AMERICAN NOSTALGIA: The 1960's Thrifty Wife

[@margaretwilson8736]

Home economics. Quite literally the economy of the home. Budgeting, expense planning, how to cook and mend... These classes were removed from many high schools, including my own. They should be brought back... they are good life skills.

[@MS-zh6yf]

My kid has home Ec at her school.

[@margaretwilson8736]

@@MS-zh6yf I'm glad! I know they got rid of it at mine a few years back... Hopefully they bring it back, too!

[@MS-zh6yf]

@@margaretwilson8736 yeah. She had fun. She made a cool pillow. They had to pick a recipe and prepare it and bring it to school. She still has the pillow.

[@stuarthirsch]

Home ec would be considered antifeminist and pro male chauvinist. Men have now become an inconvenience to to modern women. We are disposable sperm donors.

[@sandy7543]

Boys and girls should have home ec. It's a necessity

[@Spillers72]

They promoted adopting a dog from the shelter over buying a dog from the pet store which is cool.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

They did that because the pedigree dogs were too expensive but it was still a wonderful solution.

[@kristiduer2130]

Jay Spillers (

[@josenildoferreiraassuncao8963]

What is the problem?

[@Charity-vm4bt]

Also normal for the era

[@rosemarie43]

Yeah according to the sign, the pedigree dog in the pet shop window was only $50 back then.

[@pariosd3]

Housework, whether by man or woman, needs to be respected and appreciated.

[@MeowMeow_95_]

@@erichkaufmann5284 well hello there 😏😉😁

[@damnitk5208]

Yeah people may think housework is easy but it's not

[@22Unlucky]

@Skyla Vega lol is that even English?

[@Readytoshoot2]

pariosd3 and most of all done

[@22Unlucky]

@Skyla Vega troll, there's a troll in the dungeon

[@joyr36]

My mom was born right before the depression. She didn't waste anything. I was born in the 60's and she made most of my clothes and she and her sisters and sister-in-laws passed around hand me down kid's clothes. When my grandfather died in the mid 60's, she inherited some land in the country in which she and my dad would plant a huge vegetable garden every year. We ate vegetables out of the garden all summer and she canned vegetables to be eaten in the winter. She never had to buy vegetables from the grocery store. My aunts and uncles lived on farms and did the same. With the thrifty way that she and my dad saved money, my dad was able to work and my mom was able to stay home and be a full-time mom. She was always involved in the PTA and our education. Things were so much more simple back then.

[@joansalazar9841]

This was my childhood also. I am so thankful to have been born when I was. It was a delightful time. Daddy also grew a summer garden and a winter garden. Mama also sewed all of our clothes. We swam in the fresh water springs of North Florida. We were blessed beyond measure! I thank God for my idyllic childhood. Some children still live similar lifestyles but not so many these days.

[@Albert87nl]

2023 we worried if we can keep the netflix/disney subsribtions xD really a downgrade if you ask me!

[@TrangNguyen-sz6xh]

Thank you for sharing your family story

[@thesimulation9651]

As someone also raised by parents who lived through the great depression, I agree that there were many good things about our childhoods. It was a simpler time, but how good were the good old days, really? Some of our sisters died from infections caused by rusty coat hangers, the neighbor lady and her kids got beat by her alcoholic husband on the regular, all the special needs kids were sent to asylums (state schools), the neighborhood pervert ran the church youth group and diddled all the kids, the girl who's father molested her was referred to as the town slut, date rapers married their victims, brown people couldn't be on the street after sundown, people threw pennies at the one Jewish kid in town...

[@ourblissfulhaven]

Oh my! I love this. As I watched this, I couldn’t help think how this was used to indoctrinate women into leaving their homes. 🥹 I think women should have an option to have a career. I am a working mom myself. However, I would prefer to solely be a stay at home mom. 🤩🤩

[@junbug1029]

I grew up in the 60s and we lived very frugally. We had used cars, my mom sewed a lot of our clothes and we went out to eat about once a year. Same with going to the movies. We didn't have vacations and played outside with our friends. We went to the library on Saturday every 2 weeks and read a lot of books. My friends and classmates all lived this way. When my mom went shopping she estimated each item cost 25 cents. My dad was a mechanical engineer and my family of 6 lived well on his salary, nothing fancy but we had everything we needed. Our birthday parties consisted of a handful of friends and mom would serve us a hot dog, bag of chips and cake. It was a much simpler time but we had so much fun! We made Barbie doll furniture from boxes and left over material from the clothes my mom made. We hung blankets on the clothes line as our tent and had sleepovers.

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

How beautiful. Better than materialism

[@chemist718]

Sounds like an extremely depressing life.

[@markc1234golf]

@@chemist718 lol well done for your honesty ;)

[@geewiz8253]

@@chemist718 It’s unfortunate how you missed the point by miles. What she meant is that all the simplicity and minimalism allowed her to appreciate what’s really important: experiences and people. If you live life worshiping things instead of experiences like travel or everyday experiences and learn to enjoy your time with people instead of material things, you’re going end up living a very shallow life. Seems that even after Covid some people might not understand how less is more and simplicity is best. 🤷‍♀️ Hopefully most people will. 😌🙏

[@lilwinged5291]

What a great upbringing.....😪.. such a beautiful blessing 💛..

[@janedoe805]

I was born in 1960 and had four siblings my mother was a stay at home mom. Every holiday we would go to A&S Department store look at girls dresses and buy one. Then we would do to the Garment District in Manhattan where she purchased everything she needed to make the dress. She would very carefully disassembled the dress and made her own pattern using the New York Times. (It was the only newspaper large enough.) She would measure me all three of us and recreate the lovely “Store” dresses. She would then meticulously re-assemble the “Store” dress and return it. I remember once she accidentally tore the dress with the rip stitcher and we kept it. My poor Mother was in tears. (We ate a lot of Rice-A-Roni that month.) This was a heartwarming video of a much simpler time. Thank You for posting it.

[@mookins45]

man that is resourceful, impressive of her

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Linda BTDT Wonderful story!

[@jimmydean9204]

In 2019, men have no idea what we are missing out on and women have no idea what they are missing out on as well. Your mother was a real woman and you did not mention your father but i am sure he was a real man as well.

[@maggiedoor6093]

Jane Doe I have done a similar thing. I had a short sleeve blouse that fit perfectly but I could never find another like it .So when it got too old I took it to bits and made another, using the pieces as a guide. I had sewing classes in school while I grew up in Uk, I am almost 64 now. My mother never worked and she taught us all how to make ends meet and we were satisfied. I still buy a large chicken for a roast/veg have sandwiches the next day and finally make soup or broth using the bones and leftover vegetables or for a casserole. . If we buy a large ham it's hot one day, cold the next with salad, containers of pea and ham soup made for the freezer. Still some is frozen for later quiche or ham and eggs . My father worked as a farm manager providing everything we needed. That's the difference , today it's all about getting what you want first and that list can be long, rather than focussing on what you actually need.

[@michellerjackson5776]

Jane Doe~ My what wonderful memories ! I was born in 1965. My Mother was a stay at home Mom as well. Wonderful childhood 💖 and parents. Enjoyed your comments.

[@SocialBurrito3]

I don't know about you lot, but my grandfather is a great and gentle man and he treated my grandmother like the queen she was until the day she died. He has never been the same since her passing, I think she was his reason for living. Men in the 1950s did know how to love and respect their wives. There were of course terrible men, just as there are now, but the great majority were like my grandfather. Just as many men today are like my father. A good, kind, respectful human being.

[@madisonpiker1384]

this made me smile

[@SocialBurrito3]

Madison Piker Thanks, my grandfather is the most gentle and tender hearted man I have ever known, he actually spends hours every day praying for the souls of every person on the planet. People he has not and will never meet, but loves none the less. He is 87 years old.

[@IamDoogy]

And their wives respected them. They were closer to God then. Like Scripture says: "Husbands, love your wives. Wives, respect your husbands."

[@bluehypothermicreality6759]

Lol my grandpas an assholes who divorced with my grandmother in 1970 leaving her with 4 kids I’m so glad my dad is a nothing like him

[@stellamahony2903]

kp1officer i just prayed for u and your family, god bless u!

[@Az2013ful]

Thank you for this great video. I was born in 1953, and this was my family's life. My mother was a stay at home mom, until I was about 13 yrs. She did it all, and very well I might say. She taught me how to do all of the things that she knew how to do; sew, cook, etc. I'm happy that i grew up in a simpler time. To me, it was a perfect life. My parents are gone now, and I miss them every day.

[@crimesforgottenbytime]

❤🤗

[@MomoMomoyan]

Thanks for sharing

[@wh0rrendous]

Half the issue nowadays is nothing is made with the same quality. It's all meant to be used once and discarded.

[@vampansy93]

wh0rrendous and that’s on purpose, to keep us buying all the time

[@diamondssophia341]

What are you talking about I reuse my toilet tissue all the time along with my floss & tooth brush

[@tulanzuya]

@@vampansy93 - For real. There are even documents circulating online from the late 40s/early 50s laying out the strategy for planned obsolescence of various products with the intention of forcing the consumer to buy them repeatedly rather than just once. One early example was light bulbs. They found they could make them last virtually forever, but instead deliberately chose to give them a short life so they could sell more. And now we have China doing the planned obsolescence for most of our products.

[@gungfoomon7729]

Get girl, use once, discard. Get kid, use once, discard. I see what you mean.

[@cecewonderwoman4617]

I would take vintage craftsmanship over new any day. Plus, it costs the same or less sometimes. 👍

[@vickyshiokari9260]

I remember my mother making our clothes. The thrill of having a new dress out of fabric you picked!!!

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

Yes our Easter dresses were homemade it was so exciting picking out the patterns

[@wolfrainexxx]

It's okay, because Cosplayer families are still teaching their children, and families, how to sew.

[@ginnybowman6323]

@@wolfrainexxx And bringing men into the love of sewing as well! Funny story; a few years ago my then bf and I were in JoAnne's (I forget what I was looking for, but he was looking for costuming materials) and the staff were speaking exclusively to me. He chuckled and said, "This is how you feel at cons, isn't it?" Yes, yes it was.

[@paulanichols5961]

It was such a loving gesture to wear clothes MADE by mama. I would give anything to go back to a time when.... but alas, time keeps ticking...THIS world is no longer what I was brought up to, i think that's why we don't live forever, it would definitely make 'progress' harder to achieve.

[@MrMarckeedee]

....said no teenage girl EVER.

[@matildamaher2650]

When a wife gets affection, attention and appreciation, she will be with you forever. and keeps the family happy.

[@BridgesDontFly]

Naw. She will cheat on you still. Probably get pregnant by some other dude and the court system will still make the male pay child support for 18 years. GENTS DONT EVER GET MARRIED 👈

[@Kayla-uq2xo]

@@BridgesDontFly who hurt you

[@belle7728]

Bridges Dont Fly this is way to specific what happen who hurt you?

[@SoapinTrucker]

Ummmmm,. You failed to list money!

[@jimmartin7881]

I've nailed too many PTA mom's to ever buy that crock.

[@hollyinhell]

I am a university educated woman and had a great career. I am now a stay-at-home mom and I really enjoy it. I like being around for my husband and kids. I feel very fortunate that our family can afford this luxury because I am quite aware that many households can't.

[@BusyBodyVisa]

Exactly. Equality means women should have the right to choose if they want to be home makers or not and not to look down on these who chose to be homemakers.

[@nairda55555]

@@BusyBodyVisa Unfortunately, equality is a lot less to do between the man and the woman in marriage and a lot more to do with wealth equality or, as more commonly known, the wealth inequality. Before a woman or a man can choose who can be the homemaker, they must first afford a home to make. This is sadly not available to a growing number of people. Sometimes it may be that nobody is left at home either because both are working to sustain themselves, or not being able to own a home in the first place. Hollyinhell and those who do have homes are indeed, blessed.

[@nathanjustus6659]

Maybe not.. But I think a lot of them don’t look at what two careers costs in terms of extra expenses. Often times the extra money is minimal after expenses.

[@BloodInTheStrawberries]

​@@BusyBodyVisa Men too.

[@Juju-l3o]

Good for you .

[@tiffanyoneail3310]

I think alot of us are drawn to this era because of the bonding that was done in this time. Things didnt seem so hectic and people just seemed happy.. families were families and its something alot of us just miss.. a simple time.

[@josephdockemeyer4807]

So so so true. 😍

[@salmineo4132]

Seemed.....trust allot of miserable souls,just after the war and mental illness/sexual abuse/etc was NEVER talked about

[@tiff399]

Tiffany Oneail times where racism and segregation ran rampant was so much more simple😍

[@tiff399]

FirstN LastN People back then shared their openly racist perspectives that were deeply rooted in fear because it’s was more socially acceptable. Why is diversity a bad thing?

[@gdz1103]

@@tiff399 look what diversity brought us

[@wesmcgee1648]

I couldn't have handpicked two better parents. They raised us right in the 60s and 70s. I'm glad I told them both how great they were before they passed away.

[@СергейПересыпкин-н3й]

Well done, he spoke very sincerely. I’m from Russia, I have a similar story, and my mother is still alive, thank God.

[@latoshastanfield5523]

❤ beautiful

[@crimesforgottenbytime]

That is wonderful! ❤❤

[@CroiaCallahan]

I used to tell my mom and dad, “If I could choose a mom and dad…. I would choose you”. They were good, honest hard working people. I was blessed.

[@crimesforgottenbytime]

@@CroiaCallahan I love that. ❤

[@helending7809]

This video reminds me of my dearly departed mother she was very frugal... RIP mom - 1929-2016 gone 🥀but forever loved💕

[@karolinesmail489]

Same w my mom 1930-2016 miss her so much but she taught me well IAM frugal too

[@autumxxleaves4186]

God bless her

[@realmaletearsaspatriarchys1351]

Helen Ding is that your real name lol??

[@randomPerson-ul1jq]

That's so creepy as my great grandmother was alive from 1929-2016

[@michellerjackson5776]

My Mother and Father as well..RIH💖

[@sarahshouse1890]

Loved growing up back in those days (born in '58). Also loved how beautiful the homes looked, beautiful kitchens and living rooms that were well- kept and so inviting. My Mother was stay-at-home and this all brings back wonderful memories. Those were the golden years! Thanks for posting this amazing video!😊

[@elizabetht7420]

Beautiful! Were you able to be a stay at home mom?

[@sarahshouse1890]

@@elizabetht7420 only for a few years.

[@Laura_B__]

I really like their kitchen - the cute wallpaper, the wood cabinets, the lacy curtains. I prefer that homey look over the cold, sterile, industrial look that is fashionable today.

[@geewiz8253]

Buy thrift, make things on your own, and you can create the home you like. Only follow trends you like and be happy. Life’s too short to follow what everyone is into if you’re not into it. Live authentically.

[@mohnnadmercedes8246]

Yh but there is some convenience in modern industrial design, however i love classic and modern mix in the kitchens, but other rooms i like them to be more on classic

[@Laura_B__]

@@geewiz8253 Yes, that is what I do. :) Just about everything in my house is secondhand, and I like it that way.

[@dwbogardus]

I recognized the GE MixMaster on the kitchen counter, just like my mother's. I still have the white glass mixing bowls that came with it.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Well, it IS a total PITA to CLEAN...yucky. lol

[@susanbumblebee6086]

Love how they dressed back then.

[@JewelBlueIbanez]

Yeah, not in gym clothes.

[@janetpugliesi3203]

I remember wearing dresses just like that little girl had on..what nice memories...

[@m_jay5]

@susanbumblebee6086 Men and women had self respect and dressed to the nines, it's honestly a breath of fresh air to see this with our modern day society. A time where women were feminine and men were masculine

[@raggedyann8762]

Back then it was about thrift and no waste...today it’s about spend spend spend and throw away🥺

[@jimmartin7881]

Scary ain't it? My daughter was pissed that I refused to buy her an Iphone. She worked a job to save for one and when she finally had the money she actually chose not to spend one thousand of her hard earned dollars on a dumb phone. I damn near cried, she understood what value was!

[@renee3351]

@@jimmartin7881 I have always had a sense of value my whole life, but I go to a private school where everyone is rich and spoiled. It breaks my heart to see my peers calling their parents profanities because “their trip to a tropical island wasn’t as long as they wanted.”

[@jimmartin7881]

@@renee3351 Nice to hear you don't envy them and can see how messed up they really are. Sadly it's rare to find a younger person with your POV, good for you.

[@gotsm9959]

@@jimmartin7881 Iphone ages like milk and so do woman now days.

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@gotsm9959 even worse than that. Most women in these horrific times think that they were sexualized and slaved to the house, that isn't right and it isn't true! It is looked down upon to make a women the point of sexualization, frowned upon to share racist views as what we fought for in 1861-63 in the north, horrible for a director of a movie to harass, and abuse from a husband would not be tolerated. Women are delicate, delicate in their thoughts, they are shrewd and clever and have always been appreciated as the highest benefit. Angels really, yet people believe it to be the opposite because they can't tell the difference between admiration and harassment?! So many thousands of unnecessary lies people spew about the early to middle 20th century, such as cops not interfering with household problems...that was a thing in the 1980s, not the 1930s-40s-50s. Nowadays most women think that being feminine is wrong and makes them weak, they are calling themselves weak...imagine that, I sure can't. Its manipulation by the bandwagon, soon all men will be women and women will be men. Then in 300 years men will make fights against women for keeping a higher salary and paycheck in business, and then it will revert again.

[@sunlightangel87]

This is incredible! As a Millennial I watched my grandmother and mother carry these lessons. Today, with the rising costs of everything, living frugally is necessary, but it's something I need to do better on. I really could take a lesson from my grandma's and mom's generations. Thank you for this upload.

[@mariebilodeau4266]

The music, the colours, the fashion, the quality, wish we had those back 😭

[@Elemiriel]

Can we just talk about how they rescued an ADORABLE puppy in the beginning?

[@milkyjoe906]

I thought they were mangy looking puppies 🐶

[@vincentaquilecchia1585]

They taught the little girl, not to buy those poodles in th e window, but an adorable mutt at the pound ...

[@Spillers72]

Dogs really needed adopting from the shelter because they didn't have any no kill shelters yet.

[@HeyItsCharlie]

Yeah and now it costs like $300 to adopt a pet

[@danaelona4081]

Animals in the entertainment industry back then and even now were often abused and not treated in a humane way.

[@Faithfulperson-o7n]

I am young but I love this period so much! I adore this family, their values! I would like to have a family like this!

[@latsnojokelee6434]

It did have some downs to it. A lot of women were given literal allowances. And you had to feed the family and buy the clothes on this allowance. It was kind of annoying to women to be put on an allowance like they were a little kids.

[@burtonesquebarrel]

@@latsnojokelee6434My dad told me that in those times a woman wasn’t allowed to buy very expensive items, e.g. a car, without her husbands permission. The salesman would say “Does your husband know about this?” Even something like a lawnmower.

[@khazardslover]

Really? Would you accept to be the housewife, even if your spouse brings home a very modest income? Would you be able to bear these responsibilities: split the modest income accordingly, pay for the mortgage, buy food for everyone and cook it yourself, be a good parent for your older children, sleep later than everybody, wake up before everybody else, all that while you are cronically tired from the small children that you have to keep on making, who will wake you up every single night for the following years? Would you even be in the mood for sex with your spouse (that being, of course, another obligation of yours, as a housewife, regardless of your mood, level of tiredness or needs)? Would you accept that, knowing that your spouce's sole responsibility will be just to work 8 hours a day for whatever amount of money he/she decides that he/she brings home? If your answer to all is Yes, then I am sure you will find a spouse, but if you think the deal is not fair if YOU have to be the housewife, then you know why people enjoying freedom right now kindly decline this typical housewife role.

[@BombshellBoss]

This reminds me of my grandparents; on payday grandpa would walk in the door & hand grandma the paycheque, she was so good with it that 6 people were always well fed & cared for. He always said her brain was one of the most attractive things about her ❤️

[@htgfrrhhtfffg5000]

Sim minha vo geria salario do meu vo pra 11 pessoas ja filhas modernetes dela boomer pra la nao dao conta de uma casa com 3 pessoas e diz ta sobrecarregada

[@Project_EG2]

This is why I respect my mom so much. She grew up in the 70s and always encourages us to save every penny we can

[@MrBuddydance]

The people dressed so nicely back then. I remember my mom wearing dresses to go to the grocery store. Now, we have gone overboard with casual. We dress sloppy.

[@germyw]

Bee Smart Mannnn, people dressed better even in the 80s! They took the time to dress thoughtfully even in casual clothes. I don't know WHAT happened.

[@foxgloved1]

and wore white gloves,it was a wonderful time

[@minnesotalakes2062]

I remember wearing a dress & white gloves to church & Patent leather shoes.

[@marelicainavokado]

As long as your clothes are clean, overdressing is for snobs and Kim Kardashian.

[@andytaylor5476]

Bee Smart No one is telling you what to wear. You say you dress sloppy so dress nicer and maybe you'll see others doing the same. It's your choice.

[@maryhartsock4326]

Okay a bit exaggerated....but honestly, there is not a thing wrong with a woman loving her husband and children so much that they are the center of her world. Cooking, cleaning, sewing and budgeting are not a waste of time. Some of us still do those things!

[@hntrbr]

Mary Hartsock This is how I feel a bout my wife, she’s the center of my world. And guess what? I do the cooking and the cleaning because she’s got health problems. So it’s not that I’m getting slave labor as all the whiners on this thread will say.

[@pommiebears]

SweetHoney Sempai I got told I was a POS because I was a wife and mother.....by other women. Feminists. I CHOSE to stay at home, and I CHOSE to be there for my family, we could manage it and my children always had a parent around. I’m also a qualified car mechanic. Thing is, these feminists who were saying I was a “prostitute to your husband” yet.....they do nothing that empowers females in the male dominated workplace. Mostly studying Gender studies. Now, I have a skill that took tenacity, and it took brains.....gender studies has never helped anyone ever. It certainly doesn’t do anything to shake the “patriarchy” does it?? Most housewives are housewives because they choose to be. The last thing that a woman who has made personal choices is some bitter feminist attacking them because their own chances of finding a husband and having children is virtually nil! I thought feminism was supposed to empower women whatever they choose. Apparently not!

[@hntrbr]

@Pommie Bears My wife found exactly the same thing that you did. This was in the 1970s but it still happens. As you have seem recently. I will again say: if people were is thrifty is they were in the 1950s and the 1960s you could have a lot more single income households. When you factor in the cost of daycare, meals out, a second car, business clothing, and salon it is incredibly expensive to go out to work. I’m not saying that the woman might choose to stay home; I know several marriages where he chose to stay home because she made more money. He raised the kids while she was working Because she made more money. The two of them chose it. Again, my comment that liberation is that you should be free to make your own choice, is something that people have forgotten.

[@josephdockemeyer4807]

@SweetHoney Sempai That only happens in the Middle East.

[@josephdockemeyer4807]

@@hntrbr You're 100% right. Freedom comes from being able to choose how to live. Are we really more free because both spouses CAN and ARE EXPECTED to go out to work? What about all the women who would rather stay home with the kids? But she can't because of the world we live in... Isn't THAT a trap? A horse of a different color... My mother stayed home. My dad said "no wife of mine is going to work. I won't be a laughing stock"... (Mom loved staying home.) My sister wanted to stay home. Her husband, a doctor, said "no wife of mine is going to stay home. I won't be a laughing stock"... She's a nurse who didn't get to raise her kids at home because her doctor-husband wanted her to have "a career". She cried over it...

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

Both parents worked. We weren’t wealthy but we were comfortable and had everything we needed. I miss the simplicity of the 60s-80s and it’s what we need to return to.

[@Sister_Felinity_Imaculata]

It amazes me how these videos reflect the high level of importance and value women had in their households.

[@julienielsen3746]

It's true.

[@RodrigoBorgia]

Like same in Saudi Arabia. The women there are the bosses of the household. Yeah, these were the times.

[@adamv4951]

That's a poor excuse for mothers who don't care about their families anymore and just worry about themselves.

[@genli5603]

It’s a hideously condescending video. The narrator recognizes that the woman is lonely and bored, but it’s okay because she sacrifices everything for her family.

[@johnnybee2517]

Most women were also respected by their husbands. Men and women worked together instead of against each other. Feminism is not a good thing for men or women. Bring back the old values.

[@cycologist7069]

I showed this clip to my 87 year old Mom. She got a good chuckle out of it. She did acknowledge that times were very different back then but also expressed this vid was also a wee bit exaggerated. Lol.

[@genli5603]

Cycletherapy I like how the wife never wears a house dress!

[@thomashouse6090]

Yeah my parents looked at this too. I think exaggerating it was kind of the point

[@lonewulf44]

I'm sure it is, but the other majority that is spot on still opens a window to a time so much better than our own. Of not everything ...but on the whole I would jump in that Delorean today if I could.

[@maggieleroy3184]

Gen Li Oh but they did in real life! Just not in this movie! They even went to the store with curlers in their hair!! My mother and gran told me many of such stories and I could hardly believe it but they swore it was true. There weren't any men in the supermarket (just the manager maybe) so they just didn't mind that much. Maybe not a "New York " thing to do, but a small town thing for sure! But I agree with you, this vid gives a lovely impression how well women were dressed those days! It seems that they really cared, a complete different attitude than a lot of women have today. Including myself sometimes, I must admit. 😜

[@techman2016]

lonewulf44 you only say that BC the decisions you made didn't add up to your imaginary ideals.

[@tammihunter5913]

My mom was a 1960s housewife. My parents saved for their future. They recycled before it was a thing. My dad grew a fantastic garden every year. We had fresh vegetables all summer and my mom canned and froze for the winter. My mom worked part time from home, learned how to sew, wallpaper and paint like a pro...I think they were the best and I'm grateful to have had them and to have grown up in the era I did.

[@dylanpaul1212]

"I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them."

[@nikkibest5010]

I remember my parents telling me when I was a child that I was in "my good old days". Boy, were they right. Lol

[@birdsaloud7590]

So true! I now try to see the good things when they happen. Watching my family laugh, look up at old buildings and see archtectural quirks and things of beauty....thinking of the folk gone before who made them. Enjoy nature and a good deed etc.. Good things are all around if you look for them x

[@cattycorner8]

lol amen

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

"Stay right here, cuz these are the good old days." I can neved make the high note without tears on this part. (Carly Simon, Anticipation)

[@francescaa8331]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 yeah that line tends to break me up too. But I knew what she was saying and I tried to keep it in my heart for my whole life.

[@StoryMemories86]

Yknow - The irony is that the woman is always portrayed as the frivolous spender in so many classic sitcoms. This is telling a whole new story!

[@carriemindplsable]

The media lies to us constantly especially about the past.

[@nowandthennn]

I know more men than women that are the frivolous spender . At least when the woman is the frivolous spender the kids has nice clothes . When it’s the man he spends it all on himself .

[@alexandraguardian9840]

I think it's because women tend to be in charge of shopping, so men sometimes complain when their wives buy good-quality products, which are more expensive than cheap but bad quality products until their wives explain what they are doing - finding a good quality product at the the lowest price possible. PD: In the first ten seasons of The Simpsons, Marge was quite the saver in a reasonable extent. To certain extent, also Linda Belcher from Bob’s Burgers. In most animes, homemakers are like this, such as Kasumi Tendo in Ranma 1/2 and the supporting cast in “The Way of The Househusband.”

[@Whydoyoucare1437]

“New story” lol

[@nathanjustus6659]

@@nowandthennnsure, Jan. There are shits of both genders. I’ve seen enough women with fake hair and fake nails and kids in rags.

[@arielsarino2823]

It's kind of ironic to think that even though this is perceived as an idyllic time and things were all prim and proper, the kids eventually grew up to form the counter-culture of the 60s.

[@TayDays1128]

Those cultural shifts that the few kids made ruined class in this country. Now, teens & children are heard shouting profanities and disrespecting authority. As a young adult, I'd prefer to live back then than now.

[@manictiger]

The government and corporate culture became increasingly devoid of moral values in the 50s. The once strong moral system became a facade. The counter-culture tore down the facade, but never restored the wall. Without that wall, sin washeth over the kingdom and we sit among debt, decay and divorce.

[@manictiger]

And by that, I mean things like the 1953 Iranian coup, which started the chain reaction of events leading to today's ISIS. Just before that, we were the good guys, pushing back the Nazis and Japanese Imperials. We went from selfless to selfish in just a decade and then we paid for it. We're still paying for our selfishness and we'll probably continue paying past the point we become a third world country. And it will hurt the rest of the world. Those that wish ill on the U.S. don't understand how this works. We are in the same fight against evil. If we fall, others will, too.

[@TayDays1128]

manictiger Completely false. There were plenty of terrible and corrupt things that had occurred prior, especially in the FDR administration and in the early 1900s. The u.s. Wasn't the country it was perceived to be until the 50s, when the American Dream came into fruition, men and women creating families with powerful bonds, new businesses being established and booming under the market, architecture being renovated and highways being constructed, unity against foreign powers and debt only to the country. This is what America was under the Truman/Eisenhower administrations in the 50s, and it's sad how differently it is now due to inept leaders taking power.

[@tungt88]

Few people actually were part of the "counterculture", but it took most of the headlines. Most folks in the early to late 60s looked not too different from folks in the 50s.

[@militaryhomes6292]

I'm watching this as a house wife and it makes me grin. The more things change the more things stay the same.

[@jungefrau]

my MIL is in her 80s and as we were looking through old photos of her always wearing a dress and pantyhose and her hair done and low-heeled shoes I said something about how much nicer everyone dressed back then and looked so nice. She said she doesn't miss it at all -- the pantyhose and the girdle made her sweaty and uncomfortable, her hair took forever to get done and she was always going to the salon for a touch up and she hates pumps! The grass is always greener!

[@DeeDee5alive]

My mom kept a pair of gloves she wore in the 60's

[@RiverDanube]

49jubilee You can still buy them and wear them if you want. I noticed that my panty hose were breaking easier and easier no matter what .I did and I tried heaps of things but I would need a new pair just about every second day. It then dawned on me that they were making them weaker, forcing up sales and this was in the 90s. But consumers aren't that stupid and to solve the problem and save some money all it required was to stop wearing them.

[@DGill48]

well, no one finds a sweaty woman attractive......

[@nthernstar8558]

jungefrau thanks for sharing

[@nthernstar8558]

Joe Kaye because husbands didnt step out in the old days, right? 😂

[@fobypawz418]

What amazes me about this time period is that even ...gangsters, Thugs, everyday Street People still had Class! that really says alot about that time period! A Street Scene, for example in 1950's New York Time Square, is better than any street scene today in almost any city!

[@josephdockemeyer4807]

@@Charity-vm4bt - True. The mob were the original gangsters.

[@Charity-vm4bt]

@@josephdockemeyer4807 I was not defending the mob. They were two-faced hypocrites. They still exist in high level gov't and not just those with Italian surnames.

[@Ed-iz4wm]

well, the orange thug in the whitehouse has no class, why should anyone else?

[@tulanzuya]

@@Ed-iz4wm - He is the original classy guy. I can see by your style of thinking however that simply being classy for the sake of your own self-pride and sense of integrity is something you'll never achieve.

[@antonia6059]

I am a homemaker and people often say it’s impossible financially to live on one parent income. Yet we live comfortably and are a happy family. I meal plan, cook from scratch, pack my husband lunch for work, I am carful with what I spend. We save a lot on childcare. My husband fixes our cars and works hard too. It’s possible but you have to actually do the work. Being a homemaker isn’t like real housewives for most of us it’s real work. But I love it and feel proud watching my family thrive. To each their own

[@davidjamesshaver]

Homemaking is the most important career that ever existed :)

[@melindaroop1346]

It is very doable now a days but too many people don't want to have to budget better or give up an over priced house and car and getting the latest iphone or name brand clothing and eating out.

[@amyguzman1525]

Amen there is a blessing in homemaking for sure

[@yfa6244]

You have to marry a man who is able and willing to do his part and not just pay some pro to do it all. Most men now days can barely clear a sink, much less work on a simple motor.

[@Xiaotian88]

@@yfa6244 Unfortunately, many electronic companies and car producers nowadays try to make it as difficult as possible to repair anything by yourself. They either want to cash in on the cost of repair or make you buy a new device directly.

[@hoosierladyus48]

I was born in the 50's and we were poor. Not that my Dad didn't work, but he was an alcoholic and "a lot" of his money went on drinking. My Mother worked also and she had 9 children. Our house was always in an uproar because of Dads drinking. Not all households were like the one depicted in this film.

[@AP-kl2lk]

My dad was born in 41, Eastern TN. the family was poor, I mean Pi** poor, no running water, etc., but they farmed, were self sufficient, and got by. My dad at age 13 would hitchhike in the summer to FL and pick oranges to bring $ back home. People can't do crap now, but cry about how bad they think they have it.

[@hoosierladyus48]

@@AP-kl2lk That is so true!

[@samuelmorado70]

I heard beer was cheaper back then so that must have been a lot of beer consumed. Sorry to hear that you had a less than perfect childhood

[@hoosierladyus48]

@@samuelmorado70 Yes, my Father drank every night.

[@HENEX1000]

@@hoosierladyus48 Id drink too with 9 kids...

[@stacyrich113]

Proper housekeeping is a lost art.

[@baus7]

Agreed!

[@nomadundercover3018]

I'm a stay at home mother o a large family. It's the best job in the world. Not the easiest, but the most rewarding and the best. I had a successful career, but after having my first child decided family is more important than anything besides health. I wish more families could make this move, too.

[@dwbogardus]

My wife was a "stay at home" mom, and did a first rate job of raising our four children. I found it not a little ironic that she could have easily earned six figures, being much brighter than I, but she made the better choice for herself and our children by raising them at home.

[@leeann4900]

🏆YOU ARE THE WINNER🏆 ... and those of we, (like you), are out here. I promise you🙏🏻.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

What happens when he runs off and takes all the money and the judge says she's been lazy long enough...? Heard that one before. Know people it happened to, also.

[@jr.daniels7750]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 highly unlikely anyway considering 80% + of all divorces are filed by wives and of those 80% a blistering 90% will win their court cases which include custody of the children. Don’t hate on others lives because of jealousy.

[@alyssiavaughn3884]

Yes 🥺🥺

[@talkingtina4519]

Honestly, I would have preferred to be a housewife and full time mommy. The best year of my childhood was when my mom decided to stay home for a whole year. When she went back to work full time, it was back to being a latch key kid which I had been since I was 5, and I felt lost. It was impossible when my kids were little and the guilt killed me.

[@honkhonk8009]

Lmfao it was the opposite for me. I couldnt do shit by myself at home. My mom was a housewife and kept on forcing me to do useless studying that never helped me in the future.

[@tompeled6193]

I liked being a latchkey kid in the mid-2010s.

[@LP-ow3kd]

Lack key kid too. Hated it. So lonely. I was lucky as was able to stay home with my two for a few years.

[@erinb4237]

I'm so lucky my bf is fine with having a housewife in the future. I much prefer cooking and taking care of a home to working outside the home

[@amandaneumann5452]

I feel blessed beyond belief that I was a full time stay at home mom to my four kids. Best decision of my life!💖💖💖

[@Kristie27]

When you think about it this wasn’t that long ago. It’s sad that families can no longer afford the American dream anymore.

[@ez-g3090]

Quit buying what you don't need.

[@happycook6737]

Back in the 70's a family vacation was getting into the car and visiting relatives or tent camping. We ate peanut butter sandwiches and drank homemade iced tea for "meals" until we got there. Our family had 1 car. We never ate out, never ever! We ate cheap, healthy food like homemade soup, oatmeal, stews, casseroles, etc. We got one present for our birthday and a birthday party was homemade cupcakes and playing musical chairs, pin tail on donkey, etc. We didn't have a ton of "stuff". Kids didn't do things that cost money. Many people today pamper their kids and spend every penny they make. Just look at what is spent today on premade Halloween costumes!

[@ABrickWalledCD]

@@happycook6737that’s nice but the documentary showed families buying toys and having multiple cars.

[@ravenbaa7989]

@@happycook6737I agree

[@SeanNewhouse-mv9ez]

Wow, that speaks on levels!

[@shelleys1551]

This is when Americans had class, not defined by income.

[@D_Marrenalv]

America and Americans were the envy of the world. Not perfect, but what a culture we had back then!

[@freuderickfrankenstein8417]

Thay had class because they had the income.

[@bobsingh5521]

Freuderick Frankenstein That's not true. Manners are manners

[@freuderickfrankenstein8417]

People that are taught manners are also taught other ways to be successful and hence, have money. They had income because they had class.

[@bobsingh5521]

Freuderick Frankenstein You can visit some poor places all over the world and lots of people have manners without a lot of income. Yes, basic prosperity is required.

[@nenaj1]

I love how they use to talk in those days.

[@latsnojokelee6434]

Schools had elocution lessons back in the 1950s. You were literally trained how to speak properly.

[@christmastree6817]

@@latsnojokelee6434 really?

[@christianriddler5063]

@@latsnojokelee6434 They probably removed it because some crybaby called it "racism".

[@gabriellecollier9676]

I'm a stay at home mom with 2 children...I can truly say this is a job

[@jeffmorse645]

Kudos to you - its one of the most important jobs.

[@jamesmarconi7502]

My wife is too but I do the cooking

[@jamesmarconi7502]

And I even make her a plate and serve it to her

[@yvonce7309]

Gabrielle Collier I’m a housewife born in the late 60’s. It’s a job and rewarding.😁🌺

[@hersheyco08]

Same

[@thehashslingingslasher4207]

Essentially, appreciate all your wife does. Me and my boys would be living in a tree wearing loincloth if not for her😂

[@dogbandit]

Thanks Tarzan 🤣

[@thehashslingingslasher4207]

@@dogbandit no problem man😆

[@broeheemed32]

Appreciate the husband that works all day - every day - at a job he might not even like, to pay for everything so mom can stay home.

[@thehashslingingslasher4207]

@@broeheemed32 absolutely You should appreciate both sides for what they do. Also mom isn't just staying home. More often than not she Cleans cooks and looks after the kids

[@broeheemed32]

@@thehashslingingslasher4207 - She'd still have to cook and clean her own home if she didn't have a man to pay for her existence.

[@louisianna5524]

I love the calmness an the music on these It makes me feel so warm an cosy inside How i wish it was still like this but with a twist of the Man helping out a little more lol

[@hihello8771]

cringe

[@rosemarypicciotti3694]

I do miss those days. That's how I remember my family. But the families today are so different.

[@christianriddler5063]

The family today is satanic, just like the rest of society. Everything is in a state of decay and the downfall of our civilisation is not far off now. The abyss will swallow humanity. Only Jesus can save us. Only in him can we have life.

[@seatboi]

Back in the day when "Made In The USA" meant something! It talks about all the thrifty things a wife does....those were truly the days!

[@honkhonk8009]

@GPAGE Blame nixon for allowing china to compete. Its physically impossible for us to compete with slave labour manufacturing.

[@001-z9e]

In the early 20th century, the United States had a large number of cheap children's labor. You can't expect the United States to return to the best times. It's meaningless to complain. The imbalance of capital power is the root of all this.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@001-z9e True. But then again, the CCP compared to the west has much more power over corporations. Considering the CCPs past actions regarding censorship and overreach, people generally dont want to buy into chinese companies as they are also buying into the chinese government. For example, in america, social media companies and such might have a percentage bought out by a chinese corporations, and time and time again, they can easily censor people if they talk against the CCP. Thats why americans generally hate the chinese government. They love chinese culture and people tho.

[@MrMarckeedee]

Meant something because most things were made In The USA. Laws of economics won out as it usually does.

[@latsnojokelee6434]

By this time in the 1950s, the people making clothes were actually working in the Mills in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. They were union workers. And the quality of the clothing was very very good. That’s why people may have only owned two pairs of jeans and three pairs of shoes. I mean I actually can remember the clothing I owned as a kid back in the 70s because I had so little of it but that was normal. But then in the late 70s the shift began to send all of the clothing manufacturing to Third World countries to increase the profits of the owners. They used to put ads on the television about look for the union label when buying a suit, dress, or pants. The unions really tried to keep Manufacturing in this country but to no avail.

[@sparkykitty6870]

I used to drive to work and see moms at the bus stop. I would think, "There's a lazy woman!" After all, I worked my way through college. When my son was 3 I decided to stay home since I would cook supper, give him a bath, and put him to bed. (The babysitter noticed his 1st tooth). Once I was an at-home mom, and a second child, I had eaten those words, "There's a lazy woman" so many times. I have been an at-home mom and a full-time cateer woman. Trust me, career woman is much easier!

[@karenburrill6816]

My husband and I raised 2 daughters who are now grown. We were both full time teachers. Believe me, managing an elementary classroom, and all that goes with it was no small task. We ate a homemade dinner, helped with homework, and kept up the house. My husband painted houses all summer and I stayed home with them, and that seemed soooo much easier.

[@mck421]

You don't have to be a mom to know that moms aren't lazy. I can't believe you even thought thay ti begin with. How rude.

[@ikkelimburg3552]

Well, as a highschool teacher and mother I can guarantee you working fulltime in education is a hell of a lot more work compared to my fulltime mom time during holidays and spring break.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

I don’t get it - how is a mom taking the bus in any way a negative thing? How can it possibly imply that she’s ”lazy” just because she’s taking a bus?! I’m trying so hard to figure out your logic, and I’m completely at a loss.

[@brittanydumoulinful]

I'm now looking forward to the romance and adventure to be found at the grocery store 😂🤣

[@deedeegreen8338]

Well, you never know, some guy (pervert), might mistake your melons, for......um, melons....😵

[@neilnova2062]

@@deedeegreen8338 melons 👀

[@cynmille2000]

🤣

[@missclarksartclass8929]

You have to go to Trader Joe’s for that 😂

[@brittanydumoulinful]

@@missclarksartclass8929 🤔😂🤣

[@brecruz4832]

Even if one is wealthy it’s still wise to live thrifty! The more you save the more you can use to help others!

[@NidalWorld]

I love online shopping and buying stuff im already over while its still on its way to my house

[@samanthab1923]

Most people with true wealth don't waste it. The rich are the ones with car leases & having everything new. Guys can't or won't fix anything or cut the grass so always have someone doing it for you.

[@havefunrr8914]

I love watching these old documentaries, things were so different back then, makes me feel like time is the ultimate enemy.

[@saoirserose2696]

Nobody had a Peter Pan complex, or a safe space, you were an adult when you grew up, you moved out into your own place, held a job, raised your family and enjoyed your grandchildren in your elderly years … all so simple, but so important

[@jesse_-]

Correct, and we can still raise our children like that. I do! I am not going to do what everyone else does, as I have seen exactly what it does to people, and it’s not good at all.

[@ragnakleinen2109]

I do miss a time where everyone was functional

[@matthewsands7170]

I just love watching these . Everything was so stylish and well made. The cars beat any Tesla etc on the road nowadays in my opinion!

[@hearttoheart4me]

Being raised in the 1960s and 70s, you could almost tell the year, make and model of a car by the headlights and/or tail lights. Try doing that now. We had some great cars back when.

[@msoda8516]

That lady with the 5 gingers is going need to save for sunblock

[@msoda8516]

Really? It's a joke FYI my husband is a ginger

[@xanadunadine1970]

xrcrx ftfghjg Fuck off, snowflake🙄🙄

[@mindymurray5173]

I'm a ginger. That's literally what a redhead is called in Ireland. It's not making fun. You guys really need to work on emotional coping skills.

[@christinamussared2285]

I have 5 kids. 4 are red heads. I'm a red head. You ain't kidding! We also live in Tennessee. We go through sunblock like water! Lol

[@christinamussared2285]

@American Barbarian I love my home. I don't want to move. My family is here. My life is here. Just because someone can afford to move doesn't mean we should. Everywhere you live is going to have it's own set of problems. I personally couldn't imagine living somewhere where the sun doesn't light up the mountains. Where I couldn't just jump in the river whenever I want. Where my kids couldn't just walk through the woods behind my house. I wouldn't want to live somewhere that doesn't have deer, foxes, rabbits, racoons, or coyotes wandering into my yard at all hours of the day. I can kayak and see fish jumping and hawks and eagles soaring through the valley. Lol Telling me I should move because I get sunburnt easily is stupid.

[@DJUniMekaju]

Being a homemaker and stay-at-home mom is like being a manager at a company with employees that work under you with limited duties. It's just as important as working for a corporation and bringing home the resources. I feel odd yet honored to be studying these types of videos as I'm building up doing both.

[@MH-wm6df]

A stay at home mom is quite possibly the easiest thing in the world. Just don’t be lazy.

[@billjamison2877]

Born in the early 1950's, this was my childhood...very fond memories of a much simpler time unlike today.

[@orange70383]

These parents look 1000 times more mature than their equivalent today, and they actually were.

[@angelabluebird609]

As were children...can you imagine sending a six year old to walk to the neighborhood store for a forgotten ingredient? Society was also much, much more civilized and safe.

[@MilkyWhite1]

@@angelabluebird609 That is simply not true. There has been drastic decreases in crime rates since then. You just hear about crime more and hear about crime from communities outside of your own so it seems like more.

[@angelabluebird609]

@@MilkyWhite1 I don't think so...when I was five years old, we could play outside, go all over the neighborhood, including to the store and never worry about, "stranger danger," or idiots speeding and careening through neighborhoods, nor did we have the drug problems we now see.

[@jonahb5629]

Yet they produced the adults from today lmao

[@tulanzuya]

@@jonahb5629 - I think society itself and those who purposely interfere with it for their own nefarious reasons has a role in producing the adults of any generation, just as much or even more so than the parents do.

[@michelleelmore3974]

I notice it took only one persons income to take care of four while one stayed home but not anymore

[@Charity-vm4bt]

ChemicalFX The economy boomed post war because we were an industrial nation who manufactured all our own products and grew our own food and regulated immigration because people married and had children and went to college to learn skills. They were people of faith and women were fulfilled in being mothers or valuing children if they chose not to have any. There was no abortion. People married in their early 20's and did not have children until married. Only the very poor had children with no fathers and went on welfare. We had standards and values.

[@user-mc1my2hi1n]

@@Charity-vm4bt I guarantee you that if women "were fulfilled in being mothers" and didn't have abortions that we'd still be in the same shitty situation we are in now with increasing prices on everything and stagnant wages. I'm sure if we all married in our 20s that student loans wouldn't send people into lifelong debt! You really figured it out! Dumb ass. Nothing about standards and values affects the economy except for the disgusting and selfish 1% allowing everyone else to suffer due to their lack of empathy for others. Also, read The Feminine Mystique - most women weren't fulfilled simply being mothers and wives. Women are more than that.

[@vampansy93]

Meredith it’s technology’s fault for advancing too much too fast, forcing us all into the workforce and breaking up our families and values ... I’m in my 20s woman and I’d love to stay home and take care of a family but everything now is work work work like a slave

[@jmallett6081]

The less than 1% engineered the world we are in today. Feminine movement was not created for women's rights, it was created to tax more people and make it so it takes 2 people to have any standard of living, if they even do that. Research Aaron Russo and his discussion on his friendship with the Rockefellers. It will open your eyes to how the world is being run by psychopaths.

[@lisabrogan5941]

I totally agree

[@Reypeg]

When we were teens we would go clothes searching....we would look at the current styles and mom who was a talented seamstress would cut the pattern from a news paper and make the same clothes we had picked out....what a gift she had.

[@jimmartin7881]

My mother's in her 70s and still makes clothes for people, she also knits blankets and beautiful sweaters. My cousin bought a 500 dollar cableknit from Ireland, my mother did some measuring and a week of her free time later I had the identical sweater, Marino wool. I still have the denim jacket she made me in HS, looks the same as a Levis. Her needlepoint and crochet is amazing too, she says it keeps her joints from locking up, no arthritis. Moms were something else back then, especially compared to some of the excuses for mothers I see now.

[@Reypeg]

@@jimmartin7881 yes indeed ...it’s sad to see what some women have become

[@kimmariebimmarie]

Now just to buy sewing and knitting supplies it cost just as much or more than buying it at the store. I knit and even if you buy the cheapest yarn you can find it might cost almost $100 to make a queen sized blanket. Fabric is a bit expensive too and so are sewing machines. I have my grandmas sewing machine that’s made really well but for someone who doesn’t the newer ones are so expensive and parts break down on them. Everything is made so cheaply now from clothes to the supplies to make your own 😞

[@paulcarlachapman628]

Wow. I was a teen in the 60s and remember well how carefully Mother managed the household, but this romanticized view of the housewife is wild!

[@dogbsas]

because now....women dressed as w##res, having 4 kids of diff fathers is your ideal?

[@22448824]

@@dogbsasThat’s a different point than the romanticised view of the housewife

[@deirdrejones5974]

They got their puppy from a shelter (The Pound). I couldn't love it more.

[@Healingfromtheroot]

I never thought I wanted to be a housewife but I see now how she played such an important role! It is truly a job. It’s hard now to balance work and being a housewife and mother. Families are strange now. And I don’t like technology, besides KZbin;)

[@Euclides287]

You can thank *radical feminists,* who look down on homemakers, for the destruction of the nuclear family.

[@bobsingh5521]

catgoblue It’s an honorable job

[@runnningonempty]

THE DEMOCRAP HIPPIES STARTED THE WOMANS MOVEMENT....THAT FUCKED AMERICA ALLLLL THE WAY!

[@runnningonempty]

THANK THE HIPPIES AND THE WOMANS MOVEMENT..ITS EASY JUST FIND A DEMOCRAP VOTER

[@realmaletearsaspatriarchys1351]

@@Euclides287 no you can't but you sure can blame cheating abusive husbands and low life males for the downfall of all families globally!!

[@floooky1]

I'm not sure why the uploader edited out the title card and changed the name. but this is called "American Women and the Boomer Household" and is actually advertising Chevrolet cars. It was sponsored by General Motors and was filmed in Detroit.

[@julosx]

It was quite another Detroit back then…

[@Charity-vm4bt]

Daniela Elliott Detroit is a big ghetto now when whites moved out when their jobs were shipped to Japan and elsewhere. But beginning to come back.

[@TheSWolfe]

Yep. Heard the classic, "See the world today - in your Chevrolet" melody embedded in the background score.

[@declamatory]

floooky1 - Today, Detoilet is 85% Negro.

[@brettscott8288]

@@Charity-vm4bt thanks, in part, to Trump!

[@lighteninggazelle816]

I love being a stay at home mom/house wife. I got an excellent college degree and walked away from a very high paying job when our oldest was a baby (mutual decision between both of us). Best decision of my life!!! Maybe one day when the kids are older I will do back. For now our littlest one is 2 and I am soaking up every minute ❤️❤️❤️ I have a wonderful husband who loves having home cooked food and fresh smoothies prepared according to his diet requests and candle lit with a clean house at the end of a stressful day and spoils me as if letting me stay home isn’t enough 😭 He’s the best. Sorry I must be ovulating rant over.

[@ummadam9608]

Sounds wonderful.

[@junesummer4466]

Perfect. A good man respects that his wife is happier making their home instead of giving all her energy to a corporation.

[@jmjorapronobis1328]

My Wife too , left her state job to raise our boys , a lot harder then her old job . Well worth it , instead of a day care raising our Children . God , family and property . God first in all things

[@kdms.3377]

Personally, my parents taught me to never depend on a man. How do you get healthcare and a plan for retirement? What if something bad ever happens to your husband? Life is not a Disney movie unfortunately. There's a reason why women at the time fought to have the right to work.

[@genxx2724]

@@kdms.3377 You can’t have it all. My family taught me the same thing. Here I am, 58, lifelong single when I always wanted a husband and family. But men don’t act like men anymore. On a positive note, I have achieved financial independence and don’t have to work anymore.

[@farmwife7944]

In my middle class town, most women worked at least part time in various professions from teachers to nurses, store clerks, to school cafeteria cooks (my mom). We had a nice life but we did not own a fraction of what families purchase nowadays. My brother and I each had a small dresser and a narrow closet and that held all our clothes, we simply did not have the vast wardrobes of kids today. Same with toys, we had nice ones and a bike and ice skates and a sled and one family tv, but not the mounds of toys and electronics that kids have today. People would have more of a chance to buy a modest home and car if they simply gave as much thought to their purchases as folks did back then.

[@julienielsen3746]

I see that in my sister kids. They insist on having new cars and making payments, and running up big charges on their many credit cards, and getting into debt. Kids have tons of clothes and toys and computer stuff. Good old days when kids didn't think they had to have so much stuff. And were just happy to have a bike and play outside and use their imaginations to entertain themselves.

[@Emilyjadeofficial]

The overconsumption in America is soooo bad nowadays. Kids have SO many toys, households SO many different technologies, numerous cars, etc. We can all live so minimally, life is simpler with less shit!!

[@dani-xw3lc]

BuffaloBarbara 93 not my mom

[@ohwellwhateverr]

@BuffaloBarbara 93 As if self-expression is a bad thing. Let people dress how they want, and if you don't approve, that's your problem, not theirs.

[@lourdesvalladares7930]

Farmwife, that’s the same way we were raised (my brother, sister and I); it seems that it has come back as a “new” trend called MINIMALISM 🤷🏻‍♀️.

[@gc8024]

Best of times. Glad I was there. Clean world.

[@gc8024]

@HildegardvB The prices I miss lol

[@fresaxvaleria9]

Wow you’re lucky. I wish i could born in 80s but oh well

[@elleh3495]

we have made everything so complicated today. I grew up in the 1980s, so on the cusp of this era's values and modern values. i remember finding out a few years back that weddings used to only consist of serving cake and coffee/tea--never (for the average citizen) a full huge buffet or sit-down meal, as most weddings are now. Even in my lifetime, I have seen the veggie platters turn into pre-made platters from wal-mart, I don't know a single person who bakes a birthday cake at home anymore, and going to a restaurant or takeaway is just standard procedure. It's very difficult to see because I like the older way, and older things. I want my Heinz in a glass bottle, and my lunch packed in wax paper and a brown bag thank-you very much☺️

[@jesse_-]

We bake cakes for birthdays. I have old school values, and I am teaching my children these values, because current values aren’t values at all.

[@katevanhouten8440]

I bake bread each week, bake my kid's birthday cakes, I also make my own trays of food snacks if we have a party. We pretty much make most of our food from scratch. No processed crap in our house ever. Yes, I am a sahm and yes, I do work my ass off on our homestead! When there is an acreage, a home, animals, gardens, kids, food preservation, homecooked meals, and various projects and repairs on top of 100's of other chores/jobs, it is a full time JOB! We don't hire contractors either.

[@happycook6737]

👏👍 agree 💯%

[@starsandlakes8576]

Greed has turned this country into a salivating beast... We need to get back to this way of living

[@frisky9]

Beautifully put

[@susanfaulkner2304]

I agree!

[@LowlyLioness]

I mean... the little girl asked for a puppy and it took the parents all of two-second's consideration before they were just like "Okay!" A lot of people today would consider that to be spoiling the child.

[@plummylovey]

@@LowlyLionessIt was probably like once in a lifetime tho. Now kid’s would be really ungrateful about that the little girl was the happiest ever.

[@LowlyLioness]

@@plummylovey You're kind of reaching here. I worked at Disney Store leading right up until the pandemic, the children were often the best part of my day, the parents were usually checked out, inappropriate, and hostile. I sold many expensive things to families with very excited, grateful children.

[@BrightRomeo]

So beautiful, like a perfect dream. Less stress, more organic food, fresher air, less toxic people, every1 had a job. The list goes on..

[@latsnojokelee6434]

Not entirely. True the food was not filled with hormones, and not genetically modified, but there was plenty of things like asbestos and DDT and other toxic pesticides around. Read "Silent Spring" -- Rachel Carlson was one of the first environmentalist to blow the whistle on a lot of the very dangerous chemicals and pesticides being dumped into the environment back then.

[@pupu2410]

Yeah times were easier if you were white

[@pupu2410]

@@jossykerflossy915 I guess segregation was a hallucination

[@annedoe3039]

@@latsnojokelee6434 nothing wrong with genetic modification though other than shitty business practices certain companies use- there’s nothing inherently unhealthy about GMO crops. Just fearmongering

[@rockangel1603]

I can't believe 41 people unironically believe this.

[@Georgie84923]

Watching this makes me understand what my father means when he says, " this country is finished".

[@shelbyw430]

My great-grandmother said the same thing before she died in 1962.

[@MrWholphin]

Yep same story in the UK. Family and faith are the cornerstone of a functioning society, and both have been steadily trashed decade by decade

[@werewolf7474]

This world is finished. lmao

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

This comment aged well

[@borngaga95]

Everyone says that about their country and has for years before. It doesn’t mean anything. Empires rise and fall. It happens, of course it’s finished.

[@nancycampbellgibson2634]

I was born in 1955. I never saw any mother's cook supper in a dress and heels. This is more like the life of TV show families. If you are younger than me, how many of you consider the Brady Bunch an accurate portrayal of family at that time? Carol didn't work, AND had a live-in maid. This is the same.

[@lisaspikes4291]

Nancy Campbell Gibson I was born in 1963. I don’t remember most of this. My mom went to work when I was 5. We were more like latchkey kids. I do remember being very dissatisfied because our life was nothing like the Brady Bunch! They had the life, didn’t they? There was mostly a lot of yelling and screaming in our house!🙄

[@julienielsen3746]

My mother always wore a house dress until the late 60s. Then she started wearing pants. She wore low heels or flats when in the house. Dad worked hard. Mom was a stay at home mom, and was thrifty.

[@TrainTransportShortsOfficial]

Nancy Campbell Gibson how old are you now, 70?

[@LisaCupcake]

I didn't get angry at t.v. I guess I realized it was just make believe.

[@edithlarsen9274]

I was born in 1949 and did see woman dress like this all the time..

[@kathypellette2509]

wonderful films not old fashioned. The lessons are timeless! Keep them coming!

[@vampansy93]

I’d rather be a slave to my family than a big corporation

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

I'd rather not be a slave at all.

[@kelb6073]

You wouldn't really be a slave to your family if you love them.

[@missxmarvel]

vampansy81 I rather not be a slave at all. A woman’s sacrifice hardly gets appreciated. The most disrespected woman is the housewife, men deny housewives their time because they do nothing useful but prey on career driven women to make a housewife out of them. Because it’s shameful for his ego to have a woman who is more hardworking and skilled than they are.

[@Idunnobroseph]

@@missxmarvel Wrong. The admired and appreciated woman is the one who takes care of her family. If you are a hard working women, but you put all of your work into a career, then your just a slave to the company you work for. I worked for a lumber mill, 11 hours days, 6 days a week. $11.25 per hour. I could have stayed there for years, worked my way up the ladder, became more financially independent, but in the end I would still be a slave.

[@missxmarvel]

Sake Sake Better a slave to my dreams to remain self sufficient than be a slave to men. At least being a slave to money gives you a good life but being a slave to men gives you nothing.

[@alhaquin]

Just watching this makes me feel like home, and thankful I had a caring homely mother

[@ednawarren1421]

My mama taught all of us to keep house and be thrifty. To this day I pick up pennies and put them in the piggy bank!

[@GeekBoy03]

Marry me!

[@marcihf9763]

Me too!

[@maggieoakley9020]

Edna Warren look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves!

[@jessielynch7493]

My husband and I save our change throughout the year then take a cruise on it summertime change of what we spend and find we started doing it when he was an officer in the military and I a struggling college student now he's retired military and I am successful in my career we have been married for 15 years and we do the same so it doesn't go in the family budget

[@littlemouse9900]

Edna Warren glad I'm not the only adult that does this. my mom always said, " a penny saved is a penny earned." add up all thoes pennies and you get yourself a dollar. it's amazing how many people throw away. 😁

[@corvus6865]

I'm noticing they placed a lot of emphasis on products that serve their purpose and are made to last, and even hand clothes down to younger siblings to be used again, where today's all about big producers trying to sell you cheap useless shit that is designed to become obsolete so you just have to buy it again. There's also a limited use of plastic. Most groceries are in aluminum cans (which can be infinitely recycled), glass, or biodegradable cardboard cartons and paper grocery bags. A return to this lifestyle would do wonders for the environment and the economy. Just minus the racism, homophobia and mysoginy.

[@latsnojokelee6434]

Yeah, most clothing back then was made in New Hampshire in the mills by union workers. The quality of the material even for jeans and T-shirts was so good that people could hand the clothing down to the next kid and the kid after that. You would often see patches on the knees or the elbows where the material would wear out, but the mothers would just sew patches on and pass it down to the next kid.

[@htgfrrhhtfffg5000]

A graca era nao cultuar aliens

[@PMinPhoenix]

You nailed it! Clothing today can barely make it through one wear, let alone a single wash!

[@ДжакетиЛув]

Thank you for this comment! Yes, no era of time is perfect and it's good to learn history so we can choose the good points of each time period. For example, the human rights and respect of now plus the modesty and carefulness of the past.

[@KischteBier]

Ok, so just let‘s keep destroying society, morality, mental health and families, while using long lasting cotton towels.

[@trevorsutherland5263]

Born in 1968. This is like a recording of my life up to about 1982 or so. All went to **** after the mid 1990s.....

[@johnathin0061892]

Bigtime.

[@thepoptingz]

@@johnathin0061892 aww, how old r u now if i may ask

[@aarond23]

This is a home ec film its not a documentary, plenty of people had it rough in the 60s life wasn't easy at any time in human history.

[@erikadavila6574]

No generation has been easy

[@ChristinaC-fj3yu]

Thanks Debbie Downer

[@tulanzuya]

@Sunshine Skystar - So true. People are fond of saying "Oh, it was just as hard then" - No, it was not. It's way harder now for a lot of reasons and that's for both men and women.

[@garyoakham9723]

Sunshine Skystar you can thank feminism and democrats

[@johnmachut6938]

Gary Oakham How?

[@serenitysoundscapes-2024]

ADOPT DON'T SHOP. Teaching their kiddo a good lesson!

[@johnmachut6938]

True.🐶🐱🐷🐢

[@joanl.7543]

But just wait for the vet bills! That's where your expense is.

[@jimmartin7881]

That was normal back then.

[@OriasRofocale]

@@joanl.7543 It was my pedigree cats that had all the health problems. Definitely challenging to find a good breeder.

[@1964DB]

@@joanl.7543 I'm not sure where you get your info, but our rescues have been very healthy. Pedigree dogs often have problems due to inbreeding and breeding for specific characteristics.

[@10Hammers]

Some memories I have of being a kid in the 60s... McDonald's hamburgers were 25 cents, the french fries 15 cents. The cook behind the counter would take fresh whole potatoes and julienne them through a press. Our family would rarely go out to eat as my mother would cook what was called a square meal every night consisting of a meat, a starch and a vegetable. Supper was at 6 and if you missed it you wouldn't eat. Mom would say I don't run a cafeteria. No elbows on the table and no seconds until you finished everything on your plate. When I would run an errand to the corner store for Mom it would always include her cigarettes, Chesterfield Kings which were 25 cents a pack. Candy bars were 5 cents and larger than they are today. I was usually rewarded with a dime but when I was lucky enough to get a quarter I would come home with a bag full of loot.

[@cordeliachase601]

Must have been nice. Now a 2 bedroom home in NJ is 800k and an apartment in Boston is 7,000 in rent. And I spend 100 dollars buying basic necessities at the grocery store. Millennials and Gen Z will never get this type of luxury because our parents and grandparents generation screwed it up for us.

[@AlexisMitchell87]

Being a wife and stay-at-home-mom really is fulfilling (but can be a little monotonous at times). I am grateful to have the option to do so. But, I’m glad to do it this century.

[@jemangedessaucisses206]

You are very beautiful.

[@Makaylah13]

I would kill myself if i had no purpose, nothing to do in life but sit home all day. Nothing of my own for me. No tha ks, u can keep that

[@Miabia1000]

Doesn’t seem very fulfilling. Especially when you have your own aspirations in life that don’t involve getting taken care of and being knocked up constantly. Ew

[@paztizzi2719]

Look how many bitter and gross the little women, (and I use that term lightly) are being here. You are a beautiful and REAL woman, proud of her home, proud to be a wife, devoting all her time to rearing children and maintaining a loving family home. Most of all, you seem happy! These freaks in the comments are just jealous their lives serve no purpose but to try and bring happy, fulfilled people down. Be proud of yourself Alexis.

[@paztizzi2719]

@Brenda Pulido Classy little thing aren't you? A bitter, pathetic and angry ageing woman. Aren't you a gem! 😂

[@julesdm6905]

Pre-Vietnam era and I couldn't stop thinking about how those boys would be drafted and sent to war in the next few years.

[@elf3477]

😔😔😔💔

[@christianriddler5063]

Even worse was the degenerate and decadent America that they would return to years later. The good America died a long time ago. It's all misery and pain from here on out.

[@nomopms1]

I remember the '60's very well. I was a kid back then. A teenager in the '70's when Women's Lib took off. I joined that bandwagon the summer of '75 when I went bra-less. Then, I was done!! As an adult, I was fortunate enough to be able to stay home, raise my own kids without babysitters, and manage the household like women used to. Hubby and I made the decision together before we got married. Did it on a single income. It was tight, and we didn't have everything new that came out on the market. We didn't buy big name brands or drive brand new cars. I learned how to stretch a dollar for a family of 5. We never missed a good meal with meat, nor did my kids wear used clothing. *I* chose that life for myself and my family. What's sad is that women like me were looked down upon by other women who worked away from home, and accused of "not working a real job". I have news for you, it's the hardest job any human can do. I worked a couple of jobs outside for a short time when we were saving up for a house. It was a lot more fun than cleaning, ironing, and doing laundry, but I don't regret my choice to stay home, raise kids, and manage EVERYTHING. :)

[@nomopms1]

@HildegardvB, I totally agree that women were sold a Satanic bill of goods! Look at society NOW. I would've made far more money than my husband, but he didn't have the patience to stay home, I did, and I wanted to do it. My kids are all grown now, and I have teenage grandkids. Everyone's busy and staying off the streets. They're learning to be productive citizens. I often wonder what happened to the kids who used to come to our house after school because no one was home at their houses. Sometimes, children would show up that my own kids didn't even know. Everyone was always welcome, but it used to sadden my heart that they'd come to a strangers house for a snack, a movie, and to find a warm and loving home so they wouldn't be alone. I, too, am extremely thankful to God for the blessing of providing what these kids needed. Society needs to open their eyes, and go back to putting a great value on stay-at-home moms who keep the home fires burning. It's a hard job, but it really pays off! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! God's blessings on you and your family!!

[@elizabetht7420]

I'm surprised people looked down on you. I do three jobs-- I work full-time, homemaker in many ways, and homeschool. I'm a tired woman. I would love to be a stay at home mom but am also thankful for my earnings bc I can make more decisions.

[@hodbarkleaf2714]

@MaGuffintop Just because you are happy staying at home, dont' look down on women who want more. You come across as sanctimonious. You are fed a lie that it was wonderful back then. Many housewives of the 1950s were drugged up to their eyeballs. Look up Mother's Little Helpers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Little_Helpers Wife beating was quite common. But, it was swept under the carpet and treated as a private matter. Women could not escape domestic violence because they were financially dependant on their husbands. Racism was legal. Murdering people for being black, gay or trans was accepted and quite common. Backyard abortions were common and many women died. I could go on and on.

[@jacquelynroe9036]

It’s *such* a hard job. I’m a stay at home mom to three little ones and I’m exhausted. But I also love it and don’t want to work outside the home. My mom worked my whole life, and I’m glad she could choose what she wanted to do, but I love what I do too. I never thought I’d want to stay home with my kids! It’s been quite the shift. I haven’t quite worked up the courage to start calling myself a homemaker, because you’re right, it is kind of looked down upon, which is a shame.

[@nomopms1]

@@jacquelynroe9036 If I may give you just a smidge of advice.....get plenty of adult interaction on a regular basis. If you don't, in time, your brains will feel like goo. Just a little something that I learned the hard way. :) Huge kudos to you!!

[@hughesky1]

I love watching these pieces of history. So lovely

[@springsogourne]

And this was filmed in Detroit, tells you something

[@itsmitsuki7041]

Now shity places to live

[@DatBxtchJ4y]

These are the originals.. They would be tossing in their grave if they seen Detroit now.

[@Knaeben]

Before Ronald Reagan came through and wiped out the last vestiges of capitalism...

[@DatBxtchJ4y]

I would love to live during a time like this.. Black people have now turned America into a shit storm.. So sad.

[@DatBxtchJ4y]

Ricky Carey No just no,

[@sandylewis8897]

Can we all go back to dressing better like that?

[@aniskashiwram781]

Sandy Lewis I 🙏

[@AlexKomnenos]

Ricky Carey yeah but people didn’t have massive wardrobes like they do today. They spent more on quality but it lasted

[@hm6134]

That style is making a comeback. And I'm here for it.

[@johnmachut6938]

The 60s fashion is starting to come back but it will probably be mostly miniskirts and hippie fashion.

[@mrnarason]

No people will wear sagging pants

[@sherylchapman4168]

All I could think about when the wife was laying out her sewing pattern on the carpet was the episode of “I Love Lucy” where she actually cuts out the carpet with the pattern. 😂😂😂

[@joycenagy3140]

LOL, I've cut and sewn many a pattern on a carpeted floor.

[@sharoneuby-62]

😄😄😄

[@ketaminepoptarts]

at least she got free fabric to use

[@janellr.n5238]

I just love to look back, at how simple, things were back then. I wish we could go back.

[@Sanpedranoazul]

I was borned in 77 but feel like the 60s was an awesome period for families, there was respect, manners, principles, leave alone society but Art, Architecture, Interior Design, Car Design; What happened to the world? Thank you for sharing this jewel!

[@kaifsindhi588]

Let's not forget racism!

[@RigobertosTacoShop]

bro so many divorces happend then, both my parents grandparents marriage ending in infidelity and divorce. I only grew up knowing my grandmothers

[@kesmarn]

Wow... a 24 minute Chevrolet commercial! But kind of interesting as a study in what was then subtle advertizing psychology.

[@kumada84]

Yup. People have definitely evolved - we now watch 24-minute commercials for 40 different products instead of just one! We're really modern!

[@kumada84]

I'm stumped as to why so many people think it's funny to pretend to be xenophobic, bigoted Americans on the internet.

[@childofthemoon3262]

Who says they're pretending...?

[@pinklight4443]

thank you

[@shibolinemress8913]

I'm so happy that the parents opted for a "pound puppy" instead of buying from the pet shop! They saved a life that way, and hopefully taught their daughter a very important lesson!

[@sameoldthing4037]

You watch the pennies and the dollars will watch themselves.

[@irismeyer9143]

"The romance and adventure of choosing food" hahaha

[@Gigiroo]

It IS tho 😂

[@Tsubahi]

That was a woman's whole world back then. 😶

[@Gigiroo]

@@Tsubahi What do you mean back then? Lol 😂

[@ArnethProductions]

lol

[@elisabethstrazzanti2312]

Yeah, I remember my grandmother always dressed well , to church gloves - me as a little girl thought she was gorgeous! Also, since the family income wasn’t all that great she taught at a deaf and dumb school to make some extra money ( and for the sake of teaching children, of course) So was able to pay for piano lessons for my father and send him to College later. Great woman , in my eyes.

[@susanb9892]

There’s one of the challenges today. One cannot pay for college with extra money. It costs every penny of a full-time job each year 😞

[@countrygirl5393]

That’s the era I grew up in. Good times. Simpler lives.

[@lordjigglebottoms]

It has always been a dream for me to be a stay at home mom.When my own mother was one I had so many good memories with her. Trouble is when my parents divorced it wasn’t feasible for her to do it any longer. My father also made it out like it was a “lazy job”. That any woman who stayed at home didn’t do anything important all day, therefore they should not be considered a valuable part of the family. I’ve always been pushed to go out and find a high paying job in a respectable field so I wouldn’t get labeled a “lazy housewife”. The older I’ve gotten the more I realized how wrong he was, and how hard my mom worked keeping the house in order. Funny thing is I haven’t seen his house spotless since the divorce. An now he doesn’t even try cleaning it. All children need to be taught the importance that a stay at home mom can bring to the table. She isn’t a couch potato, and has a very big job to do that often gets overlooked. Shout out to all the stay at home moms!

[@Arthur5260]

I could not agree more with what you have written.

[@vaanipapadakis2226]

I come from a culture where women have fought for the right to work after marriage. This is because we've seen how financially dependent housewives are. They are used and mistreated.

[@Erintii]

​@Karl with a K You are very right. Being housewife is the maintenance job as simple as that. It's important to cook a mean and clean the house but it can be done after work. But some women don't want to have professional job, prefer someone else to make decision whereas they can stay at home and being responsible for nothing, making no decisions other that what to cook.

[@cindybailey465]

Thank you for your sweet appreciation. I'm so glad you can see it and so sad your Dad didn't. It is a HUGE responsibility and honor to be here for my children like my Mother was for me. I'm glad you have those early memories. ❤️ I hope your dream comes true.

[@Erintii]

@Karl with a K Maintenance is important but it's nothing complicated. My deceased Mother, Grandmother, all aunts and cousins were/are working full time and taking care of apartments, cooking etc. They share or shared housework with husband and father is important part of kids life as "daddy". No divorces, no additions, etc. My Grandma was housewife for a little and went to work as Grandpa salary was too low. He wanted to provide for family, was conservative but understood necessity. My Grandma owned convenient store near hospital and every day prepared sandwiches for kids and husband. My Mum was cooking after work for next day. Nothing fancy, no three courses meals but fine for everyone. She was oil engineer, group leader and wife&mother and apartment was clean. Friday's cleaning was a familial event and I participated since I was around 10 to clean my toys. So it'a all doable. Hard but doable. Maybe this is why it's hard for me to understand housewives. I had and have full-timer workers and mothers in my family and in the circle of friends. They are not doing home made desserts on a daily basis or slow cook but come on. My Mother had exactly the same opinion about housewives: no risk, no responsibility and letting someone else to make decisions, taking risk of making decisions. Best part of my young years was running with other kids, making first friendships etc.

[@devonferris]

I wish I had lived during this era.