" Squash agism ! Do what you want and do n’t give AF ! ! ! "
Recently, I wrote apostabout aTikToktheNew YorkTimes Opinion channel put up in which contributing opinion editor Jessica Bennett spoke about being a self-described “geriatric millennial,” who has noticed she dresses like younger people (because she has never really changed her style) and how she doesn’t want to fade “into cultural irrelevance.”
And along with dressing how we want and keeping up withpop culture, Jessica brings up the fact that unlike previous generations, millennials are growing older without the trade-offs that becoming “uncool” used to come with, like owning a house, retirement savings, having a stable job, etc.
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" As a 31 - year - honest-to-god , I do n’t particularly care about being ' culturally relevant . ' I just do my own matter … but what collide with home to me was what she say about how for previous generations , yes , you ’d get onetime and uncool , but by that prison term , you ’d have a house and a family and a stable income , so it seemed like a fair deal . Since lots of millennials ( include myself ) do n’t have those things , it ’s much harder to get to clench with growing previous . "
— opheliax
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— yerbutt
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" Meh ! Do n’t care to keep up , I ’m in my other XXX and could n’t deal less about trends . bust what you want , just be yourself . The young shall grow ! "
— prettybrownbrown
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" I ’m 39 . I ’ve already known I was uncool because my 12 - twelvemonth - old son reminds me of it daily . I got made fun of for wearing a fanny pack as a ill-tempered - body . That ’s genius when you ’re out with three kids ! DGAF what anyone conceive when it make out to how I dress , it ’s about what I care , what work substantially for the situation , and how I feel . "
— mydinodaddy
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— tracibennett
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" IDGAF how I dress , and I have ' child ' ( 30 and under ) literally bar me in store just to excitedly say , ' I just love … ALL of this ! ' or ' OMG , I LOVE your style ' or ' Your whole vibration . ' I do n’t endeavor to instill hoi polloi , I just assume what I wish , and people apparently gravitate toward that . I wo n’t apologize .
However , the C. H. Best way not to abash yourself is to wear * timeless * stuff . I would n’t be catch utter in a lot of the Y2 K fashion THEN , and I unquestionably wo n’t NOW . ( It ’s also how masses think my grandmother is my mom . She ’s not trying to be hip , but dress inexhaustibly create you ageless ! )
TL;DR : Do n’t watch wild course , but also do n’t give a doodly-squat what people opine . Easiest manner to stay whatever years you want to be . "
— violetnylund
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" Being in your XXX and other 40s is not ' old ! ' Stop trying to make me experience like I ’m 70 . "
— google_111418049240359221019
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" ' Trends ' are what define ' age . ' When something fail ' out of elan , ' it ’s look at ' old , ' and vice - versa when something is ' in mode . ' My interrogative sentence has always been : Why are we allow the young generation ( teenagers and 20 - somethings ) decide what ’s coolheaded and what ’s not nerveless ? I was a reckless teenager , and in my 20s , I lived by the mantra ' striving , ' when my 30s have been nothing but ' fly high . ' I was striving to ' be someone or something ' without realize I ’m grow more into who I am , authentically .
As we get old , we make wisdom and a full concept and savvy of the world around us . There ’s no such thing as ' proceed up , ' it ’s a head game the fashion diligence , and many other industry , have implanted in our civilization . "
— emmab211993
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" I ’m 65 and have watched this cycle several times . About the only thing I find off - putt is when old farts try staying relevant by take up young person culture . "
— d8mach
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" I ’m not going to feel ' uncool ' for doing something that my generation in the beginning made ' cool , ' but I was never nerveless in the first place . I ’m by all odds not wearing those wide - legged jean again ! I only fall apart them because I got made play of for wear upon leging , and I wish I had n’t undermine . The same people who made play of me were wear down leggings a few years later when they became voguish . Being yourself is definitely the most timeless trend . "
— katienlarsen
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— cactusqueen1989
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" I ’m 45 , and do n’t feel onetime at all , but that ’s from my linear perspective . How a 20 - class - previous think of me is probably akin to dinosaur status . When I was a teenager in the ' 90s , the Beatles made a huge comeback in pop civilisation , and wearing time of origin ' LXX apparel ( think hippy ) was cool . In the ' 00s , the 80 ’s were cool . It happens coevals after contemporaries , and I call up it ’s pretty awful . 😊 "
— enlightenedawakenings
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" Elder millennial ( 1981 ) here ; of row , we are sliding into cultural irrelevancy ! And that ’s estimable ! ! ! Each generation is sound to see new and exciting ways to clothes , make , and consume art , make culture . Enjoying the civilisation of younger generation and watching them enjoy our donation is fantastic , but I do not have the rein of polish , nor do I require them !
in person , I was always the unenviable , geeky kid , and it has been fantastic watch over all the thing I have always loved have their consequence in the cultural zeitgeist . But sooner rather than later , they will be passé , and something else will be coolheaded . I ’m not going to chase that thing , and I ’m not go to be sad my matter is over . I ’ll just keep being me and being a sports fan of the youths . "
— loquinmalieb
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" I ’m Gen X , and I will never halt endeavor to keep up with apparel , music , and pop culture in oecumenical . Not only do I enjoy it , but survey about brain malleability and dementia all point toward novel experience as authoritative for brain health . "
— elliestew1212
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" I ’m 36 . I wear out what looks adept on my body and what suit my dash . If something I already lie with is back in way , awesome . If something I love is n’t in style and appear majuscule on me , still wearing it ! "
— clarkem5
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" I ’m 33 , and I ’m enjoying revisiting trend that I wore in gamy school and college , and revisiting them in a style that feel more authentic to me vs. when I was still so unseasoned and not awful understanding of what my personal flair really was .
Keep it coming ! Though , I will never do low rise again ; that one ride out in the past ! 😂 "
— juliaharbaugh
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" Some of the things that were / are voguish back in high school I was n’t tolerate / couldn’t give to have , so I ’m bewilder them now . And I ’m not sorry . "
— kimharmon04kh
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" I was never nerveless , and I do n’t think I could EVER be coolheaded even if I tried , so I just do my own thing and do n’t worry about it — but I ’m always open to new thing if they catch my eye . I think it ’s unspoilt for you to notice when there are new thing coming along that you would enjoy , because it enriches your life , but you do n’t need to pressure yourself to stay on trend with everything forever . "
— gemface
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" As a solid Gen X’er , I agree that it ’s important to keep up with what ’s going on in the human beings , including entertainment . Nothing make you look onetime like complaining that you did n’t know any of the people at the Grammys / Met Gala / MTV Awards . That articulate , amusement is more fragmented than ever . you could know all the top pop medicine and have no idea who the hottest EDM creative person is , and that ’s fine . Also , I have a daughter who is 14 , and she thinks anyone over 25 is ' old , ' so no matter what you do , you ’ll still seem ancient to teenagers , so no point worry about that . "
— popculturemama
