Mom in High Heels Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 So, I saw this dating advice for women around 1938 on FB today. The pictures that go along with the advice are hilarious. Like the writer of the article, I too want to know just what was going on in American, dating wise, that these rules were needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That was ...interesting. So much for Gramma's chaste modest behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 That was ...interesting. So much for Gramma's chaste modest behavior. I know right??? "Back when I was a girl..." apparently you were all drunk and went around braless or pulling up your girdles, while chatting up the waiter about the last time you were at his restaurant with another guy AND talking while dancing. What the heck? Sluts. On a similar vein, my mom tried to convince me the other day that no one in her town when she was growing up ever, EVER, did drugs, because that kind of stuff "just wasn't around" back then. Um, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I especially liked sticking your finger in your date's ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 And chatting up the guy in the next booth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I know right??? "Back when I was a girl..." apparently you were all drunk and went around braless or pulling up your girdles, while chatting up the waiter about the last time you were at his restaurant with another guy AND talking while dancing. What the heck? Sluts. On a similar vein, my mom tried to convince me the other day that no one in her town when she was growing up ever, EVER, did drugs, because that kind of stuff "just wasn't around" back then. Um, yeah. Where the heck did she grow up? My mother's favorite drug story is how my grandma asked her to get some mj so she and her husband could try it. Grandma assumed that being 20 and living on her own in the SF Bay Area meant mom must know where to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Scoff all you want, but I followed those rules, and I found a husband. I never once smudged his handkerchief with lipstick or ran my hands through the hair of the guy in the next booth or flirted with the head waiter. And I most certainly have never tugged at my girdle in front of him. So, frankly, you so-called modern women could take note, and perhaps you, too, could land husbands. Happily Married in Atl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Where the heck did she grow up? My mother's favorite drug story is how my grandma asked her to get some my so she and her husband could try it. Grandma assumed that being 20 and living on her own in the SF Bay Area meant mom must know where to get it. She grew up in the deep south, and I refuse to believe that there were no drugs there. REFUSE. I think she's nuts (to be honest, I think that anyway, but still). She swears no one she knew ever saw or even knew what drugs were. Uh-huh. She personally might not have, but I would be willing to place money on other people seeing, knowing and even using drugs. Scoff all you want, but I followed those rules, and I found a husband. I never once smudged his handkerchief with lipstick or ran my hands through the hair of the guy in the next booth or flirted with the head waiter. And I most certainly have never tugged at my girdle in front of him. So, frankly, you so-called modern women could take note, and perhaps you, too, could land husbands. Happily Married in Atl I bow down to your superior knowledge. Clearly you are the best of women. I *may* have flirted with a head waiter or two, tugged my girdle and quite possibly ruffled the hair of the man in the next booth (though I should probably blame it on the alcohol), and yet I still managed to snag James Bond. He could just have low standards though. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I bow down to your superior knowledge. Clearly you are the best of women. I *may* have flirted with a head waiter or two, tugged my girdle and quite possibly ruffled the hair of the man in the next booth (though I should probably blame it on the alcohol), and yet I still managed to snag James Bond. He could just have low standards though. ;) Slut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Slut. You mean whore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Slut. LOL! I snorted when I read this (literally-it was not attractive), and Indy asked what was so funny. Ummmm.....go to your room. You mean whore Self proclaimed! Look at my siggy. You know me so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Show of hands ... Who is wearing a girdle right now?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Show of hands ... Who is wearing a girdle right now?!?! *sheepishly raises hand* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I am! I'm about to go to bed and I'm NEVER without my foundation garments. Why, there could be a fire!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 She grew up in the deep south, and I refuse to believe that there were no drugs there. REFUSE. I think she's nuts (to be honest, I think that anyway, but still). She swears no one she knew ever saw or even knew what drugs were. Uh-huh. She personally might not have, but I would be willing to place money on other people seeing, knowing and even using drugs. I bow down to your superior knowledge. Clearly you are the best of women. I *may* have flirted with a head waiter or two, tugged my girdle and quite possibly ruffled the hair of the man in the next booth (though I should probably blame it on the alcohol), and yet I still managed to snag James Bond. He could just have low standards though. ;) I was just thinking how fortunate I am to be married. What with all the drunken sobbing at dinner, girdle adjustment, forgetting my brassiere all.the.damn.time (probably they were the ones cashiers were keeping), hair ruffling, hanky sullying... Worst.date.ever. I should wake my husband and thank him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Is that guy in the last photo on his iPhone? No wonder she's drinking. That's not a date, that's a married couple date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Sticking your finger into your friend's ear, leaning over the back of the booth and talking up strangers, tugging at uncomfortable clothes, crying for no apparent reason, leaving the house missing important bits of clothing, talking about only yourself all the time,indulging in so much food and drink that you pass out (fall asleep). Are we talking about teenagers or toddlers here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Be sure my stockings aren't wrinkled?! Men notice stocking wrinkles? Really! My husband wouldn't know whether I had on stockings, what they were or if I was getting crows feet right on my face! Stocking wrinkles . . . pshaw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Show of hands ... Who is wearing a girdle right now?!?! I do wear a foundation garment most days. I do have a tendency to tug at it sometimes though. I should really thank James Bond for being brave enough to take on my hot mess of a self! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Makes me want to go to an all-night diner & sit in a booth just so I can ruffle the hair of the guy in the next booth. :lol: Hey, my grandma, always, always, always told me there were plenty of fish in the sea & that a girl should keep her options open & keep looking. So, perhaps these tips are helpful for getting rid of a stinky fish type date. I don't know if she ruffled other men's hair, but she did like to dance. And to talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Be sure my stockings aren't wrinkled?! Men notice stocking wrinkles? Really! My husband wouldn't know whether I had on stockings, what they were or if I was getting crows feet right on my face! Stocking wrinkles . . . pshaw! I remember watching something on TV where they filmed couples on a blind date at a restaurant and then the woman went to the bathroom and came back completely different in some way. The men never noticed! They started out with small changes, like oh, a black dress becoming a red dress. Then they swapped out the women of the same general type. Then it was women of different types. Like the tall brunette came back from the bathroom a short blonde. Then they asked the guys how the date went, and the guys said it was fine and she seemed nice. Then they would say, "Didn't you notice it was two different women" Then they would say, "I thought something was odd..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Scary. My grandma told me something once ... something that proved that ... well, let's just say I was never that risque. I won't tell more even though Grandma has been dead a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Women Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Well, I know it's OK to talk while you dance, because they do it in Pride and Prejudice, and you can't get more romantic than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Scary. My grandma told me something once ... something that proved that ... well, let's just say I was never that risque. I won't tell more even though Grandma has been dead a long time. Well, you are a tease! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 My grandparents were married in the early 50's and based on the pictures I've seen I think while dating they did a considerable amount of drinking, talking while dancing, and ... I don't think I'd like to imagine anything additional. This all happened when they were in college so I can't imagine they were much different than any of the other people at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That was when my parents were actually dating. I have heard lots of stories. No drugs ever mentioned. Cigarettes were a topic of much peer pressure for my mom-- she thought they were gross, figures that's why she is still here to talk about it! :lol: She grew up in a small Midwest town. The scandal was the class president had to get married after graduation. The baby arrived over the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I like the one about not sitting akwardly. I always sit on one of my legs, even when I wore skirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That was funny, particularly when she runs her fingers through the hair of the guy in the next booth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That was funny, particularly when she runs her fingers through the hair of the guy in the next booth. Was that such a rampant problem in the 30's that the editor of the article wanted to make sure it was mentioned? Were young ladies back then just all over flirting with the guy in the booth one over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacharsis Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 If anybody is curious about the source, it is from the February 1938 issue of a magazine called CLICK. This was their first issue. The official title of the article was "Washouts: The Kind of Girls Men Won't Date". According to this pulp magazine collector (who also has some more scans from the issue), CLICK was sort of a tabloid journalism competitor to LIFE that went after more sensational subjects, things like "Peeping Toms: What Makes Them Peep?", "White Slavery: Details of the Suppressed League of Nations Report", "Civilized Savagery: Nazi Youths Revel in Blood", or their photo tour of a kosher beef slaughterhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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