Have you ever been called an “old soul”? Do you find today’s popular music trite and unappealing? Is so, chances are you often feel as if you were born in the wrong decade, at odds with the mainstream and yearning for a different time. Here are 11 signs you may have been born in the wrong generation.
Technology Is a Mystery
While your friends are chatting about the latest social media app, you are busy crafting a hand-written note in cursive lettering. Even if you break down and buy the newest gadget, it’s obsolete before you can figure out how to use it.
Trends Mean Nothing
Thick, black frames on eyeglasses are all the rage? You’ll stick with your cat-eye frames, thank you very much. Your style is timeless and uniquely you.
Your Favorite Movies Are in Black and White
Who needs the whiz-bang of special effects and 3-D glasses? You’ll take a romantic storyline or good bank heist film any day.
You Rock Themed Parties
Did you get an unexpected invitation to the Roaring ‘20s party this weekend? That’s cool; you’ll just pull out your flapper garb and feathered fascinator while everyone else is struggling to figure out who the Great Gatsby was.
Your References Are so, Like, Yesterday
Your pop culture references may focus heavily on Prohibition-era gangster-speak or great lines from the John Hughes films of the 1980s. That’s OK. Molly Ringwald would understand.
You Have a Record Collection, and Your Parents Don’t
While your mom is listening to the latest TedTalk on her iPod, you are swapping out scratchy vinyl selections such as the Beatles’ White Album or Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
Your Best Friend is 80
If you find people who lived through World War II to have much better stories than the kids in your grade, you have learned to embrace intergenerational friendships. It’s a rare quality.
Your Favorite TV Channel is a Throwback
Whether it’s Turner Movie Classics, the Game Show Network, or PBS, your boob tube is perpetually tuned to a station that lets you indulge your nostalgia addiction. Plus, you can watch with your best friend!
The Salesperson at the Vintage Store Knows Your Name
When you walk in, she knows to point you toward the latest ‘60s mod dress or moon boots she just got in yesterday. And while you are trying them on, she’ll hand you the type of enamel costume jewelry you love.
Your Vocabulary is the Bees Knees
When it comes to idiomatic expressions that smack of a certain generation, you know them all. And you might just pull out a big word every now and then that no one else understands. You are comfortable being lugubrious.
Lipstick Only Comes in One Shade
One application of bright red lipstick can turn around an entire day, right? While others are putting on “Bashful Beige,” you just bought another tube of “Ragin’ Red.”
What else matches your ‘40s pinup-style dress? There’s nothing wrong with identifying more with a bygone era than the modern day. The important thing is that you embrace your style and wear it like no other.
25th October 2015
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