Ann, good analysis. I don't really have anything to add except a bit of support:

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the theory that America has generations, that is, cadres of people born in a particular time period, and that these generations act differently. (Sorry, that sounds stupid when I write it, but the book explains it much better.)
When I took my intro to Sociology class, they talked about this very thing -- the term they used for the different generations was "cohort".

And, being married to a man 7 years older than me, I have to say I can see the differences. He was born at the tail end of the Boomers, whereas I'm Gen X.

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

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