I'm no yuppie

Posted By: Moon baby on 2008-10-31
In Reply to: Who here is a yuppie? - lets go there

I'm 49 but am no yuppie and offended if people call me one. I thought yuppies were people born in the 1970s or 1980s. Never heard the term until I was in my 30s and by then I was too old to be a yuppie. Born in 1960 my parents often went to a park in Boston where people wore tie-die and danced around barefoot to the Rolling Stones, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, etc. We grew up on Herb Alpert and Booker T & the MGs. Life was wonderful and we were free and happy. I still remember holding my sister and moms hands dancing in circles barefoot in the park and it was a wonderful and happy time. Maybe that would make me a hippie too? Oh what a wonderful memory you just gave me. Thanks.

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Who here is a yuppie? - lets go there
- I'm no yuppie - Moon baby
  - If you were born in 1960, wouldn't that make - Stardust
    - You are correct - i put myself older than what I am - Moon baby
  - if your mamma was a hippie - lets go there
    - I've always felt like a misfit - Moon baby
      - my mamma played recorders in the park - lets go there
        I like "scruffy generation" - Moon baby
- Does an old Hippie count? - Flower Power
  - LOL!!!! - Karla
  - yes - lets go there
    - 60s/70s - Bell Bottoms for Everyone!! - No message

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Who here is a yuppie?
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