@rickosbornart: I KNOW I forgot some good ones. 😂 What did you grow up Gen X thinking was completely normal that would seem crazy today? @Rick Osborn | Over 50 #GenX #GenXKids #GrowingUpGenX #Over50 #GenXLife
We carried around severed rabbit feet for good luck. They sold them at gas stations.
2026-09-11 11:59:07
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Der Junge Löwe :
The amount of secondhand smoke that I breathed during the late 70s and early 80s was wild and nobody even cared.
2026-09-12 17:52:53
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Rachtisdale :
Running all over neighborhood & woods all day. Parents had no idea where we were.
2026-09-12 23:37:37
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jenniferbittar :
babysitting for money at age 11...it was 3 kids that lived 5 streets over, walked there and back at night
2026-09-10 13:43:09
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1Dnelly :
We did everything that today’s society would say is wrong. However it made us more knowledgeable and strong. It was such a privilege to be able to grow up in this era even with the bad.
2026-10-10 08:25:57
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mamaJeanie2020 :
The car…..that lighter that hypnotized us into testing it out on our index finger while they were inside the store 😵💫
2026-09-19 07:40:20
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tina_marie :
Eating the candy cigarettes that blew smoke
2026-09-18 23:48:13
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Mo D :
Dropped off at the skating rink ALL NIGHT for an all night skate.
2026-09-19 21:31:05
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Mist :
Watching/babysitting your younger siblings at age 8-9. Neighbors got permission to spank us if we got out of line. No questions asked.
2026-10-11 02:29:43
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QBSCustom :
Never owned a helmet. Skateboard,bicycles,motorcycles,go karts. Never wore one as a kid ever..
2026-10-10 21:28:46
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Deneil Sanchez :
Went in the bar
2026-10-10 09:25:58
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user3551996882537 :
Walking to school by ourselves in the alleys
2026-09-28 09:40:13
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chu_london :
Listening to someone else s phone conversation - slowly and quietly lifting the reciever, it was a whole technique to develop!! 😂
2026-09-21 07:28:07
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RedTree :
I'm the eldest of four. My youngest brother called me "TT Mom" when he 1st started talking. I was 11 and looking after my sister & two younger brothers.
2026-10-10 12:20:16
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Aussiemom :
Remembering ALL the phone numbers!
2026-09-15 12:23:28
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Louise Saskia :
Dropped off at an outdoor pool at age 7 and left there all day with money to buy junk food there with.
2026-09-12 19:55:11
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srpowell1973 :
Going to visit someone in the hospital and they were in their hospital bed smoking a cigarette
2026-09-18 17:28:55
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12345678 :
Drunk dads driving you home after babysitting!
2026-09-12 20:51:33
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Miss.Brand :
No helmets when riding bikes. I still can’t wear one.
2026-09-12 18:59:52
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SaltyNan55 :
My friend and I were put in the trunk of her parents car so they didn't have to pay for us to go to the local drive inn movie [Laugh approved]
2026-09-15 13:52:19
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Heather :
WE ALL LIVED THE SAME LIFE!
2026-09-22 16:20:06
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