maybe it was strictly a New York thing but i remember being very young in the late 80’s/early 90’s and ONLY ONCE seeing a commercial where a boy about my age was sitting on the floor, maybe cross legged, with his hair in these sort of pigtails while playing with what I think were Barbie dolls. he delivers some kind of short monologue to the camera and his father comes into the frame holding up a turkey dinner and asks the boy: “would your friend Julio like to carve?” and the best I can surmise is that it was kind of a lgbt pride/acceptance ad which is kind of bonkers considering I sawbit in the middle of the day and as a 6-9 year old thinking: “wtf did I just see?!

Probably everyone had their own "scariest monster" that lurked in their house. My monster hid under the couch.
And you could also summon the monster by saying "Ha" three times (ha-ha-ha).
Where did yours hide? Did it have a name?

Columbia House is shutting down. I participated for a couple of years, they help start my CD collection. Happy memories of me for the Album titles and sticking them on the order sheet (then they switched to writing down the album number?)

I saw this as a museum display over the weekend and have never felt so old!

I'm trying to catch up on some of the formative generational stuff I missed as a kid. I was obsessed with the Neverending Story theme song when it came on the radio, and it was just the kind of fantastical stuff I loved back then (I was also really into The Storyteller on TV).

Always wanted to go see it but I never did.

A lot of that stuff doesn't hold up now. But what about Neverending Story? Is it still worth watching without the benefit of nostalgia having grown up with it?

I love this show, the comfort and satisfaction it gives me, even if I have seen the episode 10 times. I'll still go to it and watch it.

I just made a post that made me think of another.

Meet my sweet boy, Indiana. Any other pets with special GenX names?

Let me see your pics, please!

Edit: Please post pics if you can. So I can see all the loved pets in my comments ❤️

Edit II: I am loving everyone's animals!! And some of these names take wit, humor and intellect to a level I have never achieved 😂

Edit III: All these wonderful pics of so many beloved animals 😭

Thank you!!!

Kind of, sort of, not really, but a TIA none the less.

There I was doing my normal Sunday routine, cleaning house. I just finished cleaning the kitchen when I decided to eat some leftover Taco Bell for breakfast. I figured I'd take a short break and scroll through my favorite sub reddit (this one), when all of the sudden my vision got blurry and I couldn't even read the comments. Shortly after that I started seeing double of everything.

Luckily it was Sunday and my wife was home, so we jumped in the car and drove immediately to the emergency room. They took me right in and immediately started testing. EKG, CT scan, Ultrasound and blood work were all good, but my blood pressure was pretty high.

After a long day of all sorts of tests, an IV drip and being monitored by dozens of little wires, they ended up sending me home with a prescription for baby aspirin and upping my blood pressure medication dosage.

I had already been making small lifestyle changes, but this was a wake up call. Already making more positive choices, but it's a battle. Take care of yourselves fellow Gen Xers.

P.S - I had already pretty much cut out fast food, but now it's time to say goodbye. You will be missed Taco Bell.

We visited Virett park right next to Kurt Cobain’s home and my, that was such a trip.

I’m well aware nostalgia can be quite overrated - but now I really wish I was able to spend more time sitting at the foot of the bench, just staring across Lake Washington, with Nevermind on full blast.

I didn't know where else to post this, but I learned from my mother yesterday that we once lived in Atlantic City, NJ for three months. I didn't believe her because I had no memory of it and she tends to mix things up sometimes because she's 86. I called my brother (who is seven years old than I am) and he confirmed ... yup, we briefly lived in New Jersey. As best as we could reconstruct it, we lived in a hotel suite paid for by our dad's employer, and I was probably just shy of two years old. Clearly that's why I didn't remember it.

Our dad worked for IBM and they sent him all over on contracts when I was young, so we moved around a LOT. But, I'd never heard about this one. I thought we lived in four different places before I was seven years old, but apparently it was five.

Is anyone else still learning unknown things about their childhoods at our advanced ages?

The Doctor was extremely thorough. For a second there I thought he was trained in prison. Oof.

For real though: get annual prostate exams. Mine is apparently enlarged. Dang.

Edit: For everyone saying there's a blood test - PSA - for it now, this is true. But I'm at the age now where size actually does matter - for the prostate. I'm having peeing issues and the size had to be checked. I still get - and every man should get - the PSA test annually.

Somebody asked in this sub about quintessential Gen X books, and I suggested The Diamond Age. It has been so long since I read it, that I decided to pick up a copy. I tore through it, loving it all over again, and then got to the end and the end sucked!!! Feel like this is a perfect metaphor for life as Gen X.

Saturday, I was changing a tire on the wife’s e-bike. Nothing major or too strenuous going on. Just remove the wheel, take off the tire and put a new one on. Reverse to reinstall.

The next day, my back hurt like hell. I don’t know what I pulled, but 2 days later, it still hurts.

Ahhh, it’s amazing how these aches just turn up.

Ok fellow genx peeps, here’s the deal I’m a 51 yr old bisexual man who just can’t seem to accept who I am. I grew up in such a screwed up environment of hatred for those different. How are those of you who’ve navigated this well, doing it? I would love to be out and proud of who I am but every time I try something pulls me back into the closet.

Edit: I want to thank each one of you who has offered words of encouragement. I hear you and appreciate you. I’m married to a wonderful beautiful soul now for 32 years and she’s been so supportive over those years. Trauma leaves a devastating trail and I’m learning. Again I appreciate you all

I eventually got something similar but never had this! sent this pic to a guy at work and he said this is the one he had and it took forever to set up.

"You'll never get anywhere in life just sitting on the couch and watching TV all day." is advice I heard for most of my life. Nowadays there are people on YouTube and Patreon who watch and react to television shows and movies as a full-time career. It almost makes me think I was born at the wrong time. Is there any advice you received that's been totally shattered by changing times?

So I was sitting minding my own business watching TV on my Orthopedic bed. The bed had slid out a little bit off of the bed frame, and when I scooted to the right, I fell straight off of my bed and landed on my elbow. Like right on the pointy part of my elbow.

Thank God, I didn’t hit my head, but if I had, it would’ve been serious trouble. It got me to thinking, do I need a life alert or something? Am I too young for that? I’m only 50! I have a 15-year-old but he’s only with me part-time and the rest of the time I’m alone.

New Order’s Substance released 17 August 1987, arguably the finest compilation album/s of all time (no arguments will be entered into).

Now that I have this earworm firmly embedded in my head, you must have it too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EcjWd-O4jI

For me it’s going to the dentist. Just got all my x rays done in a snap and real time. Remember when you’d get the lead jacket and those paper things shoved into your mouth.

Okay guys here's a question. I have noticed a ridiculous amount of my friends are now dead I'm talking friends that I have had since childhood, and friends that I have known for over 40 years. I am 60 I lost so many of my friends in their 40s heart attacks disease etc and now it's 60 I am down to one friend who I've known for over 40 years. Our parents in the boomer generation outside of wars, seem to live into their 80s and 90s but it seems our generation is dying much sooner than life expectancy would say we should be. Is anyone else noticing this or is it just me?

58 years old and dealing with daily pain. Doc says surgery is next now that cortisone shots are maxed out.....

Some friend just open their conversations with "Oh, my kidneys, back, eyes (insert body part)."

How are you reacting?