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Generation X is the moniker applied to those born after the Baby Boomers. This series features the musings. Have you ever noticed that all those ads for dating sites have taken over the airwaves? They are geared towards every demographic you could possibly think of. Farmers Only targets people in rural areas, eHarmony uses data from a questionnaire to predict compatibility, and OurTime specifically caters to those over What they all have in common is that they basically tell single people: you need to get a mate, STAT!

I’ve spent much of the last seven years helping companies adapt to demographic shifts as baby boomers began retiring and Gen X and millennials became the.

According to Calhoun born in , also a member of Generation X , middle-class American women in their 40s and 50s are so wracked with anxiety and guilt about the state of their lives that they cannot sleep, even though they are exhausted. They are frustrated with the lack of cooperation from their husbands and older children, overwhelmed with the responsibilities of caring for young children and aging parents at the same time, and guilt-ridden about their failure to achieve all that they dreamed of in the various aspects of their full lives.

Middle-class American women in their 40s and 50s are so wracked with anxiety and guilt that they cannot sleep. We worked hard We took responsibility We should be proud of ourselves.