The Good Old Days

[auld argonian]

"Trouble is, Charley,
That's what everyone does.
Blames the way it is
On the way it was;
On the way it never,
never was."

Stephen Sondheim


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[David Thornton]

Minimize all noise: “At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him: Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him.”

My wife always adhered to this one, but then again I’m not sure she knew what those were.

[AFS1970]

If I showed this to my wife and told her where I got it from, she would not let me wear the kilt again.

So tell her it came from a Trouser catalog. Sounds like a win-win scenario to me.

[jkane]

That is kind of the house I grew up in. Except that it was a farm, so Dad was in the house for 3 meals a day, not just dinner.

My wife started out like that, but in the last 15 years she has really let it slip. I do take her out to eat more often than not though. :-) She still has some guilty pains when I am not happy about the house status. They get less and less each passing year though. Ho-Hum. I guess the times, they are a changin'.

Kids ... don't even want to go there!

[Old Hippie]

That was Mum. It was also Dad, if you can imagine the mirror image of that article. My brother and I? Temporary boarders, tolerated and occasionally celebrated. We had an expiry date that matched our 16th birthdays because Dad left home at 16 and considered it a fit age for a man to be on his own. Or in the Army.

Were they both still alive, Mum and Dad would be celebrating 68 years of marriage this Sunday. Saturday would have been Dad's 96th birthday -- I'll lift a small toast in his honour in the little sake cup he brought back from his travels on the service during the "late unpleasantness."

I *have* shown that to my wife. She of Clan Comyn fixed me with a basilisk glare and announced that I was unprintably welcome to cook my own unprintable supper.

:ootd:

[KiltedDixon]

So tell her it came from a Trouser catalog. Sounds like a win-win scenario to me.

Thanks for the suggestion. I think I will just not show it to her. Have a good day AFS1970.

[Livingston]

That was Mum. <snip>
Were they both still alive, Mum and Dad would be celebrating 68 years of marriage this Sunday. <snip>

That would be mine also. My parents are still both with us and will be celebrating 62 years in April. With Mom's health issues the last couple years we don't know how long she will last and that is wearing on Dad. My wife and I visit them about every month because of that, it helps Dad.

[Frank McGrath]

I was born about 50 years too late for my own haus frau. If my wife see this........

[rtc872]

I am not even married yet and I know exactly what to expect. Nothing from that list! haha

[Jaggy thistle]

Mine did allthese things sadly she is not able now so after 54 years it is my turn I hope we survive!!