All grown up and in their forties: Whatever happened to Generation X?

What’s become of Generation X – those born between the late 60s and early 80s – now they are in their forties and middle aged? We’ve gone from raves to school runs, says Gen Xer Suzanne Harrington.

We are Generation X, and we are pretty special.

We are the only ones who straddle two worlds without getting vertigo – unlike Boomers, we are not too old to fully adapt to the digital world, but unlike Millennials, we remember life before online.