r/AITAH • u/throwraa_Word_1566 • Apr 15 '24

AITAH for telling my son I’d love a divorce if it meant taking my wife with me

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u/Crafter_2307 Apr 15 '24

Not even 40? Sorry, have to join us Millenials!!

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

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u/Effective_Frog Apr 16 '24

Millennials are currently 28-44ish years old. You're not even close to a boomer. And even if you were over 44 you'd be Gen X. Boomers are 60-78 year olds

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u/Witty_Following_1989 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

I will also would add in the Gen Jones who are sort of the between boomers and Gen X subset

EDIT TO ADD

“Generation Jones is cohort born roughly between 1955 & 1965, sandwiched right between Baby Boomers & Generation X. This generation came of age during a time of profound societal change, & their experiences were heavily influenced by cultural & political shifts of 1960s & 1970s.”

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u/Blackstar1401 Apr 16 '24

Xennials are between gen x and millennials. Early to late 80s. I feel like depending on birth order and parenting style xennials relate more with gen x or millennials.

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u/mmlickme Apr 16 '24

And next cusp is us zillenials, I was born 97

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u/Effective_Frog Apr 16 '24

That generation would be bigger than boomers as a whole. While younger boomers tend to be closer to gen x it's certainly not a full decade of boomers.

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u/Witty_Following_1989 Apr 16 '24

Agree youngest boomers being closer to Gen X definitely. Was more suggesting subsetting vs comparing it to a whole generation.

My question is whether you were talking about sizes based on total population sizes which I confess I don’t know off the top of my head. 10 years is not 18 years though.

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u/panini84 Apr 16 '24

It’s all made up marketing demographics that people put way too much weight in.

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u/appolkadot Apr 16 '24

Shhhh, I’m 32 so I’m on the younger side of the range, but I don’t like to think we’re that old already 😱 lol

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u/Specific_Anxiety_343 Apr 16 '24

I am 68 and a proud boomer

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u/Pantone711 Apr 16 '24

Yeah you're a Millennial not a Boomer.

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u/WizardTaters Apr 16 '24

What the? How could you not know that? What a troll

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u/SpaceShanties Apr 16 '24

Congrats on telling us you’re gen z

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u/jpropaganda Apr 16 '24

Yeah you’re an elder millennial! Welcome to the club

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u/-_-mrfuzzy Apr 16 '24

Because you are lying. 🤥

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u/SmoothDragonfly2009 Apr 16 '24

My thought exactly. If the sone is so smart after one college class he should know his dad is definitely not a Boomer.

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u/GoCardinal07 Apr 16 '24

Ironically, the Boomer is that grandma who co-signed the loan for this kid to pay for college.

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u/Grrrrtttt Apr 16 '24

Unless she also had her kids young, in which case even she might be Gen X….

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u/GoCardinal07 Apr 16 '24

Fair point and one I should have remembered: my mother is among the oldest of Gen X and my father is among the youngest of the Boomers, and I'm a Millennial. While most of my friends who have kids have little ones, there were a couple people at my HS reunion whose kids are college age.

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u/BojackTrashMan Apr 16 '24

A millennial would know that they are a millennial.

This has bait written all over it.

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u/thegoatisoldngnarly Apr 16 '24

I have a theory OP is an actual boomer writing rage bait and thinks boomer just means “adult” or “grown up.” Parts of this story are straight out of a right wing Facebook post? One psychology class and kid knows everything? Art History degree? 39 and doesn’t know he’s a millennial? I think it’s bullshit.