I am born in 1979 too.
And I confess thyat this point, in 1995, I accepted like that. If I remember I was proud because I understood the new explanation for the first reading, while my mother didn't understood nothing. And I had to explain her... several times.
In the same time, my mother, when it comes to theological point, never understand nothing, but it's another story.
And I didn't speak with my mother since I faded, but I'm sure she will never understand the new overlap explanation!
In short, in 1995, I was a JWombie...