Comments on: An Old School Family http://thefbomb.org/2009/12/an-old-school-family/ A blog/community created for teenage girls who care about their rights as women and want to be heard. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Utah Nursing Home http://thefbomb.org/2009/12/an-old-school-family/comment-page-1/#comment-10721 Utah Nursing Home Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:06:12 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1772#comment-10721 Sorry for the large comment, but I'm really loving the new post, and hope this, as well as the outstanding reviews some other folks have written, will assist you keep writing excellent posts. Sorry for the large comment, but I’m really loving the new post, and hope this, as well as the outstanding reviews some other folks have written, will assist you keep writing excellent posts.

]]> By: Taylor S http://thefbomb.org/2009/12/an-old-school-family/comment-page-1/#comment-2929 Taylor S Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:38:23 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1772#comment-2929 Ah, thank you very much for your insight. :) It's lovely to see that there are others who can completely relate to such family matters. Yes, that is how it used to be, but now it is our turn to set the standards for our future generations! Ah, thank you very much for your insight. :)

It’s lovely to see that there are others who can completely relate to such family matters.

Yes, that is how it used to be, but now it is our turn to set the standards for our future generations!

]]> By: attie http://thefbomb.org/2009/12/an-old-school-family/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 attie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:44:22 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1772#comment-2905 I think it's a mixture of all of them. I am fortunate in that my Granny is a rather progressive woman, even if she was a stay-at-home mom (she likes gay people a lot, which is not so frequent in people who grew up under Hitler!) but when I visited her last time in her retirement home I overheard the woman at the next table talking about how her daughter still resented her because she never allowed her to go to college, since clearly she was just going to marry and take care of the kids so it would be a total waste of money. I've heard similar things from other old people, and I can kind of understand it since that is how things were at the time. It's still frustrating though, you want to like your family but there they go spewing crap all over you... As for your grandmother's sons (your uncles?), I think it's laziness that makes them not help, and male privilege that makes the family accept it. I think it’s a mixture of all of them.

I am fortunate in that my Granny is a rather progressive woman, even if she was a stay-at-home mom (she likes gay people a lot, which is not so frequent in people who grew up under Hitler!) but when I visited her last time in her retirement home I overheard the woman at the next table talking about how her daughter still resented her because she never allowed her to go to college, since clearly she was just going to marry and take care of the kids so it would be a total waste of money.

I’ve heard similar things from other old people, and I can kind of understand it since that is how things were at the time. It’s still frustrating though, you want to like your family but there they go spewing crap all over you…

As for your grandmother’s sons (your uncles?), I think it’s laziness that makes them not help, and male privilege that makes the family accept it.

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