11-14-2003, 04:04 PM
Quote:When our folks were growing up (or even moreso, in our grandparents' time), marriage could be seen as a combining of provisions. Not to become overly sexist or anything, but the man would provide financial security, and the woman would provide care of the household.
This is true. My parents are in their mid sixties. My mother and grandmother went to a bank to get a loan so she could go to college. The guy at the bank seriously said 'you don't need to go to college just find one of these young college boys that's gonna make a lotta money.' She grew up ten miles from Notre Dame and my dad is a Notre Dame grad. So in part she took the guys advice because she couldnt get the loan. At the same time she is a workaholic and provides a good portion of the income herself.
The things they tell me about living in that area back then are pretty fucked up. The sentiment from the administrators at ND (which at the time was an all guys school) was stay away from the local women. They just want to latch on to someone that is going to be making good money in the future.
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