Am I That Old?

A month or two ago, a new kid started working at Tim Horton's and I was training him, so we got chatting about music. So, of course, I ask him what kind of music he is into- he says "well, I like a lot of really obscure music- you probably don't know it". Intrigued, I say "try me". His response? "Well, have you ever heard of Nirvana?"

So, Ok. It's ok- he's 15- I'm 26- there's a huge age gap. This is fine. I am from a different generation- I grew up in the 90s. I chuckle and tell him that yes, I have heard of Nirvana, and well, I'm cool.

Another day, a few weeks later, I am at work, again, and I am humming a song. I think it may have been In Bloom, but it may have been a Pearl Jam song- I can't remember. Anyway- another person I work with looks at me and says "you must have rock band".

"Nope".

"Yeah right- like you would know that song otherwise".


Ok- whatever... again, I get it- they're young.

But then- a few nights ago- we are in a circle in drama class and we are playing this alphabet game, saying a sentence about music starting with the next letter in the alphabet, the girl with N says "Nirvana is the name of a band, I think... not that I know any of their songs, but I think that's the name".

Really?
This is my classmate.
I was only out of school for a couple years.
How did this happen?
How?