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Rhiannon12866

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95. We also had home ec - in junior high

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 08:56 PM

Mar 2018

The cooking part was a bust since we only had time to make cookies or candy. But I really liked the sewing part, we made a reversable kerchief, a beach bag and worked up to a dress. The other girls just made a shift, but mine had long sleeves and pockets! I made a lot of my own clothes after that and it didn't hurt that mother sewed too.

But I think that boys could sure could have benefited by those classes, too - especially cooking! And I would have given anything to have learned more about cars at a young age. I've often thought of finding a class even now - these are things that all kids could benefit from, it made no sense to teach only one gender...

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Tips to Look After Your Husband (1950s) [View all] kpete Mar 2018 OP

my head just exploded.... samnsara Mar 2018 #1

I store pots and pans in my oven. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #12

Me, too. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #43

I store Tupperware in mine. Hazard warnng: always check before preheating oven! Hekate Mar 2018 #67

I never use the oven, so it's no problem for me. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #68

What the heck do all of you eat? B2G Mar 2018 #71

I love cooking and baking malaise Mar 2018 #85

I don't remember any articles about "How to look after your wife"!!!!! northoftheborder Mar 2018 #2

Oh yes Ohiogal Mar 2018 #6

We men know that instinctively, as long as my little Stepford girl has followed the rules brewens Mar 2018 #34

I can't believe any woman Ohiogal Mar 2018 #3

You must be delightfully young! This was absolutely standard fare during the 50s enough Mar 2018 #13

I'm not THAT young Ohiogal Mar 2018 #16

My mom had to finish my apron for me Madam Mossfern Mar 2018 #64

We also had home ec - in junior high Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #95

We had home ec/shop in 8th grade treestar Mar 2018 #99

That's the one year that we had home ec - 8th grade Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #100

You were born in 1957 -- by the time you were growing up RandomAccess Mar 2018 #105

In home ec we learned how to sew an apron!! samnsara Mar 2018 #38

I made a really pretty apron. It was pink gingham with leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #45

Sadly, lots of articles like that, early '60s as well -- and a hit song with that message: highplainsdem Mar 2018 #14

The one that made me barf Ohiogal Mar 2018 #17

"For Better or For Worse" (first ?) comic sl8 Mar 2018 #25

Sooo good! Lucinda Mar 2018 #70

The Mad Men music was great. My fav song from the show was... samnsara Mar 2018 #39

A man like that would never be faithful. n/t rainin Mar 2018 #101

In the 1970s, one advice columnist recommended the wife wear nothing but Saran wrap Bluepinky Mar 2018 #23

That was Phyllis Schlafly eleny Mar 2018 #41

It was the norm. Think "Leave it to Beaver", "Father Knows Best" Arkansas Granny Mar 2018 #27

Not a lecture, Ark Ohiogal Mar 2018 #30

I graduated high school and college in the 60's. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #37

Same here Madam Mossfern Mar 2018 #65

I had a degree in Anthropology. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #75

The New York Times Ohiogal Mar 2018 #78

Because it's ridiculous and horrible? renate Mar 2018 #94

I completely agree with this statement: Ilsa Mar 2018 #102

That was the '50s. That was how a lot of us were brought up. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #52

My mother made sure dinner was on the table when my dad got home, too Ohiogal Mar 2018 #79

They missed the most important one Yupster Mar 2018 #4

And it better be cold! subterranean Mar 2018 #54

republicans want to bring back "the good old days." pangaia Mar 2018 #5

they really do. barbtries Mar 2018 #33

You know what? Glamrock Mar 2018 #7

My father did all of the cooking/cleaning/etc. CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #10

Hilarious about the Avon Lady spreading gossip! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #18

This one was bald CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #32

Love your post, Glamrock! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #20

Grassy ass! Glamrock Mar 2018 #24

Thank you! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #28

I work in Ohio. Glamrock Mar 2018 #31

This MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #56

LOL! MoonRiver Mar 2018 #8

How quaint! smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #9

aaaand now you know what 'Valley of the Dolls" was about back then. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #19

I completely understand why. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #42

"Be a little gay ..." sl8 Mar 2018 #11

The best advice in the entire article. Crunchy Frog Mar 2018 #26

Great catch underpants Mar 2018 #36

Only decent advice in the column grantcart Mar 2018 #49

"Be a little gay ..." left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #53

"Gay" did not have the common meaning in the '50s that it does now. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #55

A girl named Gay Cartoonist Mar 2018 #57

Riiight. Next you'll be telling me I've been donning the wrong kind of apparel every Christmas. sl8 Mar 2018 #60

Well you can put yourself in mortal peril crazycatlady Mar 2018 #98

Ha! sl8 Mar 2018 #106

How many of those men are fooling around with/sexually harassing their secretaries while at work? oberliner Mar 2018 #15

My wildly intelligent, highly educated mother, with five children Shanti Mama Mar 2018 #21

How to look after your wife and children, Billy Graham-style: dalton99a Mar 2018 #22

Our neighbor required his wife to be wearing a dress when he got home from work. jalan48 Mar 2018 #29

that was my mother. She bought that hook, line and sinker leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #35

The Total Woman: How to Make Your Marriage Come Alive - Marabel Morgan mia Mar 2018 #44

Yes. Or meet your man at the door wrapped in saran wrap. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #47

I guess she never read ... CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #46

She claimed she had a great sex life. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #48

I never asked either CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #74

I just never married. I was lucky. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #76

..... pamela Mar 2018 #40

+ struggle4progress Mar 2018 #50

. Takket Mar 2018 #51

I failed these rules miserably Lebam in LA Mar 2018 #58

Good grief MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #59

Hence, that primal scream from the kitchen, as women Pathwalker Mar 2018 #61

Wow, that's rediculous. Afromania Mar 2018 #62

You'd be surprised how many ppl STILL believe this today. MariaCSR Mar 2018 #63

Yikes! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #80

This was for those who aspired to the Post WW II bourgeoisie ideal in the cities and suburbs FarCenter Mar 2018 #66

Definitely not for farms also not for city suburb married cleaning ladies , cooks, seamstress etc. lunasun Mar 2018 #92

A half century earlier, a majority lived on farms FarCenter Mar 2018 #93

It works! WE do these things FOR EACH OTHER all the time. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #69

I thought I was going to be the only one who answered this way! Lucinda Mar 2018 #72

Teamwork! Give and take. What goes around comes around. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #89

Absolutely! Lucinda Mar 2018 #90

or as my mother used to say..... sunonmars Mar 2018 #73

My mom, soon to be 96, remembers... 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #77

Probably an unpopular opinion from an old woman Runningdawg Mar 2018 #81

If it works for both of you then it works. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #87

This is the World the Republicans and Trumpers want to Return to dlk Mar 2018 #82

"his world of strain and pressure" Skittles Mar 2018 #83

ROFL malaise Mar 2018 #84

This Feminist just shuddered! williesgirl Mar 2018 #86

That is sickening treestar Mar 2018 #88

Got that, Melania? Blue Owl Mar 2018 #91

I do the cooking, clean the floors, dust the furniture and generally straighten the place up. GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #96

My deal with my husband - I cook, he does the clean up csziggy Mar 2018 #97

This was soooo my mother. Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #103

I think this is a more modern write-up, satirizing the Cleaver era. n/t Beartracks Mar 2018 #104