Retro pictures

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

PS: The one holding flowers is not sitting like a lady!

FYI, in Colonial days, women who had the money to have a good dress (as opposed to just having their one everyday dress) DID sit with their knees as far apart as possible! It was their way of showing that they had the wealth to have several yards of fabric for a good skirt, along with their everyday clothes. (Thank you, Rev War Reenactor Friends!)

[agzg]

Originally Posted by honeychile

FYI, in Colonial days, women who had the money to have a good dress (as opposed to just having their one everyday dress) DID sit with their knees as far apart as possible! It was their way of showing that they had the wealth to have several yards of fabric for a good skirt, along with their everyday clothes. (Thank you, Rev War Reenactor Friends!)

All I know is, if I ever sat like that, my mom would have screamed "CLOSE YOUR LEGS, WE CAN SEE YOUR UNDIES!" at me, even if I was wearing pants or a long skirt.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

All I know is, if I ever sat like that, my mom would have screamed "CLOSE YOUR LEGS, WE CAN SEE YOUR UNDIES!" at me, even if I was wearing pants or a long skirt.

The wide-spread legs bit was a shocker for me, too! I got told, "Honey, knees together, please," which meant "Put those knees together or you will be in the next handbasket to Hell!" A tad overstated, but it worked - my mother believes that one only yells in the house if it's on fire!

[CougarGrad]

Originally Posted by honeychile

The wide-spread legs bit was a shocker for me, too! I got told, "Honey, knees together, please," which meant "Put those knees together or you will be in the next handbasket to Hell!" A tad overstated, but it worked - my mother believes that one only yells in the house if it's on fire!

See, my mom would've just blurted out the "next handbasket to Hell" stuff- probably accompanied by a sharp "Ah-ah-aaaaaaaaaaah!" She would remind me to be ladylike in a not-very-ladylike manner at all... so I learned my manners as quickly as possible to prevent her from feeling the need to declare anything, LOL!

I still just love this thread! It's one of my favorites on this board!

[agzg]

Originally Posted by CougarGrad

See, my mom would've just blurted out the "next handbasket to Hell" stuff- probably accompanied by a sharp "Ah-ah-aaaaaaaaaaah!" She would remind me to be ladylike in a not-very-ladylike manner at all... so I learned my manners as quickly as possible to prevent her from feeling the need to declare anything, LOL!

I still just love this thread! It's one of my favorites on this board!

Well my mom did it kindof as a joking thing. Not the close your legs part, but the yelling part.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by CougarGrad

She would remind me to be ladylike in a not-very-ladylike manner at all... so I learned my manners as quickly as possible to prevent her from feeling the need to declare anything, LOL!

I still just love this thread! It's one of my favorites on this board!

(Bold mine)

I don't know how I missed that, but it reminds me of a soccer game I attended. I met some friends there, and one of them brought another friend, let's call her Amber. I had heard of her, but didn't know her.

Just before the game, we all stood for the National Anthem and Amber noticed that a young boy (8-9 years old) in front of us did not remove his baseball cap. She knocked the hat off of the kid's head, yelling, "You take your f***ing hat off for the f****ing National Anthem, a$$***e!"

I'll be willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that he never leaves his hat on for the Star Spangled Banner again!