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    The Oldest Millennials in the World

    They’re too young for Gen X but too old to fit in with the most maligned generation in history.
    by Zach Schonfeld Mar 30, 2018 4 minutes
    Two young children at play, pictured in the early 1980s.
    Family in 1981

    If you were born in 1981, brace yourself.

    And consider calling a lawyer. You’ve been slandered: The Pew Research Center says you’re a millennial. Welcome to the generation best known for its economic uncertainty, digital fluency, self-absorption and apparent affection for avocado toast. There are no membership dues, unless you count those student loan payments.

    If you were born in 1980, though, you’re included among Generation X—even though you’re too young to have seen Nirvana live or voted for Bill Clinton. Nor are you likely to have entered the workforce before the dot-com bubble burst. The Breakfast Club, the canonical teen movie of the X generation, came out when you were still in preschool.

    Generational boundaries are often fuzzy. “Baby boomers really

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