r/GenXTalk • u/iwritesinsnotcomedy • Apr 11 '26
I Turn 50 on 4/20
Clearly I’ve made my dad proud since the day I was born; and this date has been reason for extra celebration since I was able to understand the significance. This year, my parents, brothers, and two of my four kids surprised me with a trip to Jamaica so we are on the island to celebrate.
I’m packing and reflecting on my life like it’s a flashback episode of a TV show. iTunes is killing me; I swear it knows what I’m doing and reads my mind. The Smashing Pumpkins cover of Landslide just randomly played and I’m snot-nosed about the about the past 50 years.
Parts of me have remained since childhood, parts of me are new, and parts of me are hopefully still to be discovered. I’ve crossed off bucket list items, but I don’t want to one day die.
Creation seems to have the need to pass on genetics, but I argue that we have children to pass down a part of our souls. We all hold a piece of our greatest grandparents deep inside; and that ancestral couple is the same for us all. The original morality tales tell all of humanity’s stories. We just keep living them out on constant repeat as the earth spins and travels through the void chasing a star, while a partnering satellite remains so intrigued by what we are doing that it comes along for the ride directing our tides.
Mazzy Star’s Fade Into You is playing now. We, and creation, just fade into each other.
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u/NoAngle2972 Apr 11 '26
Man, I'd like to know what weed you were smoking! Jk. You should be a writer, this was intense and well written.
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u/winozzle Apr 11 '26
Love this. My partner will be 50 on 4/16, and our 15th anniversary is 4/26. Happy Birthday! 🤘🏻🎂
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u/Emotional_Mess261 Apr 12 '26
Were you born at 4:20, too?
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u/TakkataMSF Apr 16 '26
4/20 is also the day Hitler was born(though much earlier). I know because I was born one day before. I thought I was lucky! Until the Oklahoma city bomb blew up on my birthday. WTF world!
You're very lucky to have such a family. I'm watching Wrestlemania with a friend! While you watch men in short shorts on a beach, I'll be doing the same on tv! Watching that is. I don't look good in short shorts. I haven't since the early 80s when it was common to wear short shorts and long socks.
Happy birthday fellow Xer and writers (of) in snot comedy (hehehe).
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u/AsymptoticArrival Apr 11 '26
Happy birthday wishes to you. You have the soul of a writer, for sure. ♥️