FabSwingers.com forum: How far back are we talking?

By *andadbod OP Man
3 weeks ago

Liverpool

When someone says “back in the day”?

This term seems to come up so often these days by those of a certain age.

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By *atinaChica54Woman
3 weeks ago

Marlborough

For me it's something I say regarding Nostalgia from my youth or from 20 odd years ago (cos I'm an OAP now) 👵🏼

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By *iker JackMan
3 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

Sometimes I struggle to remember what I did yesterday so back in the day could very well be yesterday.

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By *enfleetMaleMan
3 weeks ago

Hadleigh

Pre 2000

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
3 weeks ago

ashford

Back to our youth? Which for me born in the 50s was long ago!x

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By *tephanie63Woman
3 weeks ago

BRIDGWATER

For me it would be the late 70,s early 80's ..

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By *issolvedOrdersMan
3 weeks ago

Bristol

Definitely pre millennium

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By *porty_and_NaughtyCouple
3 weeks ago

Swansea

"When someone says “back in the day”?

This term seems to come up so often these days by those of a certain age."

I suspect you hear it more often these days as your peer group (much like mine) has reached the age where it becomes an appropriate thing to say in an increasing larger range of circumstances.

It's an expression that is only relevent to life experiences that have changed significantly. No one says "back in the day we had to flush the toilet to get rid of pooh" because we all still do it. However, "back in the day, if you wanted to watch a film that wasn't on telly you had to hire or buy a video" makes perfect sense.

I think any age person can use it once they've experienced (or are aware of) a change in how things are done or how social attitudes have changed. For example, a 10 year old could come home from school and say "back in the day children had to work in the mines" As we get older, we have more and more of these as personal experiences to comment on, making the expression more and more likely to be used.

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By *arkus1812Man
3 weeks ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

For me back in the day refers to my antics in the swinging 60s and 70s.

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By *yrman57Man
3 weeks ago

Ayr

Fair to say that nostalgia is a thing of the past !!!

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By *eneralKenobiMan
3 weeks ago

North Angus

For me, late 90s early 2000s

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By *ora the explorerWoman
3 weeks ago

Paradise, Herts

80s

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By *BWLOVER1965Man
3 weeks ago

My Own Little World

For me

Pre internet and mobile phones

Remember the days when people used to talk to people and not shouting in to a mobile phone when you could actually buy a house for reasonable amount

Feel sorry for youth of today no affordable housing so much stress

Sorry rambling on

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By *ittlemiss Hal O weenCouple
3 weeks ago

Southampton

"For me, late 90s early 2000s "

Same lol

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By *edbath 5Man
3 weeks ago

london

My 24 year old niece mentioned back in the day last mentioned. 2010. I nearly cried. lol

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By *eneralKenobiMan
3 weeks ago

North Angus

"For me, late 90s early 2000s

Same lol"

Don’t remember much pre 95

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By *tefe-MartyCouple
3 weeks ago

Cambs

Back in the obviously means 70's

80's etc

Which was 20 years ago

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By *r John WickMan
3 weeks ago

The Continental

Anything before the ‘responsibility’ years.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
3 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

The 1990s. God's own decade

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