> I came of age in the 1980s. I think what you are referring to is at least in part a much more general and normal part of growing up, and somewhat specific to

> I came of age in the 1980s. I think what you are referring to is at least in part a much more general and normal part of growing up, and somewhat specific to that time in your life. As you say it is "just what was going on". You don't easily question the natural (seeming) background of your life. An art work or book or song could be radical in the context of what came before, but you have at best a fuzzy idea of what "before" meant. Of course we all miss out on interesting things going on, all the time, but not for the same reasons (or scope) as when we are "coming of age".