From a Kiss on the Hand to One Night Stands

{ February 23, 2009 @ 3:22 am } · { Uncategorized }

In our modern world of today, could you imagine if your significant other had to request permission from your parents just to engage in conversation with you? Nearly a century ago, arranged marriages and dowries were the way of the world. It is incredible how much society has moved from one extreme to the next. At one time, it was requirement to insert Miss and Mister at the beginning of everyone’s first name just in conversation. Hello Miss Annette, How are you Miss Annette, I don’t think so. Today, boys and girls degrade each other through trash talk such as, “Hey Hoe,” or “Hey Slut.” But the funny thing is this speech is accepted amongst our society. What could our society possibly transform into next? Now it’s time to examine, how different my roommates lives would be if corsets were still a necessity. I could guess we would be sheltered, to say the least.
M, who is a fantastic chef would be cooking for days if she wished to prepare the meals she does. She’d be spending endless hours milking cows and churning butter in order to create her masterpieces. One evening when M was cooking I overheard her demand to her boyfriend, “Cut the steak, it is an honor for the man to cut the meat.” This girl would be shit out of luck because she would never be able to impose on her man like this back then.
Since S relies on text messaging as her primary source of communication she’d be in trouble. Flirty chatting would not be as simple as clicking the accept button. Her new man would have to approach her parents and ask permission to converse with her. Hopefully, her parents would discover that this fella is charming and is from a wealthy background because that is all that mattered back then.
J, a member of the dance team, would definitely not be choreographing hip hop, but instead, teaching ball room dancing. It is shocking to think that in the past males and females knew the same dances and would float about the floors to classical music. Parties were extravagant balls nothing like the bumpin ‘n grindin shin digs we throw today. Needless to say, J would not be sporting her half top on the side line.
E’s sleepovers with her guy would be obsolete. Don’t think E’s dad would grant permission for her sack sessions. Those two would definitely be saving it for their wedding night. But, back then not many knew otherwise.
A’s dad would definitely not have approved of her recent behavior. Last night, she simply texted her dad stating that her and her friend were going to hang out with the skiers they met on the slopes that day instead of returning to the family cabin. In the past, this behavior would be unacceptable and A would have been escorted straight back to her family’s cabin by the man. It would have been the proper thing to do.
Lets just say in the past, I would have never been allowed to write this blog. I mean computers and blogging were not even thought of yet. But even if I was to publish these blog entries in a book the content would be deemed inappropriate. Society would shun Hoe 5 and 6 for sure.