tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post3480935102258167971..comments2023-05-16T12:26:09.102+01:00Comments on The Historical House: A Better Vision of WomanhoodMrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-3103993743991862442017-01-31T19:50:07.760+00:002017-01-31T19:50:07.760+00:00I'm mostly off blogs for now (reading Kristin ...I'm mostly off blogs for now (reading Kristin Lavransdatter, Pieper, etc instead!) but I came by to see if you had thoughts about Endeavour....<br /><br />Anyway, yes, I only have two small children so far but I think that trying to tidy up a bit before your husband come home is a grand idea, as is asking him about his day first. Since our children are still quite young and go to bed early, it is a natural break in the day, anyway- tidy up, play with daddy, have dinner, read a little, and go to bed. (And we have plenty of time to talk etc after the older one is in bed at 7:30.)<br /><br />I think a lot of the resistance is actually in the idea that we are "too good" to do menial work, like clean house! That we have more important things to do, like run our children around to fifty million activities and "raise them," as if we can raise them without order in the home!Anamariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389152787880010149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-17254019862147308612017-01-28T09:26:44.481+00:002017-01-28T09:26:44.481+00:00I cannot remember my feelings at the time, but I d...I cannot remember my feelings at the time, but I definitely did not think a dog clock was a good substitute for a dog. However, that was all in the past, and I only brought it up so that young wives don't think everyone else's husband was born knowing what the exact right gift is!Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-66112214423074708722017-01-28T03:29:40.925+00:002017-01-28T03:29:40.925+00:00The dog clock strikes me as endearing given the co...The dog clock strikes me as endearing given the context. Certainly something my fiance would do! 😊 <br /><br />Mari Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171764404064781371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-86658419616781647882017-01-28T02:46:57.918+00:002017-01-28T02:46:57.918+00:00Indeed we do!Indeed we do!Domestic Divanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-86056058578902612322017-01-28T02:45:07.757+00:002017-01-28T02:45:07.757+00:00Yes...my grandfather grew up in an unhappy family,...Yes...my grandfather grew up in an unhappy family, and so he made sure his wife was happy, and taught his children (by word and example) how to marry well and build happy marriages. Domestic Divanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-74337372793242014672017-01-27T22:58:05.504+00:002017-01-27T22:58:05.504+00:00Well, in your case it does seem that the clock-dog...Well, in your case it does seem that the clock-dog was sort of appropriate, and the present was, in its way, charming. But perhaps not if it was your only present?....<br /><br />ClioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-43925191446053191362017-01-27T22:25:10.689+00:002017-01-27T22:25:10.689+00:00Saw it. It didn't even surprise me all that mu...Saw it. It didn't even surprise me all that much because of all the parades of recent years. And the pro-abs were insulting Our Lady back in the 80s, too. Blasphemy was quite a thing with them.Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-39567377436489639232017-01-27T22:23:19.653+00:002017-01-27T22:23:19.653+00:00Yes, before I twigged as to what they were, I thou...Yes, before I twigged as to what they were, I thought they were about cats and the pink was just because it's a colour associated with girls. Really, I wasn't thinking very clearly about these hats at all! :-)Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-70179329460996648132017-01-27T22:21:20.295+00:002017-01-27T22:21:20.295+00:00I'll be in Canada for the first half, but if y...I'll be in Canada for the first half, but if you're around after the 16th, definitely drop me a line! seraphicsingles@yahoo.comMrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-61349923725830931422017-01-27T22:11:16.884+00:002017-01-27T22:11:16.884+00:00While there were hats, costumes, signs, etc. made ...While there were hats, costumes, signs, etc. made to look like that, really the original pattern (and the most numerous hats worn) were made to look like kitty cat ears. They had a foul name, but not a foul appearance. <br /><br />RachelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-31302052910515596362017-01-27T22:11:11.577+00:002017-01-27T22:11:11.577+00:00I saw truly horrifying costume mocking the Virgin ...I saw truly horrifying costume mocking the Virgin Mary. Don't look it up.<br /><br />The whole anti-Trump protest thing was just a huge hissy fit. <br /><br />JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-78317522101028874132017-01-27T21:58:15.648+00:002017-01-27T21:58:15.648+00:00Hi there!
I'm sure I'm not the first or mo...Hi there!<br />I'm sure I'm not the first or most interesting person to do this, but I'm just going to throw out there that I've been a reader (sporadically) since your "seraphic" days and I'll be in Edinburgh in February........ (shy pause) Would love to get coffee!!<br /><br />Saraearthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022185844621299329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-35363648868441633162017-01-27T21:47:30.461+00:002017-01-27T21:47:30.461+00:00We live in mystifying times.We live in mystifying times.Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-20775196861475964002017-01-27T21:47:01.713+00:002017-01-27T21:47:01.713+00:00Yes, that is really nice. That was a wonderful emp...Yes, that is really nice. That was a wonderful emphasis on the MARRIAGE as opposed to the family, which only follows from the marriage, and thrives so much when the marriage is happy. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-33164501838824092312017-01-27T21:24:02.632+00:002017-01-27T21:24:02.632+00:00Meanwhile, thanks for your spot-on observations ab...Meanwhile, thanks for your spot-on observations about the march. There are some really mystifying things going on over here these days.Domestic Divanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-81793604345625081552017-01-27T21:22:01.195+00:002017-01-27T21:22:01.195+00:00Every night when my grandfather came home from wor...Every night when my grandfather came home from work, my grandmother greeted him with a cocktail in hand, and they went to the sitting room and shut the door for half an hour, and the children knew that they had better be bleeding profusely from a major artery if they disturbed their parents. They had a very happy marriage until my grandfather died just before their 50th anniversary.<br /><br />I can definitely see that the wife, even and maybe especially the stay-at-home-mom, needs to take a load off too. I love that BOTH my grandparents got a few minutes' breather as they transitioned from a busy day into family time.Domestic Divanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-35214322815222976262017-01-27T20:51:56.093+00:002017-01-27T20:51:56.093+00:00I really don't know. It could be the pink-coll...I really don't know. It could be the pink-collar office culture, though. (Shudder! My worst peace-time nightmare is that I'm forced back to that.) I think a lot of women are really, really, REALLY unhappy in their work. After all, only some of us have careers. The rest of us have jobs. If we are lucky, our jobs are fun. If we are not, they are hell. Right now, I am lucky. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-15174411346656361952017-01-27T20:49:24.614+00:002017-01-27T20:49:24.614+00:00He did. It was to make up for the fact we can'...He did. It was to make up for the fact we can't have a real dog in the Historical House...<br /><br />Lucky you to get all that jewellery! :-DMrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-32960737531244859112017-01-27T16:43:40.690+00:002017-01-27T16:43:40.690+00:00And those hats weren't even the worst things t...And those hats weren't even the worst things to be worn on the march. :( How do they not see the absurdity of marching in protest of Trump while dressed as female genitalia? I'm totally baffled by what they were hoping to accomplish, lol!<br /><br />And yes!! I wonder where this modern attitude of *I'm too busy/tired/whatever to be bothered to dress nicely in public/tidy before guests come over or my husband comes home, etc.* is coming from? Are people really just too overwhelmed by life? And if so, why? Or have we just lost the sense of the desirability of creating a comfortable and attractive home life for our husbands/families (and adding a bit of beauty to the word when we go out in public)? booklovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-84099147823432409302017-01-27T15:43:14.256+00:002017-01-27T15:43:14.256+00:00Did BA once give you a clock shaped like a dog? I ...Did BA once give you a clock shaped like a dog? I can imagine some situations in which such a present might be desirable and/or appropriate, but as a random gift choice it seems a little odd. <br /><br />My own husband - without any specific instruction from me, btw - seems to have absorbed from somewhere the idea that the proper gift to a woman for special occasions (birthdays, Christmas) is jewellery. I give thanks for this every holiday. <br /><br /><br />ClioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com