r/GenX:

u/JoeNoble1973

Wonder how Agnes Depesto is doin these days
u/JC_Everyman

My ’66 older brother went full MAGA. As a ’71 model, I’d like to thank the influence of sesame street for my more high-minded ideals.
u/whydoIhurtmore

So much nicer.
u/whydoIhurtmore

My sister had one.
u/whydoIhurtmore

I thought it was supposed to be 30.
u/whydoIhurtmore

It was our picture day. I can only assume that a lot of our pictures weren’t our best. Nothing changed for our school. Announcement over the PA, and that was it. We hadn’t even been watching the launch.
u/whydoIhurtmore

I must have been awesomely successful. I have no memory of this.
u/whydoIhurtmore

Not as consistently as I do now, but yes.
u/whydoIhurtmore

Not all that often. A few times a year.
u/whydoIhurtmore

I loved them at the time and still remember them fondly. I was in college until I was 23. That was a good time. I had my first child and got married when I was 20. I had 3 children by the time I was 26. I was always broke. I worked a full-time job, a part-time job, and was a full-time time student for 2 years. I didn’t have a full day off for 4 years. Joined the U.S. Navy Reserve. I was divorced at 28. I had custody and was a single father when I was 29. It was one hell of a decade. I was always working, always budgeting, watching every cent. I spent every free moment with my kids. I was tired and stressed and scared a lot of the time.