@rickosbornart: Apparently I barely scratched the surface. 😂 Gen X, what’s the craziest thing you thought was completely normal growing up? @Rick Osborn | Over 50 #GenX #GrowingUpGenX #GenXKids #GenXLife #Over50
Basically…our parents were trying to‘accidentally’ kill us…cause they realized having kids wasn’t as great as they thought it would be
2026-10-16 04:47:41
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Matt Mueller :
Don’t forget laying in the back window of the car.
2026-09-13 04:22:11
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Pops :
Making my dad an ash tray in school.
2026-09-14 05:20:32
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Jkschwindt1🇺🇸🆘 :
I thought quicksand was going to be a big deal in my life. Thanks 1970s!
2026-09-13 06:09:43
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shakingmyhead🇨🇦 :
We figured it out, said we would NEVER put our own kids through that , and now they are a bunch of whiners.
2026-09-13 15:26:34
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marie1970❌️ :
walking to and from Kindergarten alone and using my neck key to get into the house.
2026-09-13 05:09:33
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that.girl.erica :
Lighting my mother cigarettes on the stove
2026-09-13 05:35:48
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Tracey Kersting🇬🇾🇨🇦 :
We all smelled like smokers cause our parents smoked in the house.
2026-09-13 21:39:29
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TANK🍁 :
I sat on the armrest between the two front seats.
2026-09-13 02:40:10
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MyCrazyLifeAdventures :
My dad taught me how to mix drinks and I was the family bartender when I was 10
2026-09-13 12:53:20
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amy :
My dad asking me to hold the steering wheel while on the highway...so he could light a cigarette. 😳
2026-10-16 14:23:46
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TheGrimm29 :
At home age 8 with the chicken pox and bob barker and no one to take care of me.
2026-09-13 05:17:06
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bobman1235 :
seat belts? what seat belts
2026-09-13 02:16:36
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❤️ :
Sitting in the trunk of those old station wagons with wood paneling.
2026-09-13 21:30:05
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💜💛💜💛💜💛 :
I don’t think I drank water until I was 20. Maybe a few sips from the “hose pipe”
2026-10-16 14:49:14
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kjana :
I walked to kindergarten at 5 years old without an adult. my mom justifies it by saying I was not alone I was with four other five-year-olds and we crossed two major streets but they had crossing guards.
2026-10-16 12:45:52
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JaneDoe :
When I was a baby, dad had to hit the breaks hard and I rolled off the front seat and hit my head on the empty brackets where the CB radio used to be. Because it was the early 70s.
2026-10-16 01:51:05
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Sean Gen❌ :
Some of us did all of the things you just touched on. Change one thing though. We didn't get dropped at the pool. we walked there and some days were given no money worth exception to entry fee. But we did stay all day
2026-09-13 08:10:51
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Aimee :
genx childhood was Jumanji!
2026-09-13 02:17:41
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Fayfay300 ❌️ :
Home alone, all summer with my siblings. Ages 14-4 and was told to clean the house, and have dinner cooked before, mom and dad got home for work. And they never called to check on us, we did whatever we wanted. Just as long as we had dinner cooked and the house cleaned before they got home.
2026-09-13 11:55:56
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Colorado_girl80 :
how did all parents collectively decide to just not raise their kids???
2026-09-13 05:16:16
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Lisa Bruno ❌️ G7 :
We were adults by 8!!
2026-09-13 04:05:44
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Deej :
high-school vice principals, and some teachers, that could hit you.
2026-09-13 21:48:45
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dddossett :
Riding in the bed of a pickup
2026-09-21 02:49:33
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