Parents who think a military experience will make their child grow up should send him or her to a military school on their own nickel. IME, though, even real military service doesn't necessarily make people mature. It certainly won't make them less cocky.
Mountain Man and the wolf t-shirt...
I was really drawn into this film when I watched it last night. I ended up wondering if the truth was (A), (B), or both.
This story probably couldn't have been set in a contemporary period. Teddy's background was important, and the mental health care system is much changed since 1954...
The coffee make I just bought at an antique store looks just like this one. (I didn't pay anywhere close to $165 for it, though.)
http://www.vintageswank.com/miva/merchant.mv?Category_Code=&Product_Code=212306&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=VS
Any thoughts on whether it's a 1930s model?
Housework in Heels
According to Wikipedia,
In the show [Leave it to Beaver], Billingsley [who played housewife June Cleaver] often could be seen doing household chores wearing pearls and earrings. The pearls were her idea, which in real-life is actually her trademark. The actress has what...
My year-round tweed clothes aren't made of wool; they're cotton or rayon blends.
This is the only case I know of where women's clothes are better than men's.
"All the time" as in every day?
I have some tweed separates I wear once a week each, if that counts. Why? Tweeds are easy to mix with other separates, and I just like the look.
If we're talking about fully-functioning adults sharing a house and helping each other out, in a situation that's beneficial for everyone involved, I don't see this as a failure. My best friend lives in such a situation. But she's the only one I know.
I've known a few middle-aged people who lived with relatives and helped out with elderly parents or disabled family members. But most people I've known who were middle-aged and living at home didn't want to leave an entry-level job or couldn't keep an entry-level job.
I guess I've never seen...
I have nieces and nephews who are nearly 40 years old and still living off their parents.
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife..." Gen. 2:24
"Life is difficult and there are those who cannot adjust themselves to it." From a tablet...
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