What made you smile recently?

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rascal said:
I went to a race night a few years ago, one woman about 70 was running around after her husband, getting him drinks and food, he just sat there in his chair, I was gob smacked. I asked her if her husband was disabled, to which she replied , no he's not, he just likes me fussing over him. I said so you're married to a lazy bastard? She just looked at me and walked away.
True story, I couldn't believe what I saw right in front of me.

Russ
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Both my parents and in-laws are/were like that. That is/was the natures of their relationships.
 
rascal said:
I was always taught to
Have manners
Stand on the bus so adults can sit
Respect elders
Open doors for people.
Perhaps I'm old fashioned??

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No, it doesn't have anything to do with that, I mean both my folks and my in-laws, the wives looked after the husbands like servants, waited on their every need and want.

My dad, even before dementia, wouldn't be able to find anything in the kitchen, or have the first clue about washing a load of laundry. He's never done anything like that.
 
TastyReuben said:
No, it doesn't have anything to do with that, I mean both my folks and my in-laws, the wives looked after the husbands like servants, waited on their every need and want.

My dad, even before dementia, wouldn't be able to find anything in the kitchen, or have the first clue about washing a load of laundry. He's never done anything like that.
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Wow, my grandparents were the complete opposite, my granddad would make breky for us three when I stayed with them as a kid. 50/50 on household duties. My dad disappeared when I was four so mum did everything even digging the garden. Until I got old enough to share the hard lifting around home. That's where cooking kicked in with me, that and school cooking classes.

Russ
 
rascal said:
Wow, my grandparents were the complete opposite, my granddad would make breky for us three when I stayed with them as a kid. 50/50 on household duties. My dad disappeared when I was four so mum did everything even digging the garden. Until I got old enough to share the hard lifting around home. That's where cooking kicked in with me, that and school cooking classes.

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When my mom was in the hospital overnight, my dad called my sister to come make him a lunchmeat sandwich, because he had no clue where anything was kept. :laugh:
 
TastyReuben said:
When my mom was in the hospital overnight, my dad called my sister to come make him a lunchmeat sandwich, because he had no clue where anything was kept. :laugh:
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Different times in different countries. Kiwis are known to make stuff out of nothing due to isolation on farms etc. Bill hamilton invented the jet engine only a few hours from me. Jet boats that is.

Russ
 
rascal said:
Different times in different countries. Kiwis are known to make stuff out of nothing due to isolation on farms etc. Bill hamilton invented the jet engine only a few hours from me. Jet boats that is.

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It's not about making something out of nothing, it was more about division of labor between men and women.

My parents would no more expect my dad to know how to make a sandwich any more than they'd expect my mom to know how to cut down a tree or fill driveway potholes. They both saw one as "woman's work" and one as "man's work" and divided it as such. They both preferred it that way and it worked, for the most part, for them. Different generation.
 
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rascal said:
I went to a race night a few years ago, one woman about 70 was running around after her husband, getting him drinks and food, he just sat there in his chair, I was gob smacked. I asked her if her husband was disabled, to which she replied , no he's not, he just likes me fussing over him. I said so you're married to a lazy bastard? She just looked at me and walked away.
True story, I couldn't believe what I saw right in front of me.

Russ
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Grandma's mentality is that women exist to serve men and in a marriage a wife must attend to everything the husband wants, clean the house, wash his clothes, cook his favorite meals and care for the children. If a man cheats or leaves you it's because you were not a good housewife. This is old school mentality but it was still the dominant mindset here in Portugal 30 or 40 years ago.
 
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