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I remember the early days where there was virtually no choice about HAVING kids and I knew I didn't want them. Childlessness is at an all-time high in women of childbearing age (which I've passed through unscathed).
Without good birth control (which was illegal to give to unmarried women before a Supreme Court decision) there was no choice about becoming a mother. Due to lack of opportunities both in education and work, a childbearing wife was financially dependent on the famous single breadwinner male, for better and worse.
It is not a given that a woman wants to have a child, regardless of her situation. I know, at 64 and having chosen to be childfree quite early on, that I have always been grateful for my choice and that I HAD a choice.
heck yea! I'm 56 and never had the urge to have kids. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to have kids just because that is what people thought you had to do.
Well, my mom told me what that was like. My dad was great, but he wanted a lot of kids - . Good thing she didn't hate him - lol.
But she did tell us that if she had been born a man, she would have not gotten married and traveled the world. She did get to do some traveling and was always a happy person. She just knew that things could have been different.
I am very happy as a child free female. Heck my roommate (male) has confessed that he never wanted kids - he has two - so men can fall into this also. But I do tell him, he could have prevented that
The only reason the "good 'ol days" are missed by some is because those who were suffering through them were silent. And the only difference between now and then, unfortunately, is that those who still experience discrimination are speaking up.
The only reason the "good 'ol days" are missed by some is because those who were suffering through them were silent. And the only difference between now and then, unfortunately, is that those who still experience discrimination are speaking up.
I agree. I think of all the quiet shy kids at school and makes me understand why some that I know raised their kids to be outspoken. And yes, sometimes these kids were seen as troublemakers, but their parents just didn't want them to put up with things they did.
Good role models and mentoring are a needed plus for all young people at all places and all times, not just for girls as opposed to boys. It makes me sad to note the unstated sub-text here that girls are worthier than boys. Why don't you just write that men are slime?
One of the most sexist phrases in the English language is, "Innocent women and children."
Exactly If i wanted to go somewhere, i had to walk. My parents owned one car and my dad took it to work. Nowdays some parents drive their kids to the bus stop. My wife had to walk, and she's a young boomer. I can't imagine asking my parents to pay for my stuff. My mom would have asked m where I came up with such nonsense.
I understand parents nowadays actually give their children money. When I was growing up, if I wanted money I had to get a job. I got my clothes and meals and that was it. Anything extra was on me.
How does that work? Do you jump in once the engine starts? Does the car ever get away from you?
No, it never got away from me.
I don't remember every detail, but I didn't seem to have trouble getting it started...well, except for having to push a car to start it.
I would open the driver door, get in, put it in neutral, I guess I turned the key to on (?). I don't remember that part. But I got out and pushed it forward holding the driver door frame and open door. It was hard to get it going forward, but once I did, I got it going faster, and vroom...it would start up. I then hopped in, closed the door, put it in gear and drove to work. Had to do the same to go home. I tried to park on a bit of a slope, if I could, but that was Louisiana, which is flat, so not lucky all the time with that.
I'm female, BTW, and had a low level office job. So I did that in office attire. Ah, youth. I guess it was a sight to other people and probably looked pitiful, but what choice did I have?
Oh, and if that wasn't bad enough, the windshield wiper on the driver side came off. I couldn't afford to have it fixed, so I held the wiper in my hand out the open driver window, and manually wiped the windshield as I drove slowly.
I'm very lucky I didn't get in an accident. I was very young. And very poor, obviously. I was just starting out on my own. It got better later, though.
Sounds like someone is sorry they traded their Wayback Machine for an arsenal.
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. Good thing she didn't hate him - lol. 
