What was your life like in the '90s? Young and/or old.

I wrote an article on Retro Junk about my life in 1994-1995. Please enjoy it and leave feedback.

I'd also like to hear what your life was like.

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/449/

The '90s were the last decade that revolved around the TV.

It wasn't that much different than today for the mid-late '90s, I was just a lot younger and in elementary/middle school.

It wasn't that much different than today for the mid-late '90s, I was just a lot younger and in elementary/middle school.


Those early '90s were a different age though. Especially 1990-1992.

Those early '90s were a different age though. Especially 1990-1992.


Yeah things were different than, first of all I didn't have a computer yet so that made a big difference. In the early '90s, well 1991-early 93,  lets see I played with toy cars, played outside with all my toys (which I did through the mid '90s too), learned to ride a bike, I started playing video games towards the end of the early '90s (1992) as well. I got internet in late 95, I think the Internet really altered my life.

Yeah things were different than, first of all I didn't have a computer yet so that made a big difference. In the early '90s, well 1991-early 93,  lets see I played with toy cars, played outside with all my toys (which I did through the mid '90s too), learned to ride a bike, I started playing video games towards the end of the early '90s (1992) as well. I got internet in late 95, I think the Internet really altered my life.


The first half of the '90s was pre-Internet generally. The second half of the '90s had the Internet, but it was a more optional thing then, for instance the TV was still the most common source of information.

The first half of the '90s was pre-Internet generally. The second half of the '90s had the Internet, but it was a more optional thing then, for instance the TV was still the most common source of information.


Until 1999 or so anyway, I'd say the Internet was everywhere almost by 99.

Until 1999 or so anyway, I'd say the Internet was everywhere almost by 99.


Yeah 1999 was the breakout year.

Yeah 1999 was the breakout year.


Yeah it was very big in 1997 and 1998, but it still wasn't quite everywhere yet. Around 1999-2000 Internet became like Television, an essential household item.

Yeah it was very big in 1997 and 1998, but it still wasn't quite everywhere yet. Around 1999-2000 Internet became like Television, an essential household item.


1998 is the last year that still has the "1989 technology" thing hanging around it. 1999+ is very 21st Century technologically; 1993-1998 were more transitional.

Although computers from 1999 look very dated, and dial-up was pretty much the only way to go then.

I first got the Internet in 1996 by the way. I remember mainly hanging around the AOL channels and email.

Man, looking at old tapes, pictures, etc just makes me realize that everything was so different around 1994 and 1995. To me at least.

1998 is the last year that still has the "1989 technology" thing hanging around it. 1999+ is very 21st Century technologically; 1993-1998 were more transitional.

Although computers from 1999 look very dated, and dial-up was pretty much the only way to go then.


Yeah 2000 is when I remember broadband really coming out, I actually first used it in late 2000.

I first got the Internet in 1996 by the way. I remember mainly hanging around the AOL channels and email.

Man, looking at old tapes, pictures, etc just makes me realize that everything was so different around 1994 and 1995. To me at least.


I think of 1996 as the last "old school" year of the '90s. 1997 was kind of different, it sort of had that '00s teenybopper feel to it.

I first got the Internet in 1996 by the way. I remember mainly hanging around the AOL channels and email.

Man, looking at old tapes, pictures, etc just makes me realize that everything was so different around 1994 and 1995. To me at least.


Yeah I had AOL back then, I remember all that channel screen, it was very primitive compared to now.

Yeah I had AOL back then, I remember all that channel screen, it was very primitive compared to now.


AOL has actually been around longer than the WWW, since 1989.

I think of 1996 as the last "old school" year of the '90s. 1997 was kind of different, it sort of had that '00s teenybopper feel to it.


Yeah, 1997 was the very beginnings of the current era, which really took effect around 1999.

AOL has actually been around longer than the WWW, since 1989.


Yeah AOL is actually a separate service from the WWW, it just allows you to use the WWW now through their service.

My '90s life consists of three metamorphosis'

1990-1993 - I was between 8 and 11, and to me, still a kid. My last year of elementary started in the fall of 1993, but I didn't feel all that different between those few years. I matured more and got smarter of course (or so I hope so, lol). Those years were fun, in my opinion. I still held onto a lot of memories from when I was real young (sadly, a good portion of those have disappeared). The only part that was a struggle was changing elementary schools between 1992 and 1993. That was an adjustment that took me awhile to overcome and get used to.

1994-1998 - I changed a lot during this time. I was between 12-16 years old. I started Junior high and High School around this time and those were more periods of adjustment. I was heavily into music - like I always had been, but in 1996 something clicked one day and I turned into a Beatles fanatic. It took me down a road of musical artistry I had never experienced before. It introduced me to so much that it forever changed me.

1999 - I started working that summer I turned 17. This was also something that changed my life. I met someone who played a vital role in it and who has changed me forever ever since. He made such a huge impression on me. And that person is currently my boyfriend. Of course, when you start working, that independent streak starts to step in and soon you feel this need to not ask your parents for money, rather treat them out once in awhile instead. It was a very liberating time for me.

My '90s life consists of three metamorphosis'

1990-1993 - I was between 8 and 11, and to me, still a kid. My last year of elementary started in the fall of 1993, but I didn't feel all that different between those few years. I matured more and got smarter of course (or so I hope so, lol). Those years were fun, in my opinion. I still held onto a lot of memories from when I was real young (sadly, a good portion of those have disappeared). The only part that was a struggle was changing elementary schools between 1992 and 1993. That was an adjustment that took me awhile to overcome and get used to.

1994-1998 - I changed a lot during this time. I was between 12-16 years old. I started Junior high and High School around this time and those were more periods of adjustment. I was heavily into music - like I always had been, but in 1996 something clicked one day and I turned into a Beatles fanatic. It took me down a road of musical artistry I had never experienced before. It introduced me to so much that it forever changed me.

1999 - I started working that summer I turned 17. This was also something that changed my life. I met someone who played a vital role in it and who has changed me forever ever since. He made such a huge impression on me. And that person is currently my boyfriend. Of course, when you start working, that independent streak starts to step in and soon you feel this need to not ask your parents for money, rather treat them out once in awhile instead. It was a very liberating time for me.


Your '90s sound a lot like my '00s.

1990-1993 - high school

1994-1999 college and work

1998 birth of my son

Five images to sum up my childhood:

1990 - was born
1993 - first memories
1995-2001 - elementary school

Five images to sum up my childhood:




Very '90s  ;D

Five

Very '90s  ;D


Those were the days... ::)

Those were the days... ::)


The '90s were very sports oriented.

Five images to sum up my childhood:




Isn't that four images, lol.

I really wish it was 1996 again ...

I really wish it was 1996 again ...


Me too.

Isn't that four images, lol.


Oh now I see the fifth, sry.  ;D

I really wish it was 1996 again ...


I wish it were 1986.  ;D

I wish it were 1986.  ;D


Me too  ;D

Oh now I see the fifth, sry.  ;D


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I wish it were 1986.  ;D


Yeah but then I wouldn't be alive. lol

Yeah but then I wouldn't be alive. lol


Neither would I  ;D

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yeah I forgot about that.

Neither would I  ;D


True.  ;D

I wish it were 1986.  ;D


Then I could start life all over again...

Then I could start life all over again...


I wonder if when we die we do just that. It's kind of a scary thought.

I wonder if when we die we do just that. It's kind of a scary thought.


I've actually spent some nights thinking about that.

I wonder if when we die we do just that. It's kind of a scary thought.


Then I'd wanna go back in time to about 1946...

Then I'd wanna go back in time to about 1946...


So you could be a Boomer? I am really depressed that 1946ers are 60 years old now. In 1990 they were only 44.

So you could be a Boomer? I am really depressed that 1946ers are 60 years old now. In 1990 they were only 44.


The boomers are really starting to get old now. It's scary that my mom's gonna be 60 in a few years.

So you could be a Boomer? I am really depressed that 1946ers are 60 years old now. In 1990 they were only 44.


But I'd want to be eternally about 25 years old...lol

The boomers are really starting to get old now. It's scary that my mom's gonna be 60 in a few years.


My mom, who's a tail-end Boomer is in her early 40s now. When I was born she was only 26.


But I'd want to be eternally about 25 years old...lol


Me too. Sometimes even 16 feels old.

My mom, who's a tail-end Boomer is in her early 40s now. When I was born she was only 26.

Me too. Sometimes even 16 feels old.


A tail-end boomer would be born about 1958-1964...my mum was born in 1957, which is sort of late Boomer, but she was not really in touch with pop culture when she was growing up (unfortunately).

What kind of 'scene' was she into when she was growing up? New Wave?

A tail-end boomer would be born about 1958-1964...my mum was born in 1957, which is sort of late Boomer, but she was not really in touch with pop culture when she was growing up (unfortunately).

What kind of 'scene' was she into when she was growing up? New Wave?


She liked stuff like Styx, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins, Human League, disco, The Beatles (like all Boomers, even if they were only 3 when Sgt. Pepper came out).

Both my parents were in their 30's when they had me. My Dad was born in 1949 and my mom in 1952. My Dad is going to be 57 this year and my mom just turned 53.

And Donnie, don't worry - 16 seems old, but wait until you're about my age - then you'll start noticing more wrinkles in your skin, some veins that won't go away, maybe a grey hair or two. It's hard to believe you can have grey hair so young (24-25 years old) but my brother is already greying and he's going to be 27. Blame it on working and caffiene  ;D

Both my parents were in their 30's when they had me. My Dad was born in 1949 and my mom in 1952. My Dad is going to be 57 this year and my mom just turned 53.

And Donnie, don't worry - 16 seems old, but wait until you're about my age - then you'll start noticing more wrinkles in your skin, some veins that won't go away, maybe a grey hair or two. It's hard to believe you can have grey hair so young (24-25 years old) but my brother is already greying and he's going to be 27. Blame it on working and caffiene  ;D


My parents were born in the exact same years, except mom was born in 49 and dad was born in 52.

She liked stuff like Styx, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins, Human League, disco, The Beatles (like all Boomers, even if they were only 3 when Sgt. Pepper came out).


So you grew up listening to alot of 80s stuff as a young child?

So you grew up listening to alot of 80s stuff as a young child?


The music that sticks out is Jackson 5 and "Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant.

My parents were born in the exact same years, except mom was born in 49 and dad was born in 52.


That's funny!  ;D  :D

I guess we can relate to that!  :)  

The music that sticks out is Jackson 5 and "Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant.


My dad listened to alot of British invasion stuff like Peter and Gordon, Herman's Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers, Cilia Black, the Hollies.etc. I like some of it, but I'm most interested in music between 1966-1975 or so.

My dad listened to alot of British invasion stuff like Peter and Gordon, Herman's Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers, Cilia Black, the Hollies.etc. I like some of it, but I'm most interested in music between 1966-1975 or so.


My dad listened to a lot of '50s. He liked that song "Red Rubber Ball" (can't remember the artist at the momemt). My Dad also like a lot of '60s soul and of course, most '60s stuff. He graduated in '67 so he got to experience a lot of that great music and those special times. My mother liked a lot of the Andy Williams stuff, as well as '60s and '70s stuff.

My dad listened to alot of British invasion stuff like Peter and Gordon, Herman's Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers, Cilia Black, the Hollies.etc. I like some of it, but I'm most interested in music between 1966-1975 or so.


I'm mostly interested in music from about 1979 to 1988.

My main interest is the '90s. But I'll occasionally dip into other decades.

If I had a time machine, I'd go back to sometime around 1994 or 1995. I'd spend a week or two there and come back to the '00s. Then I'd repeat each month.

I love 1994 and 1995. Those are my nostalgia years. A lot of times, I'll include 1996 and 1997.

My main interest is the '90s. But I'll occasionally dip into other decades.

If I had a time machine, I'd go back to sometime around 1994 or 1995. I'd spend a week or two there and come back to the '00s. Then I'd repeat each month.

I love 1994 and 1995. Those are my nostalgia years. A lot of times, I'll include 1996 and 1997.


Yeah, I'd love to go back to 94...

I graduated from high school in 1994, and shortly went to Oakville, where I still live today.

Yeah but then I wouldn't be alive. lol


But you could go back (i.e. the you from '06), ala BTTF. 8) If time travel did exist, I think that'd be the most fun way to do it.

I'd go back to either 1986 or '96. Just getting up to 1996 felt so modern, like a big triumph. It's sad that was already 10 years ago. :(

Hmm, both my parents were born in '55, which I think is about the "peak of the boomers." My mom likes Motown, Linda Ronstadt, The Beatles and all British Invasion, disco, Bonnie Raitt, Celine Dion, Roy Orbison, T-Rex, The Rolling Stones, some '80s music (Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, The Talking Heads, Jody Watley), Madonna, Blondie, psychedelic '60s stuff, etc.

But you could go back (i.e. the you from '06), ala BTTF. 8) If time travel did exist, I think that'd be the most fun way to do it.

I'd go back to either 1986 or '96. Just getting up to 1996 felt so modern, like a big triumph. It's sad that was already 10 years ago. :(


I love 1996. It's the first year I can really remember well, and the last year that feels 100% "back in the day".

I had a mullet, and I was a lot happier. I love mullets, which is why my avatar is like that lol. I didn't listen 2 as much heavy metal as now, like Meatloaf.

i was a 90's kid - went to elementary school from 1993 - 99.  my brother was born in '91.

actually, when i really think about it, i can't remember much about my childhood.  there were vacations, funerals, and swimming lessons.  that's really about it.

that was back when the IT field was booming... :-\\

I did a lot more outdoor stuff around my home...swimming, biking, athletic stuff, and just hanging out.  Pretty much only came inside to sleep, and watch TV occasionally.

Today, it seems as though computers keep people indoors most of the time.