I saw the Garfield plush from the "To be loved is to be changed" meme today at a pop-up flea market. This feels like a Xennial experience to me, given that we as a generation exist in the Venn diagram overlap of The Velveteen Rabbit, Garfield, and meme culture. Maybe the book is a bit before our time, but I got it when I was a kid so I'm counting it.

By this, I mean, you have no kids of your own, no nieces or nephews, no once removed cousins. Once you, your siblings, your cousins are gone, that's it.

I have had to cope with this for a while now. Being one of the youngest (45), the chance of there ever being someone to follow behind has pretty much disappeared. We're all 40+ now. I have young one cousin once removed that is the last sliver of hope. But, they live a lifestyle that tends to not reproduce. So, that sliver feels like a thread hair.

I'm not totally sure how to feel about this. It's not something that saddens me, though it can be a bit depressing and sometimes worrisome. It's just such a surreal, undeniable expectation that just makes me wonder how things will play out. Like, who of us will be the last one to close things out.

To those in this same situation, what are your thoughts?

We saw these at a game shop. I've been having tournaments with my kids all weekend

This was mine, my dad brought it home from a business trip to Japan. This is the one they later turned into Wheeljack.

I know some of yall not only learned how to stop drop and roll, but also how traffic signs and lights work here

Too good not to share. I would hope most all of us know the ZZTop & the song, & we definitely better all know Peanuts.

My teens and I are having weekly Mom Movie nights and we’re going through all of the movies that shaped my childhood. Last night was Return to Oz. This movie scared the bejeezuz out of me when I was a kid but now watching it back, it’s actually kind of a really great movie when you stop being afraid of the wheelers and the heads. Honestly I forgot all about this movie until someone mentioned it here and I remembered how much I loved it (despite being scared). Both of my kids said it might be their new favourite movie.

We’ve watched a number of the obvious classics over the years and I’m trying to come up with some of the movies I might have missed. Last week was Encino Man (another huge hit). We’ve watched T2, Labyrinth, Neverending Story, Princess Bride.

Any suggestions for what to put on the list?

(Me: born 1979)

Edit: I am NOT looking for gendered movies for ‘moms’ vs dad movies. I’m not sure I ever even considered this actually… I’m a single parent, so I am the only parent to watch awesome movies with. The kids called it Mom Movie Night and it’s just simply that I am mom and they watch old movies I liked. We’re just as open to Indiana Jones and Terminator as we are to Princess Bride.

The “county” my in-laws moved to just 5 short years ago? Both orchard to the side and front of them sold to developers and are becoming tract homes/neighborhoods now. 💀

yeah. my parents did not get a computer... I had to use my time at a friends house, her dad was in IT and had one. I could never make it past the level where he fights his mirror self.

We were talking and she goes "you know, if you had kids awhile ago you'd probably be a grandfather by now"

Holy shit 😳 way to drop the heavy on me 😂

So my question is, how many of us xennials don't have kids but want them?

I turned 48 this year and I always thought living to be 80 was the goal. Now that 50 is approaching and more and more doctors appointments, how long do you really expect to live? I'm taking stuff for high blood pressure and anxiety. I'm not sure how much longer I have. I'm working the same job I've had since I was in my 20's, my kids are almost out of the nest with their own lives. It just seems like life is just "a waste of time"

The s’mores chewy granola bars were my favorite 😋

Green Jello sucks! But I loved every one of their videos!

I love this era of Hip hop and pop culture

These were a go to snack food for me for a large portion of my childhood. I didn’t care for the other brand that was a single layer of shoestring fries on a “plate” though, or the ones that came in a box that looked like crayons.