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Gen X: When Reality Doesn't Really Bite

To reach Gen X, credit unions need to be real and honest.

By Amy Hibbard | Updated on March 20, 2016

Until recently, I never gave much thought to my generation. I was born in 1977, so that puts me toward the end of Generation X, the generation that has been seemingly forgotten. The Buzzfeed post “22 Signs You’re Stuck Between Gen X and Millennials” really got me thinking. Reading along, I found myself nodding in solidarity to much on the list. That’s right, I AM a Nirvana fan and I AM fortunate to have seen them live before Kurt died.

I pride myself as a Gen X member

I remember no Internet, my first email address, life before cell phones, banging out college applications on my typewriter and watching “Reality Bites” over and over thinking my 20s would be just like the movie.

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