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I am 22, so I am in the middle of Gen Z. Next year, the oldest Gen Z will turn 30.
Is there any show that captures our generation’s young adulthood?
\-All in the Family/The Mary Tyler Moore Show for boomers
\-Friends/Seinfeld/Living Single and the movie Reality Bites for Gen X
\-shows like New Girl for millennials (Idk about other millennial-targeted shows)

Do we have one that represents Gen Z’s experience ?

I am 22, so I am in the middle of Gen Z. Next year, the oldest Gen Z will turn 30.
Is there any show that captures our generation’s young adulthood?
-All in the Family/The Mary Tyler Moore Show for boomers
-Friends/Seinfeld/Living Single and the movie Reality Bites for Gen X
-shows like New Girl for millennials (Idk about other millennial-targeted shows)

Do we have one that represents Gen Z’s experience?

TL;DR : My crush died while back and I’ve just known about. I am having a hard time just accepting and moving on.

Long read.

For context : I am 22 , and I’ve known I was gay since I was 12. I kept it to myself all through high school, and I still keep to myself until I’ve known a person deeply. I grew up in the South, and I am still there. I am a romantic at heart, so I always chased monogamy. I only dated 1 guy my whole life.

I saw my crush for the first time when I was 15 and he’s the only guy in real life that I had a crush on. He’s charmingly cute like I would look at him and think “I wish I could say I love you”. We were acquaintances at best and he’s a friend of a friend. I had a deep-down feeling ( gaydar) that he is as much in the closet as I am. But I couldn’t just go ahead and tell him my feelings and affection even though I dream about him a lot. And I never did.

I just kept seeing him and talking to him and looking at his eyes until we parted ways after high school.

I would describe myself as a dude’s dude. All my friend group is guys and it was the same back in high school.
I had a semi-reunion with the guys just days ago, it was great until I asked what happened to that guy ?

I promised myself I wouldn’t stalk him even though deeply I thought he was my soul mate it’s just needed to be at the right place and at the right time.

He died at 19 in a drunk driver car accident. “Yeah it was sad and all…” and they kept on with their conversation while for me it feels like I was stabbed with a knife. I am a very emotional guy but I just kept on laughing while inside I was crying and angry at the same time.

Until I went home late at night. He never left my thoughts and I still think of him.

Coulda, woulda, shoulda

I don’t know how to ground myself because for the longest time I honestly thought that we might reunite. I could finally tell him and hear him. He was truly beautiful to me. I want to move on.

Long read.

For context : I am 22 , and I’ve known I was gay since I was 12. I kept it to myself all through high school, and I still keep to myself until I’ve known a person deeply. I grew up in the South, and I am still there. I am a romantic at heart, so I always chased monogamy. I only dated 1 guy my whole life.

I saw my crush for the first time when I was 15 and he’s the only guy in real life that I had a crush on. He’s charmingly cute like I would look at him and think “I wish I could say I love you”. We were acquaintances at best and he’s a friend of a friend. I had a deep-down feeling ( gaydar) that he is as much in the closet as I am. But I couldn’t just go ahead and tell him my feelings and affection even though I dream about him a lot. And I never did.

I just kept seeing him and talking to him and looking at his eyes until we parted ways after high school.

I would describe myself as a dude’s dude. All my friend group is guys and it was the same back in high school.
I had a semi-reunion with the guys just days ago, it was great until I asked what happened to that guy ?

I promised myself I wouldn’t stalk him even though deeply I thought he was my soul mate it’s just needed to be at the right place and at the right time.

He died at 19 in a drunk driver car accident. “Yeah it was sad and all…” and they kept on with their conversation while for me it feels like I was stabbed with a knife. I am a very emotional guy but I just kept on laughing while inside I was crying and angry at the same time.

Until I went home late at night. He never left my thoughts and I still think of him.

Coulda, woulda, shoulda

I don’t know how to ground myself because for the longest time I honestly thought that we might reunite. I could finally tell him and hear him. He was truly beautiful to me.