What decade where you born?

[Mommyof1]

1960's

[Arcadia]

Early 1970s for my husband and me.

[maize]

70's

[Butter]

70s, but I don't remember even one second of them.

[bettyandbob]

1960s. Dh 1950s.

[Scarlett]

mid 60s

[solascriptura]

70s. When I actually type that out, it sounds pretty old.

[Pawz4me]

1960s

[J-rap]

1960s

[AmandaVT]

70's for me, 60's for DH.

[Selkie]

late 60's for me, mid 60's for dh

[Xuzi]

80's

[Twigs]

1950's

[JIN MOUSA]

80's

 

(Side question for grammar experts: is it 80s or 80's? Why?)

[3 ladybugs]

1970's for both DH and I

[mellifera33]

70s.

[JustEm]

80s

[medawyn]

80s for me, 70s for DH

[MotherGoose]

70s, and I do remember a few things.

[Greta]

70's. One of my earliest memories is dancing and singing along with my mom's new ABBA record. :D

[MotherGoose]

80's

 

(Side question for grammar experts: is it 80s or 80's? Why?)

80s refers to a plural number of years, 1989-1989. I was born in the 1980s. So you add s to make it plural. For 80's the apostrophe implies possession. I think ??? Someone agree or disagree here, that if yOu say 80's music, you use the ' because the music belongs to the 80s, like Mary's dress.

[Melissa in Australia]

Very early 70's I was in primary school in the 70's

[EKS]

Me 60s

Husband 50s

[carriede]

80s

[Julie Smith]

70s for me and Dh. But he was born early in the decade and I was born late in the decade.

[Guest]

Mid eighties.

[jewellsmommy]

80s (missed the 70s cutoff by just 3 days  :lol: ). Dh is 70s.

[freesia]

60s.

Dh 70s

[iamonlyone]

80's

 

(Side question for grammar experts: is it 80s or 80's? Why?)

 

According to Chicago Manuel of Style, it would be technically written '80s. (The apostrophe indicates the missing 19 of 1980s.)

[unsinkable]

The last great decade.

[JIN MOUSA]

80s refers to a plural number of years, 1989-1989. I was born in the 1980s. So you add s to make it plural. For 80's the apostrophe implies possession. I think ??? Someone agree or disagree here, that if yOu say 80's music, you use the ' because the music belongs to the 80s, like Mary's dress.

 

 

According to Chicago Manuel of Style, it would be technically written '80s. (The apostrophe indicates the missing 19 of 1980s.)

 

Thank you both!

[rebbyribs]

Late 70s.

 

Recently, I was surprised to realize that my little brother (5 years younger) identifies as a Millennial, whereas I'm GenX.  I mean, it makes sense given the definitions, but it's weird to not be the same generation as my sibling.

[lllll]

nm

Edited October 3, 2017 by lllllll

[Elizabeth86]

Late 80's.

[Guest]

Early enough in the '70s that I remember quite a lot of that decade. 

 

DH was born in the 60's.

[Element]

Made in the 70's, born in the 80's! 

[rose]

Just barely the '80s

[nixpix5]

Late 70s.

[wendyroo]

Late 70s.

 

Recently, I was surprised to realize that my little brother (5 years younger) identifies as a Millennial, whereas I'm GenX.  I mean, it makes sense given the definitions, but it's weird to not be the same generation as my sibling.

 

I was born in 81, so it is kind of up in the air what generation I belong to.  Depending on how you define it, I am either one of the youngest GenXers, or I am one of the oldest Millennials.

 

I don't really identify as either; I missed a lot of the culture that unites GenX, but Millennials are just so gosh darn young.

 

Wendy

[Barb_]

1969. Don't remember it.

[Chelli]

Late 70s

[gingersmom]

60s which my son thinks is terribly exciting.

[Lady Florida.]

Mid 1950s

[Alessandra]

According to Chicago Manuel of Style, it would be technically written '80s. (The apostrophe indicates the missing 19 of 1980s.)

My mother wrote 'phone and Hallowe'en. I still do the latter.

[Lady Florida.]

60s which my son thinks is terribly exciting.

 

Mine prefers the 70s but that's because he plays guitar and thinks the music of the 70s was great for guitar.

[Violet Crown]

1790s. My avatar makes me look younger.

[Innisfree]

'60s.

[Lawana]

Late 1950s

[umsami]

1960s

 

Average cost of things in 1968

 

http://www.1960sflashback.com/1968/economy.asp

 

Cost of a new home:  $26,600.00  Cost of a new car:  $  Median Household Income:  $7,743.00  Cost of a first-class stamp:  $0.05 ($0.06 as of 1/7/68)  Cost of a gallon of regular gas:  $0.34  Cost of a dozen eggs:  $0.53  Cost of a gallon of Milk:  1.07 

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by umsami

[AnnE-girl]

Early '80s, dh late '70s. I saw an article online that newly defines around 1978-1983 as its own micro-generation. I think it makes sense. We weren't old enough to really experience much of the culture of the 1980s like Generation X, but we were young adults for the real advent of the Internet and September 11th, unlike most Millennials.