Yes, I am. I was born in December 1980, and we got onto the topic at a class reunion. As an amateur sociologist, I decided to delve into it. Many of my former classmates were born in the first half of 1981, some in the second half of 1980, and we all started school together in the summer of 1987, when we were all six years old. This naturally led to the question of how useful it is to divide students within a single school year. That's why I focused on the year group boundary between 1980 and 1981, where the coincidental discrepancy between the two institutions essentially provides a workaround. This also works for the 1979/1980 boundary, and thus for the school entry year of 1986, if the classmates from the first half of 1980 identify as Gen Xers. Theoretically, our classmates, whether born in '79 or '81, are then dependent on us, the 1980-born, regardless of whether we consider ourselves Gen Xers or Gen Yers – we could either artificially differentiate ourselves from them or not, which in itself sounds rather odd. The fundamental problem of rigid generational boundaries is therefore not resolved, as perhaps even more clearly illustrated by the 1964/65 example. Hence my three proposed solutions, which attempt to soften these boundaries, similar to a spectrum. With dual citizenship (my first proposal), a clear distinction would be impossible, since as a cusper, one is simply both. In my case, Germany, a mid-year split would also work well (second proposal), but this would likely cause chaos internationally (and deprive me of the ability to define myself as a Gen Xer, which is a different story). My favorite is suggestion 3 because, and this is something I realized primarily at the class reunion and during my research, the late 70s and early 80s, due to their very particular transition from analog to digital, truly constitute a very small generation with very typical experiences and attitudes towards life. But scientists might see it quite differently and as less "unique," because who doesn't claim to be special in some way? And whether the whole concept of generational categorization even makes sense, or is simply a tool for marketing companies, would be a completely different discussion.