We got married first and THEN lived together. In our time closets were for clothes, not for 'coming out of'. Bunnies were small rabbits, and rabbits were not Volkswagons. Designer Jeans were scheming girls named Jean, and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with our relatives.
We thought fast food was what you ate during lent, and Outer Space was the back of the local movie theater. We were before house husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriage. We were before day-care centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electronic typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt and guys wearing earrings. For us, time sharing meant togetherness, not computers or condominiums. A chip meant a piece of wood...Hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't even a word.
Back then "Made in Japan" meant junk and the term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam. Pizzas, McDonalds and instant coffees were unheard of. We hit the scene where there were 5 and dime stores, where you bought things for five and ten cents. Ice cream cones sold for a nickel or dime. For one nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards. You could buy a new Chevy coupe for $600...but who could afford one? A pity too, because gas was 11 cents a gallon!
In our day, grass was mowed, COKE was a cold drink and POT was something you cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was a Grandma's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principal's office. We were certainly not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we were surely before the sex change. We made do with what we had. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby.
No wonder we are so confused and there is such a generation gap today.
ANON.