Awesome, that is an example of the quantum entanglements endowed unto families.

My own stumbles, keep Me humble. My younger and older siblings have already passed on.

My sister keeps me humble. But we are best friends.

Yes they are...(don't let it go to your head!) Teasing again.

Thank you! My mother called me her rare gem. Everyone else in the family kind of rolled their eyes, But that's what moms are for.

Well food is getting crazy expensive and the outlook Is for the increases to continue.GSM

Shrinkflation has occured with thousand of consumer goods , masking some of the increase.

That's just about what I found on a quick check...to live the life I did at 2.00 an hour would take 18.00 an hour today. We didn't have all the Insurance burdens nor the high taxes we have now either.
A bag of M&Ms today is 1.00 in a vending machine, back then...maybe 5cents?

Those were good old days, (we agree), and it didn't take much for them to be good...that too, was my point.

"Rent is about 7x$65 for a 1 bedroom apt."
Thats $455 that's closer to 1980 rent.
To better understand where your city — or soon-to-be city — ranks nationally, here are the averages for each factor from all 50 cities on the list: Median rent for 1-bedroom apartment: $1,234.43. Square footage of 1-bedroom apartment: 678.32 square feet. Cost of basic utilities: $147.06.Jun 8, 2016
Most working class people don't live in Harrisburg, Pa.

My experience and your experience is irrelevant. How you FEEL about it is of no importance. What matter is----what was the buying power of an hours labor. These facts are fairly easy to find. I used the minimum W as e as a factor and the price of gas and housing. The problem is expectations. Most working class people were satisfied with a 3 bedroom 1250 square foot house and one car. Now people want 3000 square foot houses with 3 car garages, a bout, sss now mobiles, atvs, and lots of other goodies and two new cars. Thus the need for two full time wage earners. But if you want FEELINGS to be a big factor, I feel that the 60's mentality was better. My mom was always home when I got home from school. Those really were the good old days.

"My view of those days is that you got a lot for a 1.00 and a few bucks to save to boot."
Where you begged to differ...that's my point.

You obviously had a different experience.

What is your point?

The lowest paid job I had in the 60's was 2.00 an hour and my rent at the Hotel Elton when I was 15 was 85.00 a month, I ate out every day and went out on a date once a week that cost me 5.00 including gas for the car.
My view of those days is that you got a lot for a 1.00 and a few bucks to save to boot. That includes College books, just cause I was chasing a pretty girl 3 year older.
Lost the Girl but got an Associates degree for my trouble before my counterparts graduated HS.

And you sound like a great person, yourself. Thank you for commenting.

I beg to differ. Look at minimum wage when I graduated from high school in 1964. It was 1.25 per hour. Gas was 30 cents per gal. My rent in 1965 was 65 bucks a month for a one br apt. Minimum wage is approximately 7 times the 1.25. Gas is about 7 times the 30 cents per gal. Rent is bout 7 times the 65 bucks per month for a one bedroom. And you can do those price checks on many other products. Of course I am comparing moderately price markets like the Harrisburg, pa. area I grew up in. Not looking at rediculousy expensive areas like LA or Chicago, etc.. My mom never held a job outside of the house. The difference today is what the expectations are for a standard of living. And of course the working people did not have to pay for millions of other peoples housing, food, a nd medical..

I'll tell him that. Actually, he really is a great guy.

Back in the day, a dollar was worth more than a dollar by today's standards.
My parents mortgage was 103.00 dollars a month and my dad brought home 200.00 a week from Pratt and Whitney Aircraft.
Were we rich...by no means but food was good, local and cheap. We always had what we needed.
It was a good life.

Laughing...with him, not at him.

I don't see anything wrong with these suggestions except for the one about him saying out all night. Wouldn't. It be great if only one parent needed to work to support a household.

The old joke...A woman's place is in the home, and she should go there right after work. My husband loves that one. Of course he has knuckle bumps all over his head.

The Source of the tips was fake...not the tips themselves; minus the one you point out, I thought that was bull crap also.

Scathing review!...but 100% correct.

Thank you Ed.

An admonition not to complain even if the husband stays out all night would not tempt me to attempt to change my spinster status.
(More than 50 years ago my grandmother told me about locking my grandfather out because he
stayed out too late, [I do not know when the inci
dent actually took place] and making him stay out of the place the rest of the night. After which,
he said he would rather be kicked in the "hinder"
[German immigrant town, although he was actu
ally born in the U.S.A.], than locked out all night
like that, whereupon she said "All right," and gave
him such a kick).--I am glad to find that the "Tips"
were a fake.

Anyone that thinks these practical tips for a stay at home wife are over the top should look at the insane crap being spewed today in the name of feminism. "Toxic masculinity." "man spreading," hell, the list of truly insane ideas seems endless. I saw yesterday a story in the WoPo about some guy taking classes in how to act castrated to appeal to the feminist ball busters that surrounded him is DC.
The PCBS world of feminism today is straight out of a SNL skit gone wrong.

I'm going to go right to the matter...sex (and other matters)!

After a relatively short time, in a relationship, a partner's eye begins to wander. I noticed this throughout a (small) number of extended relationships, while I was still young. Maybe growing up, with 7 siblings, exacerbated the "absence makes the heart grow fonder" issue, but I believe it happens to everybody, at some point.

After nearly 40 years of marriage, I've found that I have to frequently "remind" myself that my wife is just as attractive to me now as she was when she was in her 20's. I still ogle her, when she undresses for bed and make appreciative comments if I see her step out of the shower. Those, combined with an occasional wolf whistle, have extracted frequent comments of appreciation from her and have kept our relationship strong.

I guess my remarks really should reference "How to be a good Husband".

She'd probably pee pee in her poorly made tee pee!