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Send Her My Love keeps on haunting me. Seriously though, that song is absolute perfection describing and reliving the feeling of lost relationship grief.

The day I voluntarily wear____, it's over.

Posted by tequilasundae@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2224 comments

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Oh gout is the wooorrrrsssttttt! Hoping you have recovered and haven’t had any flare ups. What a bite in the ass that is. Ugh!

How old is your mum ?

Posted by Ok_Prize_8091@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1473 comments

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My mom died at 80 in 2017. I miss her every day.

As I hung up the phone it occurred to me, he’d grown up just like me. My boy, was just like me.

Posted by CaffeineNicotine88@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 908 comments

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This broke my heart. Sending you giant hugs. I am glad he waited for you and that you got to spend that time with him.

As I hung up the phone it occurred to me, he’d grown up just like me. My boy, was just like me.

Posted by CaffeineNicotine88@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 908 comments

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Thank you and hugs, my friend. I'm also sorry about the loss of your mom. It just sucks to lose your parents, no matter when or how.

As I hung up the phone it occurred to me, he’d grown up just like me. My boy, was just like me.

Posted by CaffeineNicotine88@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 908 comments

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As I hung up the phone it occurred to me, he’d grown up just like me. My boy, was just like me.

Posted by CaffeineNicotine88@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 908 comments

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Sunshine on my shoulders was my mom’s favorite song. I played her all of her favorite songs for her while she was in hospice to comfort her. Sunshine was the last song she heard before she passed. Always been one of my favorite songs too, my whole life, but I can’t listen to it anymore without losing my shit and it’s been almost ten years. I’m crying just writing this.

What is your favorite band from the 80's or 90's that nobody has ever heard of?

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If you live in RVA they’re definitely a band you’ve heard of. Hometown heroes!

How many pillows does it take to make a Gen Xer comfortable in bed?

Posted by Connect-Account-2855@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1028 comments

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My exact set up.

Do you recognize her from the first photo? I didn’t! For as much as I loved her in the early 90’s, I’m thrilled that she is living a “normal” life on her own terms. Your thoughts?

Posted by garcon-du-soleille@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1213 comments

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Good for her!

It's been 50+ years and I still hate the addition of Cousin Oliver to the Brady Bunch

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He was also on [Kidd Video!](https://share.google/WkCdkG6BHzWdZieU8)

Who still says "fuckin' A"?

Posted by drunksquatch@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1435 comments

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Dude, all the time.

What’s a song from growing up that instantly reminds you of “the one who got away”?

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It Must Have Been Love - Roxette How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees Still can’t hear these without getting a minor gut punch feeling and/or tear in my eye 35 years later…

Earphones/earplugs in the workplace

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Leave me alone. I don’t want to talk to you.

Why were "adult" directors able to get us in the 80's & 90's, but today's are less than clueless?

Posted by ManicOppressyv@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 392 comments

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Is it all they want to see, or is it all they’re offered?

Let's talk Pretty in Pink

Posted by Fluffymanolo@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 670 comments

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I kind’ve love this. Please go write and direct a remake with this going on and I’ll be at the theater on opening night!

Let's talk Pretty in Pink

Posted by Fluffymanolo@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 670 comments

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Oh man. I should have stayed a Blaine girl but have been making bad decisions because of Steff for a very long time. Sigh. Went for the bad guys very quickly and still making questionable choices. Our James Spader continues to be fine AF. I stand by that. Andrew McCarthy is a cool author and documentarian now too. Also still fine AF.

Let's talk Pretty in Pink

Posted by Fluffymanolo@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 670 comments

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I unabashedly loved this movie. The soundtrack was all I listened to on my Walkman. I wanted to be Andi and I was in love with Blaine. And, wait for it, I loved her dress. I tried to make one just like it for my Barbie. I was 10, but I’ll own it! I agree that the other dresses were prettier and better but the fact that she made something herself from those two things spoke to me. Yes it should have been better but I still love it. I will always love the movie for the nostalgia and the soundtrack is still peak perfection. I’ve already made a date with my best friends from high school and I’m traveling to visit them and seeing this again in the theater is top on our agenda.

What's a show you remember but nobody else does?

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Omg I have this in my head every time I buy gummi bears. Which is often.

When you were in elementary school, what songs were you made to sing in music class?

Posted by SnuffShock@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2098 comments

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She walked the broad prairies with her husband Ike! We had to act this song out like a music video in 5th grade for a gold rush themed play. Oh memories.

When you were in elementary school, what songs were you made to sing in music class?

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Pretoria hoo rah! This randomly and regularly pops into my brain.

What Gen-X bands still sound great and are doing shows in the States in 2026?

Posted by evidentlynaught@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1002 comments

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Maybe you were just blinded by SCIENCE! Seriously tho, love him, so glad you got to see him!

What Gen-X bands still sound great and are doing shows in the States in 2026?

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Love this! Only the lonely!

What Gen-X bands still sound great and are doing shows in the States in 2026?

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Tears For Fears. Most recent album The Tipping Point from 2022 was an absolute masterpiece. I saw them in concert on tour for that album, they just get better as they age, as do we!

I feel like we’ve all won this game! 😆

Posted by ab-ra-ca-da-bra@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2978 comments

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I know right? I’m irrationally angry at this. It’s a MIX TAPE!!

How many of the ‘’ Most Stressful Life Events’ have you gone thru?

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I feel like moving and having a child should both be on this list too.

Forgotten shows

Posted by Lonely_Storage2762@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 551 comments

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Kidd Video! I just fell down a you tube rabbit hole on that one.

Forgotten shows

Posted by Lonely_Storage2762@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 551 comments

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The Littles theme song! Here come the Littles... Wasn't that from a book series too?

Smells that are no longer around

Posted by SnooCalculations4631@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2567 comments

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I love that I am not the only one with that jingle still in my head.

Smells that are no longer around

Posted by SnooCalculations4631@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2567 comments

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How many times have you moved?

Posted by Auferstehen78@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1734 comments

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14 times in the last 35 years. Only once before I was 15. Have at least two more to go.

What are some of the weirdest premises from sitcoms of the past that wouldn’t work anymore?

Posted by Fickle_Neck_2366@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 436 comments

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I agree with you. This is one of the countless examples of showing generations of men it is "funny" and acceptable to treat women this way.

I saw an article this morning talking about gated 55+ communities having trouble with the new influx of seniors moving in.

Posted by cpbaby1968@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1145 comments

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I have a side gig that brings me to a 55+ place monthly. Those folks are party animals. They drink as much as college kids, they just know to hydrate and take ibuprofen.

Weird question--did you eat avocados as a kid? I don't remember even seeing an avocado until my 20s.

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I could have written this exact comment, down to the timing and location! Are you me?

Now that we are old, what's one thing you eat now, that you wouldn't touch when you were a kid?

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Asparagus was my mushy arch enemy, I think they boiled it and I had to spit it into a napkin every time. Now that I know how to cook it, it’s my best friend.

Those in the "Take On Me" video, then and now

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They both did.

Tonight’s movie is a moral imperative

Posted by d2r_freak@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 160 comments

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I still use this one all the time.

Tonight’s movie is a moral imperative

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We will find you Acting on your best behavior Turn your back on Mother Nature Everybody Wants To Rule The Word

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.

Posted by Dan-68@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 436 comments

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All day, every day lately.

When did the pronunciation of words change????

Posted by pennyfoot@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1997 comments

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I moved to central PA as a kid and the accent never stopped driving me nuts and I never picked it up. I moved away in late teens but still have friends there and when I visit it’s so strange to hear it again.

What’s an item you just had to have and then regretted? I will go first…

Posted by Unusual_Memory3133@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2607 comments

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Oooh I had a white pair of these from Limited Express. Least flattering pants ever.

Thinking of placing a "tiny home" on my property for my adult son to rent-to-own. Am I off my rocker?

Posted by Lishsherm@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 140 comments

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Internet stranger but I’m applauding the hell out of you. Sounds like you’re doing all the right things for you and your kids. We should all be so smart and fortunate.

Thinking of placing a "tiny home" on my property for my adult son to rent-to-own. Am I off my rocker?

Posted by Lishsherm@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 140 comments

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I think this is brilliant and if I had the means to do it for my son I would.

Who did you wanna be when you were in high school?

Posted by esdubyar@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 968 comments

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Awww you and I would have been great friends. :)

Any GenXers dreading returning to work after the holidays?

Posted by phoenixdiceflow@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1488 comments

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Suuuuch dread.

Anyone else feel like how we were raised makes it difficult to set boundaries?

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My (borderline boomer, but yeah boomer) sister brought up something I did when I was a child/early teen at Christmas this year. It was something that I had no idea or memory that I did and no way to know was not the thing to do. My initial reaction is fawn, and of course I apologized but yeah fucking sandpaper. I also had a family call the other day where they all shot down a great work opportunity I have coming up “jokingly”. I just roll with it and stew in the aftermath. I need to get some freaking boundaries.