?
flyingdodo@reddit
I’m also 1977, and my wife is 1982. To complicated things further, I grew up in the UK, and she in New Zealand, so there’s also a difference in childhood experiences.
Healthy-Neat-2989@reddit
Both Xennials. One year apart. But our references DO NOT MATCH. Me a city kid, latch key, obsessed with music and concerts. Him a country kid with a stay at home mom, not allowed to listen to hardly anything let alone go somewhere… if there was even somewhere to go! It’s like we were born in different eras and it’s WEIRD.
herseyhawkins33@reddit
I'll never forget going to a family friend's house and this guy my age went to pull something out from under his mattress. He said "I gotta show you this!" Of course I assumed it was playboy or something but it was a Metallica CD 😂
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
wow lol
velocipedal@reddit
Depends on whose definition you use. My partner is 1985 and I’m 1983.
Miserable-Lawyer-233@reddit
I’m married to a xennial but she acts like a boomer and attacks millennials and younger generations who I relate to more. Millennials and younger generations can reference all the same stuff. It’s not hard to learn.
poop-money@reddit
1982, My wife and I are 12 days apart.
Astrazigniferi@reddit
Both born 1981, graduated in 2000. We’ve been together since sophomore year. We share all of the pop culture references of the past 27 years. Our biggest mismatch is that his family didn’t have cable and he didn’t get to watch much TV as a kid, so we don’t share the same cartoon memories, particularly Disney and Nickelodeon stuff.
TheMatt561@reddit
Wife and I both born in 1980, but she is 6 months older than me. Old ass beeotch
GorillaMonsoonGirl@reddit
He’s 1978 and I’m 1980. Our shared love of the horror fest that is Return to Oz sealed us to one another for life.
kayla622@reddit
My husband I were born 3 months apart both in 1984.
RaccoonObjective5674@reddit
I am dating someone about 10 years younger than me. We have a great time together but I love 80’s and early 90’s nostalgia so much, and we don’t share that commonality.
ladyeclectic79@reddit
Yup, ‘79 and ‘82!!
Automatic-Seaweed729@reddit
Both 80. But one class of 98 and one class of 99. I love that we know the same music, movies, and pop culture references. We’ve also lived through the same life experiences at the same time.
FluffySpell@reddit
I'm early 81 and husband is late 80 so we were basically born in the same year as far as I'm concerned, haha. I had a weird upbringing though so I didn't see a lot of the "It" movies of our childhood (Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, etc) until I was an adult so the lines from the movies that are permanently embedded in his brain just aren't in mine.
yikesonbikes1230@reddit
He is 87 (I know not xennial) but we are so similar in reference for real!
join-the-line@reddit
Does he have older siblings. My brother 88' is a Xennial at heart, the youngest of 5 brothers, with a 5 year gap between him and the next one. He was surrounded by all things early 80s, from our old NES and Sega to the crappy recordings on VHS.
yikesonbikes1230@reddit
🙌🏻 yes!!!! That is his situation too!
join-the-line@reddit
You should thank his older siblings for making him so compatible for you! 😂
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
Hell yeah!
yikesonbikes1230@reddit
Right!! 😂
BrashPop@reddit
I’m an elder Millenial married to a Gen X, but both of us relate more to each other’s cohort for various reasons. I have siblings older than him and he has a younger sibling so we both kinda went in opposite directions on some things.
SweetCosmicPope@reddit
My wife is a few months older than I am. I was born in January of 84, she in September of 83. It often drives her crazy because I was raised in a privileged household and she grew up poor on the wrong side of the tracks; So often we’ll be talking about the old days and I’ll say something completely unrelatable to her and she’ll say I’m out of touch. LOL
cabanners@reddit
Hubby is 77 and I’m 81. While we have a lot in common, I lean more millennial and he leans more X for sure.
QuoVadimusDana@reddit
We are 1976 and 1984. There are many things where we're right on the same page... and many others where you'd think it was a 20 year age gap. It works for us and I like it. I like it a lot. (The first time I came on to him he hit me with a Dumb+Dumber reference in reply, it was basically love at first sight.)
mystiqueallie@reddit
I’m xennial but my husband is solid Gen X (12 years older than me). I was fairly sheltered growing up, so he knows more of the early xennial references than I do.
kahlomebad@reddit
Husband and I are born a week apart (I’m older) in 1977. Met end of 1995. Started dating early 1996. Married early 2006. Had first and only child May 2015. It’s been a ride.
Status_Jump_2496@reddit
I’m ‘79. She’s ‘83. We constantly make old ass references. Love it.
TigerRobotWizrdShark@reddit
79 here with an 81.
International_Bit478@reddit
78 and 81 here.
PinkLady1983@reddit
I am two months older than my husband so yes!
BobbyGuano@reddit
77 wife is 76
Calm-Ad-4409@reddit
Funny you mention the river van because Matt Foley’s Van is our team name for pop culture trivia. He is a ‘78 baby and I’m an ‘82.
Dixie1117@reddit
Me 1980, hubby 1982. But I grew up in poor Appalachia and he grew up Middle Class Nevada. So our pop culture was different 😂
_buffy_summers@reddit
My husband is 1977, I'm 1981. We grew up in similar households, but tv and radio were my real Mom and Dad; my husband wasn't really allowed to watch much tv at home. The first few years we lived together, I introduced him to Saved by the Bell, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the Adventures of Pete and Pete. He recommended the Wheel of Time series to me, and the Enderverse. He dragged me to the Star Wars prequels, I dragged him to the Matrix sequels.
I knew it was going to be a lasting relationship when we were talking about something while MTV News was on, and Moby ran his mouth about Eminem. We both turned toward the tv and said, "Shut the fuck up!" in unison, then immediately went back to our conversation.
We've been together for twenty-three years, and it really doesn't feel like it. I think being immature on purpose helps. We have a teenage son, and the three of us are always pranking each other.
River-Organic@reddit
Both 1980 and we watch old episodes of Unsolved Mysteries every night together
Maleficent-Pear8248@reddit
My partner and I were literally born 5 days apart in 1980. I was horrified today to discover that I know more words to "i like big butts" than he does, despite his commitment to 90s hip hop. (Also, no idea the name of that song, too lazy to google)
JamesH_670@reddit
Yup, my wife and I are just one year apart. We’re both Xennials and both on the X side. Also, the Germans love David Hasselhoff.
Peaceloveandtattoos@reddit
👋👋👋 hubs is 9 mos younger than me. Both ‘82. Im better with keeping up with technology but he’s a freakin construction/repair wizard who still has the old timey work ethic. We don’t understand half the words our teenage kids use but we LOVE to torment them by using said words when they teach us what they mean hahaha
SomeoneHereIsMissing@reddit
My wife and I, two years difference. We have similar references, but our parents had different education, different jobs, different incomes so there are some differences even if we grew up a couple of kilometers apart.
Jolly-Persimmon-7775@reddit
Same year, a month apart. My favorite thing is, we both still have a full head of hair, and we feel like equals, although I think his parts work a lot better than mine do 🤣.
ClaudeB4llz@reddit
78 married to a 79 girl, 23 years next week lol couldn’t imagine being with anyone who doesn’t know what “our time down here” means or why kool aid man rules or why Cinderella the band is good or why a Trans Am or even a Plymouth Laser with a louvre is so badass and why an Omni (the Bombni lol) is not
thatpunkyrat@reddit
I'm not a xennial, but my husband is. 78 and 97 ☺️
luxtabula@reddit
You, 97, not millennial.
thatpunkyrat@reddit
Kinda true, I'm technically a zillennial 🤷🏻♀️
luxtabula@reddit
If you want to label yourself millennial by all means. We most likely have very little in common but more power to you.
judeiscariot@reddit
I am in a long term relationship with a fellow 81. I don't know if we will ever get married, but we are in this for the long haul.
Live_Barracuda1113@reddit
We are 1980, 33 days apart
LGZ7981@reddit
Husband and I were both born in July 81 (I’m 11 days older)
ass-to-trout12@reddit
77 and 84
Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit
My wife is only 5 weeks younger than me. We both grew up in Southern California, both have strong upper Midwest ties; we even live in Minnesota now. We understand all of our cultural references whether it’s Cali or Upper Midwest related.
MihalysRevenge@reddit
The wife and I are both 1981
JadeDragonMeli@reddit
I'm 82, wife is 78.
The first few things we ever bonded over were Labyrinth, Goonies, Never Ending Story, John Hughes films, and wrestling lol.
TranscodedMusic@reddit
That is super cool that you are in your 80s and still posting! Rock on, grandpa!
DoctorBlazes@reddit
That's how I read it too at first for some reason, then it clicked, then I read your comment and laughed.
waywardviking208@reddit
80 for me and 77 for my queen. “all I need in this life is a sin is me and my xennial girlfriend/wife.”
RolandMT32@reddit
I'm 80, wife is late 82
concretecat@reddit
I'm 80, wife 79.
Snowfall1201@reddit
I’m 82 and my husband is 83. We graduated high school together. We totally vibe and it’s what’s helped keep us together for 24 years
C1sko@reddit
Wife is a millennial.
The_Fell_Opian@reddit
I'm 82 and she's 84. We share a lot of pop culture references but there are some differences. I was into Grunge and she was into Nu Metal.
Joeva8me@reddit
I’m 81, she is 82. It’s good to be able to bang one a young one.
Metal-Barracuda-9981@reddit
I’m 81, husband is 79. We mostly have the same points of reference, except he remembers the peak grunge era a bit more clearly than I do - I was just a bit too young for it.
luxtabula@reddit
I'm 81, wife is 86, so no. Also in spite of a small age difference we couldn't differ more in taste. She's Team Harry Potter and I'm Team Simpsons but we compromise and enjoy Lord of the Rings.
hocuslotus@reddit
‘78 (him) married to a ‘84 (me)
aroundincircles@reddit
I’m 83, wife is 84, but her dad was a decade older than my parents, and it shows.
KoRaZee@reddit
81/84 and it shows
shinysquirrel220701@reddit
Me ‘80. Spouse ‘77. Our house is a never ending stream of sarcasm & quotes…and we like it that way.
Icy_Hippo@reddit
me 78 him 90. This is the hardest part for me that my he does not get most pop cultural refs or old tv and movie things or history and just life in general. Maybe thats why I enjoy this sub so much lol.
We cant always control when we meet the right person for us...for us we joke I had to wait till he was old enough! (We didn't know each other till he was an adult BTW)
Lucky_Louch@reddit
yeah, I'm 1982 and wife is 1983, all the same nostalgia, memories and traumas.
Twanlx2000@reddit
Late GenXer married to an early Millennial. Before the word Xennial entered the lexicon, we knew we had more in common with one another than the majority of our generations.
We do have some pop-culture diversity on account of my early elementary school and her later high school years. I grew up on golden age WWF and think Randy Savage is the epitome of showmanship. She quotes Homestar Runner and the references are completely lost on me.
StNic54@reddit
Wifey and I are a month apart in age. She gets me. One day I hope I also get her 😂
beccabau@reddit
I’m 80, my husband is 81. Even though I’m older, I lean more millennial because of the age of my siblings. He leans more X because his of his siblings’ ages.
Frosty_Ad_5472@reddit
79/80
DrMcJedi@reddit
80 and 82…but she says she feels much more like a Millenial than X.
twobootsranch@reddit
83 and 83. 4 months apart.
Biguitarnerd@reddit
Same year about a month apart both Xennials but very different childhoods.
superschaap81@reddit
81 married an 84
EternalMehFace@reddit
Single. But after a lifetime of being strongly attracted to notably older men, my last one (with a Generation Jones-er) may just be my final...end of an era. I've actually been finding myself wishing for a fellow Xennial next, which surprises me. But I can imagine it would be so fun/amusing and feel like home, ha. Y'all are lucky! 🤗
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
👍💙love that for you
cathode-raygun@reddit
I'm an 82 model, my husband is from 87. We have some mild differences but are pretty close, thankfully we tend to enjoy the same music and movies.
Sisselpud@reddit
I’m ‘77 and my partner is ‘76 and in more things than not she seems like a true Gen X, not an Xennial. We grew up in the same town so there is no other factor than the two year difference to explain the difference c
heresmytwopence@reddit
‘79 married to an ‘80. 🙋♂️
ancilla1998@reddit
Not quite ... 80 and late 72. But we also grew up in the same city so that helps.
Amyava510@reddit
I’m 79, he’s 77.
mindsunwound@reddit
77 here, married to GenX and I have to say, I get almost all of her references, but she only gets like 3/4 of mine. But it's okay, that's not why we are together lol.
dasnake81@reddit
Yep. I'm an '81 and she's a '79...but she grew up without a tv so most of my references don't land.
blandmath@reddit
79 and 80, here.
MauveUluss@reddit
yes, we're 45 days a part ❤️