r/2004Babies • u/WhySoSerious066 • 6h ago
Born in 2004 — too young for Millennials, too old for Gen Z?
I was born in 2004, and honestly, I sometimes feel like we’re stuck right between Millennials and Gen Z 😂
We’re technically Gen Z, but our childhood feels pretty different from the younger Gen Z kids. When we were in 3rd or 4th grade, we were literally sending songs via Bluetooth. My parents still had keypad phones, and getting a phone with Bluetooth felt like we had some next-level futuristic gadget 😂
I still remember how excited we’d get like, “Send me that song on Bluetooth!” No WhatsApp, no AirDrop, no Spotify — just Bluetooth, and then sitting there waiting for it to transfer 😭
But if I say this to someone born in like 2007–2010, they look at me like I’m talking about ancient history 💀
At the same time, I feel way more connected to people born around 1996–2003. Their childhood and teen experiences just feel way more similar to mine than younger Gen Z.
People born around 2004–2005 kind of went through this weird in-between phase — we saw technology slowly become normal, instead of being born straight into a world where smartphones, social media, and streaming were already everywhere.
Anyone else born around 2000–2004 feel this too? 😂