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wnylib

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11. When I was in grade school in the 1950s,

Reply to Chipper Chat (Reply #6)

Sun May 22, 2022, 06:59 AM

May 2022

I had a friend whose first name was Gay. At that time the word simply meant happy and light-hearted.

By the time we were in high school, she was using her middle name to avoid the jokes and said that she would change it legally as soon as she could.

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These 1950s 'tips to look after your husband' are quite the read [View all] Soph0571 May 2022 OP

Yep. I'm 70, so yep, I remember this 50's foolishness! 634-5789 May 2022 #1

Me too. I still get a visceral reaction. Infuriated Walleye May 2022 #2

Same. MuseRider May 2022 #19

Me as well. It pissed me off then and it pisses me off now. Nay May 2022 #20

Foolishness? 3Hotdogs May 2022 #15

Go back to the cave. Ugh. 634-5789 May 2022 #23

And never forget snowybirdie May 2022 #3

(Sigh) Supermarkets around here plumb out of Satan wrap. :( Girard442 May 2022 #5

I don't know if this is an unintentional and hysterical... 3catwoman3 May 2022 #18

Y'know a REAL man would step up and do some of that stuff for her. Girard442 May 2022 #4

2nd paragraph sez: Chipper Chat May 2022 #6

When I was in grade school in the 1950s, wnylib May 2022 #11

Reminds me of a funny scene in Masters and Johnson IronLionZion May 2022 #12

As a man who helped raise three kids kaotikross May 2022 #7

I remember mgardener May 2022 #9

Snopes: sl8 May 2022 #8

Those of us who lived in the 1950s wnylib May 2022 #14

Yep. There were plenty of 'housewife' books that advocated everything Nay May 2022 #22

"They are little treasures" right up until the little darlings become teenagers ms liberty May 2022 #10

The more submissive the less respected bucolic_frolic May 2022 #13

my mom was NOT a 50s housewife for sure samnsara May 2022 #16

The ones who were apparently jimfields33 May 2022 #17

Either shortly before or shortly after she married my father... 3catwoman3 May 2022 #21

My Mom kept my Dad's dinner warm on the stove Bayard May 2022 #24