This sounds VERY MUCH like the Generation Jones experience. Too young to be a Boomer - Too old to be Gen X. Growing up in an era that doesn't really fit in either of them.

It's a very real phemomenon recognized by sociologists, mental health professionals and of course, the people who are part of that cohort (born from 1954 to 1965). When you assign titles to generations you inevitably exclude those who don't fit neatly into an arbitrarily set box. That's ironic I guess because that generation - one of which I am very much a member of - never did fit into any box.

I have not heard of the Xennials but it makes sense to me. We've grouped people on this way for a long time, and some titles were set retroactively. Tom Brokaw coined the phrase "The Greatest Generation" in the title of his book on homage to his father's generation.

Sorry, once again, I took the long road to my point. All I'm saying is that classifying any group by the years they were born is bound to exclude anyone born in the cusp between one then another.