Why do some of today's women think they're better than their moms and grandmas?

[chielgirl]

Originally Posted by BJW50

I had many a conversation with my mom that ended in her telling me she was not here to be liked or make me happy My most enduring memory of childhood was being sent outside to play until meal times.

I don't see what's so wrong with men being self-suffcienct.... I've done most of the housework and cooking in both marriages, didn't bother me a bit.

And ending our summer days by going home when the street lights came on.

Yazette, your cartoon is spot-on.

[Pikantari]

If one day I am half the woman my grandmother was, it would mean the world to me....

[Chowhound]

Originally Posted by chielgirl

And ending our summer days by going home when the street lights came on.

That's what I remember, I was told to "Have my butt home by the time the street lights come on"

[Hawk J]

Originally Posted by chielgirl

And ending our summer days by going home when the street lights came on.

Yazette, your cartoon is spot-on.

Originally Posted by Chowhound

That's what I remember, I was told to "Have my butt home by the time the street lights come on"

We would play 'Hide & go Seek', when it got dark out...

[Miss Crabcakes]

Originally Posted by iamnotwhoyouthinkiam

I hear it all the time- "i am almost never going to cook" "i am not a slave to my husband" "i am above daily chores" "i am making something of my life unlike my mom"... from watching videos on the internet, to seeing friends who are married, watching tv, and talking with acquaintances...

Seriously don't even know what you're talking about. Unlike my grandmother, whonever made it out of the projects and my mother who only had a high school diploma, had a baby at 18 and never did more professionally than answer phones and greet visitors, I am a college and graduate school graduate who also cooks, cleans and pays the bills.

Some of today's women are simply not marriage material. [/quote
And not only did someone marry me but he's happy to prepare dinner for me often and is treating me to a foot massage later.

Instead of looking up to their mothers , who were able to raise them well, spend much time with them, cook for them, and live on their dad's income, these women think they are above their moms b.c they have jobs or careers.

Such assumptions. My mother worked a full-time job, was inattentive, emotionaly detached, encouraged me to lie and steal and NOT to go to college. I learned young not to look up to her.

It's like women are missing out on the point of life. They are acting like stupid men who only care about their job, who are born, work, and die.

And who are you to say what the point of life is for someone else? Maybe you are so unenlightened that you fail to realize that a woman can have a career and still be a great mother and homemaker.

Women had it good in the 1940s and later. They made their families happy and made them their priority. Making a boss or coworker or customer happy, is no where near as rewarding, and I believe this is the ultimate reason for women's rising unhappiness.

I can't speak for women in the '40s but perhaps women want more than to live to serve others. Perhaps, some women are interested in their own satisfaction. And I don't see anything wrong with that.

[SD4020]

Originally Posted by Hawk J

We would play 'Hide & go Seek', when it got dark out...

And here I thought you'd play hide the pickle with all the girls.

[PJSaturn]

Let's keep it PG-13, kids.