tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post2700237762620338660..comments2024-03-28T05:57:41.542-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: VIctorians Had It Right!Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-46803408507907599352014-05-27T23:41:59.834-07:002014-05-27T23:41:59.834-07:00Lydia, I'll check your post. I think they were...Lydia, I'll check your post. I think they were trained not to dwell on the negative things, but to concentrate on something else instead. My all-times favourite female character is one out of the book by Alistaire McLean "South of Java Head". The events happen during WWII, but she is an old lady so must be a Victorian. Their ship was bombed by the Japanese and sunk, they are drifting amid the ocean in a small rescue boat with wounded and dying men all around, there is little food and even less water, and what is the lady doing? Is she panicky or hysterical? No, she is KNITTING! Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-45416243881708943322014-05-27T19:29:35.821-07:002014-05-27T19:29:35.821-07:00I wonder if they wrote more in their diaries on th...I wonder if they wrote more in their diaries on these things or were their minds trained to not dwell on upsetting things. Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147164986410943832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-74379213724864011802014-05-27T16:13:12.632-07:002014-05-27T16:13:12.632-07:00I also mentioned this in my current post.I also mentioned this in my current post.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-48553616346513521322014-05-27T14:34:03.791-07:002014-05-27T14:34:03.791-07:00I agree! I know of a psychologist who would tell h...I agree! I know of a psychologist who would tell his patients to NOT talk about the past hurts. His daughter was a brief friend of mine, and she told me of this wisdom of her father.SharonRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043548752523750347noreply@blogger.com