tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post8798159666014326255..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Living On One Income In The 1950sSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-16103376103741390312014-10-20T09:36:13.009-07:002014-10-20T09:36:13.009-07:00If you have trouble posting comments, you should t...If you have trouble posting comments, you should try to log in first. Otherwise, I don't know what could be the problem. For the rest, agree!Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-83484636281034880022014-10-20T09:27:34.307-07:002014-10-20T09:27:34.307-07:00I tried to comment earlier, but I guess it didn...I tried to comment earlier, but I guess it didn't come through.<br /><br />Sarah said so well everything I wanted to say :-)<br />There's nothing magical in living on one income, you just need to be content with what you have = what your husband makes :-)Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03130669456548942894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-37130986025360748782014-10-20T08:50:14.355-07:002014-10-20T08:50:14.355-07:00You are welcome! I heard about tuition costs in Am...You are welcome! I heard about tuition costs in America being very high, but probably not everybody needs to go to the university, either:) Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-5173099209632254032014-10-20T07:24:34.917-07:002014-10-20T07:24:34.917-07:00Thanks. I have been pointing this out as well for...Thanks. I have been pointing this out as well for years.<br /><br />In the US, look at the square footage of houses (for those who could afford houses). In the 1950s it was less than 1600 sq ft. In the 1990s it had soared past 2000. And there are far fewer kids living in these houses.<br /><br />But it stores stuff, like the W/D, the dishwasher, multiple TVs, computers, and often there is a garage for the two(+) cars, riding lawnmower.<br /><br />And that doesn't count the other perks like granite countertops, CaTV, riding lawnmowers, etc.<br /><br />The middle class didn't get destroyed, it got re-defined. If anything is hard on the middle class, it's college tuition costs.DrTorchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-55321763362289993712014-10-20T06:58:28.703-07:002014-10-20T06:58:28.703-07:00Yes, that's true about saving and waiting to b...Yes, that's true about saving and waiting to buy things you like, yet too many people seem to want it all and now;) Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-81473794045676520542014-10-20T06:22:38.533-07:002014-10-20T06:22:38.533-07:00The older home we raised our family in the realtor...The older home we raised our family in the realtor had told us would do for a starter home! Well the children are grown and have their own home and now this home is still good for the two of us. If we had gotten a larger home for the two of us we would then be stuck with to big of a home! I was taught you lived on what your husband made and saved too. No matter how small or large the pay check was. Not to compare my husband to another's. In any way. Each person and marriage was different as God designed it this way. If we complain and compare we will never be content. If then we are able to step up and get say a new something it is a joy and unexpected too. We are relaxed and content because we have the basics and a savings plan too. The needed new luxury we are now able to get is out of the ordinary and ever so more special because of it. Appreciated even the more. Now a days couples seem to think they Need and Should have right away what it took their parents half their marriage to acquire Another thing we were all taught is that with age comes responsibility !! As a little girl I would not think I could wear high heels or lipstick till I was much much older. With each age comes new and more grown up things. Each comes a little at a time. Along with it comes new chores to add to your list and new studies. So it is in growing up and marriage. You save to get a house and furnish it with just the very basics. Good used pieces are fine and we still have many of them. As needed..needed... and can be saved for, you get more as time goes on. If I had gotten all the furnishings I wanted when I first married I would have soon tired of them. I at that time, was in love with a style of furnishings I now would not like to live with. What a waste to have gotten it when I was so young and did not really know my mind in these things. Living gives us experience even with ourselves. :) How could I have enjoyed a house full of things I had to charge to get? I don't see how I could have slept. I certainly would feel I had to work to just pay for furnishings...for Things. It might bring resentment that I let this happen. All good things come to those who wait they say. We wait for a Christmas present and how happy we are to finally open it. !! So it is with life. It is a present too... to open one thing at a time. :-) SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-4436460304698656242014-10-19T08:48:30.889-07:002014-10-19T08:48:30.889-07:00Anon, first, thanks!
Second, pick up a handle. Acc...Anon, first, thanks!<br />Second, pick up a handle. According to the blog rules, anonymous comments will be deleted. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-32708594536602297202014-10-19T07:28:46.931-07:002014-10-19T07:28:46.931-07:00Wow great post! The last line of your article sums...Wow great post! The last line of your article sums it up great! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com