Nostalgia: A Greek word meaning to Grieve, to Ache
Modern Dictionary: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
I guess I’m the last person, on the planet, to watch the series, MAD MEN. I was so surprised; it’s my life as a (very) young married housewife. I w
as treated (as seen in MadMen) like that as a woman. It’s hard to believe now and of course when it was happening, I didn’t know any better…..and the men in my life CERTAINLY DIDN’T!!! That was my husband; me always asking for permission. Him handling the money, etc. Cheating on me. Demeaning my worth with tiny arrows and jabs. And the employers I had at the time….just like the ‘ad men’ in Mad Men. Talking down to the female employees and always reminding us of our place. Where did men, at that time, learn this behavior? Their fathers…and their fathers before them?
I swear I even had some of those skirts that Peggy wore. And one of the dresses that Joan wore was in my closet.
I am amused and shocked that I had that life and then to watch it back in such precise and accurate detail! Given where I (and most women) are today, it seems like a life time ago. Oh! It was.
And here’s the really wonderful thing…..the music of that time. As the show opens and closes the sound tracks are from that era. And, fifty+ years later, I can sing along REMEMBERING EVERY LYRIC OF EVERY SONG. (The brain is truly a wonder.)
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