So many on here I relate to. Had the same “Duran Duran” moment recently. Last Christmas and Band Aid being over 40 years old now. Same for films like Top Gun and Dirty Dancing. The realisation that my raving days were over 30 years ago. Getting on well with my neighbours kids, who are early 20’s and, in my head, thinking I’m only a few years older than them. Then a song comes on and they explain “oh mum played this in the car on the way to school” and realising I was almost at the point of getting my first mortgage 😂. And another in their early twenties, who’s parents were from another country that’s seen a lot of changes over the years - came up in passing that I’d travelled round there and he really wanted to hear about it, didn’t seem that long ago to me, but it was sobering to realise that he wasn’t even born when I went there. The most frequent reminder is the bloody scrolling to find your year of birth when registering an account somewhere, it’s depressing having to scroll so far back.
I do try to look on the bright side too. Firstly, that I’m still here - sadly, others aren’t, so it’s a privilege to get thus far. Then, stuff like some of the younger ones wanting to hear about seeing gigs at the old Wembley stadium, or finding anecdotes interesting about life before email, mobiles, SM, etc. I’m Gen X and I honestly think we’ve had the best of both worlds. A childhood free from SM and all the pressure that comes with it, along with an easing into newer tech but not being daunted by it.
Need to rummage through some boxes, I think I’ve still got my singles of Last Christmas and Band Aid somewhere!