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niyad

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8. thank you so much for sharing a bit of that remarkable woman with us.

Reply to frazzled (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 07:24 PM

Feb 2013

and, just so you know, you made me quite homesick--think I need to go make some paprikas for dinner, have not made it in a while (and just got some realllly good paprika)

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50 years after "the feminine mystique"--are you better off than your grandmother? [View all] niyad Feb 2013 OP

The phrase has no bearing on matters today. randome Feb 2013 #1

in your opinion, at any rate. niyad Feb 2013 #6

Always. randome Feb 2013 #9

siggghhhh niyad Feb 2013 #11

Better off than Grandma but not better off than my mother. peace13 Feb 2013 #2

I think you are quite correct. niyad Feb 2013 #3

I am 55 and am fine now but know that the future is pretty bleak... peace13 Feb 2013 #4

you are correct--back in our 20's and 30's, things looked far more hopeful than they do today. niyad Feb 2013 #5

Well, mine is 88 and barely getting by, even though my deceased father was white-collar, Beth. Steel WinkyDink Feb 2013 #13

I remember my grandmother came to dinner at my house once in the 1970s frazzled Feb 2013 #7

thank you so much for sharing a bit of that remarkable woman with us. niyad Feb 2013 #8

In some ways yes. In others, no. redqueen Feb 2013 #10

OMG, is this a serious question?! HELL, YES, I'm better off. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #12

Absolutely. politicat Feb 2013 #14

Yes, and no. senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #15

I'm better off LeftInTX Feb 2013 #16