Monthly Archives: January 2016

HELPFUL HINTS FOR ONLINE DATING Each year thousands of people meet their partners on online-dating web sites and have a trouble-free dating experience. But that is not always the case. Follow these tips to ensure that your experience is safe … Continue reading →

Everyone’s looking for a soul-mate, whether we want to get married or not. And we have more opportunities than ever to find them. The biggest change is the $2.4 billion online-dating industry. Mobile apps now make dating instantaneous. People are … Continue reading →

GENERATION Z / DIGITAL GENERATION Who: Also known as Generation M, Net Generation, Internet Generation • Grown up with world-wide-web. (Became available after 1991) • Born during minor fertility boom around US Global Financial Crisis • The children of Generation … Continue reading →

GENERATION Y / MILLENIALS Who: Historic Events • Grew up with technology, computers, cell phones, internet, etc. • Also known as the “Entitlement” generation • Boomer and late X’er parents raised them to be sheltered and to constantly build Millennials’ … Continue reading →

Generation X / Busters Who: Defined as “slackers” • They have the “carpe diem” attitude • First generation to develop ease and comfort with technology • “X” described the lack of identity that members of Generation X felt, not sure … Continue reading →

Who: Grew up during the Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War • Born during a spike in child births after WWII • Created the term “workaholic” • The largest generation • Single largest economic group • Sometimes referred to … Continue reading →

Who: Grew up during the Great Depression and WWII • Either fought in WWII or were children • Behaviours are based on experiences during the Depression and WWII • Wealthiest generation • Men typically worked while women stayed home to … Continue reading →

The G.I. Generation and the “Triumph of the Squares” The G.I. Generation (born 1901-24)—also dubbed the “Greatest Generation” by Tom Brokaw—today comprises some four million Americans mostly in their 90s. They can be roughly defined as Americans who were born … Continue reading →

The “Lost Generation” was the generation that came of age during World War I. The term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway, who used it as one of two contrasting epigraphs for his novel, The Sun Also Rises. In that volume … Continue reading →

ARE YOU BORN to be BETTER OFF THAN YOUR PARENTS? Which of today’s generations is the worst off economically? Look around and you’ll find countless arguments for each one. Boomers, we hear, will never retire. Xers are underwater on their … Continue reading →