Millennials

[Sheabutter]

Born in 89! I miss MSN Messenger and the dramas that came with chatting to your mates on it after school.

Remember away messages?

 

[Smallpotato]

My parents got a 100% mortgage and paid less than £15k for their house in 1982.

I remember my dad having some sort of brick phone when I was about 8. I got my first phone at 15, much later than my friends and it was only because I got the bus home.

Habbo Hotel! I love that.

Same as my parents! Bought their first house for £11k. The house they live in now was bought in 1990 for £33k. It’s now worth nearly £270k

 

[Boredofthegram]

So many memories in this thread.
I was born ‘83, loved growing up pre social media BS. Didn’t get a mobile until ‘99 and it was a Motorola chunky thing that could only hold 20 numbers in so had to pick my mates wisely. I had a bf who had a pager and I thought that was so cool at the time
I had a mr frosty but it was crap and broke after one go and me and my bro had that Cadbury’s dispenser but never refilled it after scoffing the chocs by Boxing Day

it took me until three years ago to be able to get a mortgage and I worry for my son and how he’ll ever be able to afford things with the cost of living so high.

How many of us used to have a tamagotchi which looking after pretty much ruled every minute of life. The little fuckers were always beeping for something

I can remember as kids on a holiday with family friends three of us going swimming and leaving our tamagotchis with my mum when we got back she was manic trying to deal with all the bleeping

 

[rainbowlemon]

I always wanted one of these from the Argos Catalogue

I remember that too!!! I need that in my life now too, but only Irish cadbury plz.

 

[rainbowlemon]

Protip: don't google adult toys if you're at work hun.

 

[Blond3g1rl]

The last book came out when I was 18, I remember popping into Asda on the way home from a night out to pick it up so I could read it when I woke up.

 

[gingerteacup]

I miss being put on a 24 hour time out on club penguin for using a rude word

Or “bobba” on Habbo

 

[rainbowlemon]

Anyone remember Crazy Frog

Was just going to post about that!

I’m a 89 but I have an avocado intolerance which I actually think might make me a SUPER millennial? No mortgage, plenty of student debt, but totally agree with others about the time we grew up being the best of both worlds.

I read that as I'm 89.

 

[Sheabutter]

What millennial specific things have you done this week?

 

[mcfeez]

Did many of you have a "computer room" in your house? Seems like such a bizarre thing now with laptops.

 

[ChampagneBox]

i was born in 1994 i think thats considered a millenial? i have mixed feelings about it, one hand i adored my childhood and having a good balance of internet and actual normal socialisation. i think it was a great time to grow up, however the quality of life we have compared to our parents is a joke, my parents put a £100 deposit down on their house in the 80s!

completely torn between saving money for travelling/experiences or for houses/property. how the hell do people live their lives just saving constantly? my 20s have been fun but i barely have any savings now and i feel awful for it cus every other 27 year old around me has a house, kids or at least something to show for themselves.

Best year to be born it often blows my mind to think our generation are the last and only to know what life what like both with and without social media/living in the digital world! Bittersweet

 

[Mimble]

Is it just me or were anthropomorphic animals overrepresentated in the cartoon demographic of the 80s/90s? I was obsessed with:


Bucky O Hare
Animals of farthing wood
The Raccoons
Thundercats
Gummi Bears
Rescue Rangers
Tailspin

No wonder so many in our generation ended up as furries!

I bloody hated Arthur though, insipid little moralising gobshite that he was. Complete wet blanket. I remember a very heated school discussion on what animal Arthur was even meant to be I think we all decided on some kind of super dull speccy four eyes tiny eared mouse. (Looking back, he was an aardvark, wasn't he)

 

[rainbowlemon]

I personally think at this rate I'll be able to buy my own home on my own in my late 30/ early 40s.

(London prices)

I love this song by the wonderful Conan even though he's only 7 years younger then me:

"Talk about how fast we grew
And all the big dreams that we won't pursue
Then get in your car and laugh 'til we both turn blue '
Cause we are the helpless, selfish, one of a kind Millennium kids, that all wanna die
Walking in the street with no light inside our eyes
We are the worthless, cursed with too much time
We get into trouble and lose our minds "

 

[Zenchick101]

I was born in 86. Some of the stuff on here has made me so nostalgic!
The fashion, the secret electronic diary tamagotchi (I was obsessed) the aliens (also obsessed with trying to make them have a baby ) Screwball Scramble...the list goes on and on.
I'm so glad I grew up in the era that I did

I used to spend HOURS imitating my sisters voice to open hers!

 

[mcfeez]

Jacqueline Wilson books were the best, I’ve actually re read some as an adult and they really hold up. I think when I have kids I’d let them read them when they were old enough - definitely gave me an insight into different family situations.

Double Act and Lola Rose were my fave though both quite sad. Also Midnight. I used to love colouring in the illustrations by nick sharratt in gel pen (scented, obvs)

I loved JW books too! They definitely covered decent topics, I remember Girls Out Late etc talked about periods, losing virginity etc. In Lola Rose the mum got cancer didn't she? I thought it was good that the books talked about semi serious/serious topics in a way that wasn't over the top for younger people.

 

[Bette21]

I’m a 89 but I have an avocado intolerance which I actually think might make me a SUPER millennial? No mortgage, plenty of student debt, but totally agree with others about the time we grew up being the best of both worlds.

 

[Mimble]

Anyone remember Fun House!!
Fun House, A Whole Lot Of Fun...

Starring Pat Sharp and his erstwhile mullet!

Loved Fun House. If you have a spare twenty minutes, watch an old episode on YouTube, it really made me laugh. We all wanted a go in the Fun House when we were little but the prizes are so laughably crap even by 1990s standards. And the questions really hard for children! "You have won...a geometry set! Well done, you managed to snag...the snake and ladders board game! Oooh! You went down the skippy slide to grab...a retractable pencil! Ooh, bad luck, you just missed out on the...neon bumbag (for one, you'd have had to take turns to share) Now on the buzzers for the grand prize - a camping weekend in the Peak District in mid November, no tents! Oooooh! Now, what is the name of the harbour that the Sydney Opera House was originally built on according to which famous architect?" The kids were about eight!!

 

[rainbowlemon]

"You have email". Ah the AOL days.

 

[Zenchick101]

born in '95 and up until recently I was grouped in with millenials and still am at times. Now they're putting me in with Gen Z but I feel like a granny who can't relate to them at all. '95 is often now considered the first year of Gen Z apparently

 

[UnknownTattler]

I always wanted one of these from the Argos Catalogue

I had one of those! I always wanted a furby but I never got one