veg-o-matic
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"I'm so happy! The UPS man just asked me to run away with him!"
Desperate Housewives on Drugs! Scary!
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veg-o-matic
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"My family will just love this cake! I added a little D-Con to the batter!"
veg-o-matic
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Hooray!
The Prozac kicked in!
The Prozac kicked in!
veg-o-matic
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"I tell ya, Fred, that lobotomy I got Helen for our anniversary was the best money I ever spent!"
veg-o-matic
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"A new washer?! Oh, George! I'm so happy I crapped my panties!"
The NOT so fabulous 50's
Veg, You crack me up!!!!! So that is what those perky housewifes were thinking in all those ads in Better Homes & Gardens and the like huh???? Leave it to you to sniff out the truth....YOU GO VEG!!!!!!!
Veg, You crack me up!!!!! So that is what those perky housewifes were thinking in all those ads in Better Homes & Gardens and the like huh???? Leave it to you to sniff out the truth....YOU GO VEG!!!!!!!
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The other day; Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem were discussing the realities of American suburban life and the Womens movement during the 1960's and '70s on a tv news documentary.
They said the advertising during post WWII would have you believe the "housewife" could have an orgasm while waxing the kitchen floor. LOL, Veg's pictures would seem to confirm that portrayal of women and American living at that time.
I've also heard somewhere, that Elizabeth Montgomery had grown a bit tired of her role in Bewitched because of her homemaker status. Sweeping changes among women were taking place at the time and plenty of other social issues & turmoil going on, but she was more or less trapped in her Frigidaire kitchen, that we all know and love so well.
All in all and intersting and amusing look at our past!
They said the advertising during post WWII would have you believe the "housewife" could have an orgasm while waxing the kitchen floor. LOL, Veg's pictures would seem to confirm that portrayal of women and American living at that time.
I've also heard somewhere, that Elizabeth Montgomery had grown a bit tired of her role in Bewitched because of her homemaker status. Sweeping changes among women were taking place at the time and plenty of other social issues & turmoil going on, but she was more or less trapped in her Frigidaire kitchen, that we all know and love so well.
All in all and intersting and amusing look at our past!
bethann
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Love it Veg!! Your short stories are GREAT!
jasonl
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Sad actually
I really can't see why being a stay at home mom or housewife would be considered slavery, as some women activists would tell you. I guess I'm spoiled because I was fortunately raised in a home with a stay at home mom and I couldn't see living in otherwise conditions. I'm not against women getting jobs or getting "out of the kitchen". I'm not like that but I think something's missing in today's society.
Homemaking, it's not what it used to be.
I really can't see why being a stay at home mom or housewife would be considered slavery, as some women activists would tell you. I guess I'm spoiled because I was fortunately raised in a home with a stay at home mom and I couldn't see living in otherwise conditions. I'm not against women getting jobs or getting "out of the kitchen". I'm not like that but I think something's missing in today's society.
Homemaking, it's not what it used to be.
scott55405
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I think the pictures and captions are hilarious, and I think it's good to laugh at ourselves and situations regardless of our lot in life, but I definitely agree with Jason. Well said!
Diary of a Mad Housewife!!
I proudly wear the badge of "STAY AT HOME MOM". Here are a few things that you might not know:
I haven't run away with the UPS man, but he and the FedEx guy know me on sight and we always wave to each other.
Who needs D-Con? I have made a disaster of my kitchen creations on more than one occasion. Even the dog wouldn't eat them.
Prozac!!! Baby I need caffeine!!! It's the beverage of choice for modern day housewives.
Lobotomy? I insist that I'm still as sharp as a bowling ball!!
I had to wipe for a week after we got the Bosch D/W. It's the little things in life that make me happy
But seriously......The best thing I ever did was quit my job to stay home with my children. I'm no domestic diva and I get CHS (crazy housewife syndrome), but I do my best. The kids may not appreciate it now, but I hope that down the road they will look back on their wacky mom and smile; knowing that she was always there when they needed her.
I proudly wear the badge of "STAY AT HOME MOM". Here are a few things that you might not know:
I haven't run away with the UPS man, but he and the FedEx guy know me on sight and we always wave to each other.
Who needs D-Con? I have made a disaster of my kitchen creations on more than one occasion. Even the dog wouldn't eat them.
Prozac!!! Baby I need caffeine!!! It's the beverage of choice for modern day housewives.
Lobotomy? I insist that I'm still as sharp as a bowling ball!!
I had to wipe for a week after we got the Bosch D/W. It's the little things in life that make me happy
But seriously......The best thing I ever did was quit my job to stay home with my children. I'm no domestic diva and I get CHS (crazy housewife syndrome), but I do my best. The kids may not appreciate it now, but I hope that down the road they will look back on their wacky mom and smile; knowing that she was always there when they needed her.
jasonl
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YAY FOR VENUS!!!!!
Venus, like my mom and Brianne's mom, you're the special breed of women known as the "housewife" or "stay at home mom". Homemaking isn't dead yet. It's just being overshadowed by homewrecking.
Venus, like my mom and Brianne's mom, you're the special breed of women known as the "housewife" or "stay at home mom". Homemaking isn't dead yet. It's just being overshadowed by homewrecking.
Designgeek
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I'm with Jason & Retromom here. My mom was full-time at home, and I'm sure that made a difference.
In any case, there is something to be envied about a job that is basically secure and is concerned with "intrinsics" such as running a household and raising a loving family, rather than being all about money money money money and the endless rat race of competition.
Really. Mammonism (worship of money) has become the New Religion and it is frankly evil. Bring back more of the old values, including loyalty between employers and employees, and lifetime relationships, and all that stuff. And let's stagger the work schedules so each parent can be at home half the week.
Hoo-boy aren't I square?
In any case, there is something to be envied about a job that is basically secure and is concerned with "intrinsics" such as running a household and raising a loving family, rather than being all about money money money money and the endless rat race of competition.
Really. Mammonism (worship of money) has become the New Religion and it is frankly evil. Bring back more of the old values, including loyalty between employers and employees, and lifetime relationships, and all that stuff. And let's stagger the work schedules so each parent can be at home half the week.
Hoo-boy aren't I square?
jasonl
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I don't worship money...
I spend it
Home theater system, roller coaster trips, new cars, cds/dvd, engagement ring (uh oh).
I spend it
Home theater system, roller coaster trips, new cars, cds/dvd, engagement ring (uh oh).
pulsator-power
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Jason, this will change when you get married. Conrats!
By the way, which roller coasters have you ridden?
Jerry
By the way, which roller coasters have you ridden?
Jerry
veg its wasnt prozac
It was miltown (SP), MD's wrote Rx's for them in the late 50's by the zillions. I guess it was an antidepressant, The guy's came home from WWII. The Homemaker was elevated on a pedestal just like the lady with the Frigidaire Crown. The house with the picture window in levitown a 50's icon, and all the ads for these fabulous 50's appliances we just love. A phenomenal sell sell sell economy in the fifties. Many women came to resent this role, pushed by Mostly Men in advertising. These stepford ladies were the founders of the womens movement of the late sixties and early 70's. Magic Clean is right other things were happening too. Margaret Sangers work with birth control "The Pill", Peyton Place was published by Grace Metallious, poor Grace knew her life was not the glamour depicted in an appliance ad. By the time the 50's came to pass, the world was a very different place. OMG where is my Prozac...
It was miltown (SP), MD's wrote Rx's for them in the late 50's by the zillions. I guess it was an antidepressant, The guy's came home from WWII. The Homemaker was elevated on a pedestal just like the lady with the Frigidaire Crown. The house with the picture window in levitown a 50's icon, and all the ads for these fabulous 50's appliances we just love. A phenomenal sell sell sell economy in the fifties. Many women came to resent this role, pushed by Mostly Men in advertising. These stepford ladies were the founders of the womens movement of the late sixties and early 70's. Magic Clean is right other things were happening too. Margaret Sangers work with birth control "The Pill", Peyton Place was published by Grace Metallious, poor Grace knew her life was not the glamour depicted in an appliance ad. By the time the 50's came to pass, the world was a very different place. OMG where is my Prozac...
