Day in the Life of a 1950s Housewife
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
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My grandmother was a 1950's housewife, and still follows the same routine today and she is 90+years old. My siblings and I used to visit our grandparents for the summer when we were little. I remember my grandmother doing exercises everyday. She would get her ironing board and had a basket full of clothes that she would iron while watching Soap Operas. She made every meal from scratch. It took her 2 days to make bread/rolls because the yeast had to rise several times. She had a huge garden which she had us help her with. She canned food for the winter months. She managed to keep a very tidy house even with us 4 grandkids there. I think that was partly because we helped with the chores and we weren't allowed to play inside. We played outside all day unless we were doing chores. She sewed most of our clothing and handmade most of the home decor like drapes, tablecloths, napkins. She even made the stuffed animals and dolls we played with. My sister still has her Raggedy Ann doll she made. On Sundays she would get up early and put dinner in the oven. We would go to church and after church she would have church friends over and dinner was ready to come out the oven. She made it all look so effortless. She seemed to love catering to my grandpa. My grandpa really appreciated her. She still does her exercises, stretching and walking every single day. She is in better shape than me at 92 years old.
Wow! She sounds like an amazing woman.
Your grandmother sounds amazing!!!!
Sounds like my great grandmother. Hungarian. Industrious. Know how to make her own laundry soap...who does that? And how did our grandmas know so much without RUclips?! And your grandmother was so smart, had such skills and know how. She'd last much longer in the wild than I would. I cook from scratch with my fancy cooking gadgets that our grandmothers didn't have. And I'm pretty sure that though I clean, they were cleaner. Our grandmas rock!
@Veri Keri it would be fun to see you try this on your channel 😉 ✋ I would watch it.
@@cecedavis9840 I just might. I think it would be fun. I don't think I am going to use the handbook though. I am going to give my grandma a call and ask her to go through her daily/weekly//monthly schedule with me. She did so much, but she didn't do everything in one day. I might try the 1950's housewife life for a week according to my grandma :)
My mother stayed home and raised 3 daughters. We had hot cereal in the AM - lunch was a hot school lunch, dinner was always home cooked meal. My mother is now 81 and she is up dressed and making her own breakfast by 8.
My dad never went to a nursing home, she was his nurse. He died in their home in peace. It’s not just an act, it’s the real deal. They lived it every day
but not in heels....right?
Please say it wasn't in heels! haha
Ok my mom was a 1950’s housewife and she definitely didn’t do all that. We had oatmeal during the week. She did put on makeup in the morning but wore comfortable clothes during the day. She would change clothes to go out or for the evening before my dad got home. I never saw her make homemade bread. We always set the table for meals but kids helped with that and dishes. She did cook dinner from scratch every night. She only cleaned house (other than dishes) on Saturday and kids helped. I think this is an idealized version most people didn’t do, just like most people don’t live perfect Instagram lives today. Fun experiment!!! To watch, anyway😉
I also grew up in the 50s and your experience mirrors mine exactly. This cleaning in heels etc is just some kind of weird stereotype based on advertising of the time.
I agree!
@TheLanejann she is just trying to have fun sheesh.
Yes absolutely!
@@sheilaenglish3293 You're right. This was based on advertising. I think if aliens visited the US during the 1950's, they would think that women were the rulers & their husbands were the slaves. The men got up early & worked all day, & on weekends worked on home & car repairs & yard work....then back to work Monday morning. And just like today, many of them did not have suit-type jobs; they did hard manual labor.
Meanwhile the women kept the house tidy & cooked meals (which did not take all day every day lol)....but they knew all their neighbors & the women hung out together & went shopping together---they had time to do that! Most importantly, the women had the time to parent their own children. To be mothers. That alone was priceless.
Now we are slaves to the corporations just like the men, and our children are parented by paid services & teachers who may have completely different morals, values, & beliefs than we do. No one knows their neighbors, & women are taking prescription psych meds, place zero value on their virtue, & are committing suicide in scary numbers. Almost everyone you meet comes from a broken home & has parent issues. Do we really have it better now?
Makes you wonder.
I think serving your family is a joy and a blessing.
Amen, I think more serving our families out of love would greatly help our country! Kids knew they were loved, we’ve gotten too far from this :)
Couldn't agree more. I think a lot of the negativity is due to misplaced anger. Getting married was one of the best decisions I ever made but I didn't always think that was true. A joy and a blessing indeed.
Oh god thats crazy! If you enjoy Cooking and cleaning go for it. But you are not a servant for your family 🤦🏼♀️
@@xfashionista1993x there’s a difference between being a servant and serving out of love. No one forces us to serve our families, we do it because we love them. It brings immense joy to put others before ourselves. :)
Yeah but she usually is serving her family. I think she realized early in the experiment that it wasn't for her to wake up that early and being in the kitchen all day which I get.
My mom never wore heels to clean and she didn’t have a dishwasher. That was mostly TV moms lol
But she did cook three meals a day and she was an awesome cook🥰
Not entirely. My Grandmother never had or used a dishwasher, but my mother has told me that she did wear heels every single day, while cooking and cleaning even. I think yikes, her poor feet! But her daytime at home dresses were much simpler and more comfortable too. She was also a farmer's wife and had to cook large lunches for my Grandfather's hired hands. Mom has told me she remembers helping her mother cook Fried chicken and mashed potatoes, etc, for lunchtime for all the men. Makes me glad I live in our simpler times.
Same with my mom. And she took so much pride in that. We ate three meals a day together as a family.
I know that since I have been working from home, wearing either slippers, gym shoes or just socks, it is going to be hard to get into any kind of heels. (Wondering if my feet will spread as a result?) But I know that they did not wear those 4-5-6 inch heels back then. It was also the time of the Mary Jane shoes so they had more support. The heels were chunkier too. And I think they may have worn flats towards the end of the 50s. But if you are used to wearing shoes with a heel all day long, it also doesn't fatigue you as much, because your body is used to it.
@@katherinec9197 That is because woman knew it was God's chosen job for women to be a keeper of the home. So it was a proud thing. No one knocked Martha Stewart
@@goconnor0304
They wore pumps.
My grandma was a 50s housewife. At 5, when her husband came home, they would both sit down and have a cocktail together, every single day!
That’s so sweet
My Mom was this Mom. No dishwasher though and all those convenient things we have now. Washed dishes by hand that was our job. She had 3 children too. And that is how I learned to cook. Seems like there was more time then.
🤣 you are too funny!
So I showed this to my 89 year old momma who actually was a 50’s housewife...she said you were spot on!🤯😂. But no dishwashers then🙅🏼♀️
I was a 50s housewife. There is also cloth baby diapers to hang on the line and if it’s raining you may have to hang stuff all around the house. I had to walk my kids to school because hubby had the car. I would pick some roses and wrap wax paper around them for the kids to take their teacher. No dishwasher of course. Lots of cooking and washing dishes. And yes, we much get fixed up before hubby comes home and make things nice for him to relax when he got home. Guess what? I was happy and fulfilled and never thought I was mistreated. HA!
😊The militant feminists are dying right now. You are awesome.
Your great
Cant image the diaper thing, that had to be the worst.
@@janetcarter377 cloth diapers are actually pretty nice. I use them now. Mostly flats and covers, but they have easier options now.
My hat's off to ya! I was a baby/kid in the 50's. My mom was exhausted. Also, women had more kids in those days as you know. I recently read letters my folks wrote to each other in the 50's when my dad worked out of town. Man, do I have the highest respect for them for what they did! It was HARD. On top of that, for my mom, she was a transplant to Calif. from back east (my dad, too), so she had no family around to help. The neighbor ladies became her lifeline for day to day friendship/fellowship. Highest respect! Mom and dad are in heaven now but I look forward to telling them "thank you!" with all my heart!
My grandma was a 1950’s housewife with 5 girls. She made sure my grandpa was fed breakfast and out the door with lunch packed for work. Then she pretty much took it easy for the rest of the day until about a half hour before he got home. It was then that her and my mom and aunts made a mad dash around the house picking up and cooking dinner. He came home to a home cooked meal and a tidy house. He had no idea. My grandma was a genius!
I do this now 🤣 we call it the oh shit clean up. Hubby is on his way or waking up (depending on his shift) makes life so much easier lol
That’s amazing! My grandma was a 50’s housewife. She had her parents living a couple blocks away and they came over just about every single day to help with the kids. She also had a live in housekeeper. I think she had an easier life than me! 😂
Me. Now and for the last 10 years.
I think that’s pretty lame. He’s out working all day to provide and she tricks him everyday into thinking she works as hard as him? Ugh.
@@Sheskis sadly its lame that she had very little choice but to do this in the 1950s. I'm sure she had cleaning days otherwise it would get obvious that the house was getting dirty.
I’m with you, let’s bring back the classic clothes of the 50’s
Yes
I've been a "housewife" for 38 years, raising 8 kids. I loved serving my family in this way! While I never wore fancy dresses to do the work around the house, I certainly "got ready" for my day and treated the housewifery as a real job - because it is a real job! Yes, I made most meals from scratch and didn't even have a dishwasher until I had 6 kids. Serving others is a very rewarding thing.
I agree. Me too.
I enjoyed reading your comment. I’ve only been married for 26 yrs (46yrs old) 2 kids , but l’ve always served my family this way aswell. For me it was also a serious job. I always had time for myself and to socialise.
@@emmao109 Kudos to you! I think serving others gets a bad rap in today's society, which is very sad.
I love to see this!! Its what I hope to be if I ever get married
God bless you and your views and dedication to your family
Loved your vintage dress! My mother got married in 1953 and so was a 1950s housewife. I once asked her about the high heel wearing. She laughed and said she and her sisters and friends wore flats in the house during the day. They also wore house dresses with snaps. When the husbands came home they did freshen up, put on a pretty dress and sometimes, but not always, heels. She said heels were for going out shopping, to dinner parties, or church. Normally the kids, not the mother, did the dishes after dinner. They took turns with the washing and drying on different days. Saturday was usually the big cleaning day and everyone in the house helped. The fathers did yard work also. Children lived in the house so we're expected to help with chores. It was part of living in a family and of growing up. The girls helped with cooking and baking too. It was not all on the mother's shoulders. This was such a fun video . Poor Cass, you looked exhausted at the end!
🤣🤣🤣 " I'm gonna rage-cook a pot roast".
This is hilarious
Loved this!
Haha
Adds a spicy flavor! LOL!
When I was a kid we had a neighbor(I was a friend of her granddaughter) who always wore a “ house dress” and sensible heels. Always looked put together. Not sure if she wore jewelry. She would sweep her sidewalk In the same outfit. She made the best bread and butter sandwiches. Her house was spotless. It was early 60’s.
I forgot about the sweeping outside! Every day the front steps and footpath had to be swept unless it was raining!
@@lornah9267 Lol when my grandma was alive she did same thing! The steps (carpeted) had to be swept of debris all year and in winter had to be shovelled and then swept! So when I moved in, the year before she died, I kept the tradition. I asked my dad once “but if I sweep the stairs I can’t tell if a trespasser came by.” Lolol
Ah, the classic 1950s fit and flare dress with apron and vintage AirPods. I love it! 😆
Your home is lovely. My grandma was a 1950’s housewife. She always wore an apron and wore house slippers to do her chores. She taught me how to clean.
I'm all about the 50's dresses! They cover and are flattering to this hourglass figured girl!
I LOVE the dresses too!
50’s dresses should totally make a comeback post lockdown life, we’ll all be sick of wearing sweats and want to dress up nicer again when we get to see people more. I for one am totally on board, those styles are so freaking flattering on everyone.
We should all start wearing them and make it happen!
Why does literally everyone say this but no one does it
Probably no dishwasher in most 1950’s homes.
They were a fan of all the mod cons so it sort of is in the spirit of the 50's to use any labour saving appliances 🙂
I was born in 1950. My Mom had a wringer washer, there were no dryers, and clothes had to be hung out on the clothesline, then taken down and sprinkled to prepare them for ironing the next day. That's why specific chores, i.e. washing, ironing (no permanent press!), grocery shopping, cleaning, baking, etc. were done on certain days of the week. Most of these jobs were an all-day affair. Being a houseewife back then was a vocation.
Very few homes had automatic dishwashers in the 50's, my sisters and I were the dishwashers!
We didn't have a dishwasher until the 80s! My sister and I were the dish washers. 😌
@@susanconry6582 No one I knew owned a dishwasher. They weren't available to the general public until the 1950s, and most households didn't have one until the 60s.
I can get behind the 50's dresses. My Mom said that for a while they would wear several crinolines under their skirts so it would basically stick straight out.
I was always wishing we could go back to the hoop skirt days. I loved watching Gone With The Wind because of the dresses...and The King and I...😍
You should check out some historical fashion channels. Many of them have chosen an Era they love and make their own clothes start with karolina zebrowska and and then just go down that rabbit hole. I love it so much.
My grandmother's wore dresses all day, but no crinolines and heels for housework. What she is wearing is a party dress.
Crinolines were not for moms. They were not comfortable but we young women and girls wore them because that was the style. Multiples were necessary because they lost the poofyess easily. The fore runner was the starched half slip. My older sister had one for formalwear. It was so stiff it could stand on the hem.
🤣🤣🤣 I feel the desserts with every meal was to comfort eat through the depression that comes with all the cooking and cleaning and dishes
But how do they stay so tiny whilr cooking and eating desserts all day... I guess it was all the massive amounts of calories they had to burn cleaning and preparing those meals.
😂😂😂
@@findingaway5512 yep! Lol they didn’t stop all day & then they had to do their wifely duties at night 🤣😂🤣
Average portions and plate sizes were smaller and snacking between meals wasn’t so common. Combine that with more walking, less driving and generally being more active.
@@susandooley9630 🤨 I can't tell if you were being serious or not but I'm 100% sure she meant depression, as in poor mental health. Not the financial depression. 🤔
This was hysterical. My Mom was one of these amazing women, how she did it , and with lots of Love, is beyond me! Thanks for the reminder that we are so Blessed in today's world.
Yes!! There was an instapot. It’s called a pressure cooker!! Lol. Also dishes, that’s why they had dish pan hands and Palmolive was a thing!!
Yes! My grandmother called hers her presto!
Or a Crock•Pot.
Madge! I soaked in it! Was that Palmolive?😁
You're soaking in it!
@@ChefWannabesLife yes it was
“My kids either eat cereal or starve”...hilarious. You are not alone Cas.
I loved this video. Please make more. This made my day.
Heck most days mom eats dry cereal or starves too. Life with a toddler lol
I can totally relate about the bad fashion trends! The 50s style dresses compliment my body shape so well, so I wear them regardless of the trends. Looking good is always trendy!
I have seven vintage style dresses in my closet right now. I love wearing them and I usually get at least one compliment when I go out in them. The fashion will only come back if we decided to wear it 🤗.
I always loved the dresses, they also had to keep book keeping and went to neighbours for tea and coffee. Love that timeframe too.
I worked outside of the home and felt like more of a slave then than I do now being a stay at home wife and mother. Yes I am intensely busy, but I’m happier, in better shape and much less stressed. Bring on the domestic life....I got this and I love it.
Yes, the women’s “liberation” movement was a joke on women in my opinion, more like the women’s enslavement movement!
@@cynthiafisher9907 Rockefeller pushed for it because more women in the workforce meant more income tax. Then they hiked up inflation to make sure women stayed at work. Homemaking is honorable and heroic.
It is still good that we have the choice to be at home or to work now.
Not sure I see where choice comes in, if it takes 2 incomes to keep a roof over your head…
You should do all the decades! I love these kinds of videos. So interesting to see how people lived.
It didn't look much like my household growing up in the 1950s. Every chore took an extraordinary amount of time and effort but, our mothers grew up during the Great Depression, so hard work was part of their lives. Efficiency, organization, and ingenuity enabled women to do what needed to be done with a little time to spare. Amazing!
There is a tv series called Back in Time for Dinner that takes a family through the decades. They live each decade for a week in their home with a redone kitchen, dining and living room in the style of the decade with appropriate appliances and everything, they wear clothes of the decade and eat the foods of the time. There are British and Canadian versions of the show. The Canadian version which went from the 40s to 2000 was disappointing in some regards as the producers appeared not to have talked to anyone who lived at those times and relied on advertising. They served the strangest things in the 70s that were featured in product ads but weren’t really a part of a normal home diet, so it gave a skewed version of the times but it is interesting to see how food was prepared through the decades and how it was the sole province of the woman up until very recently. You can find some of the shows on CBC Gem and clips on RUclips.
80's workout videos anyone?
I usually love these and find them really motivating. Not only did she not actually follow the list very well, but she added some random stuff… like no where on any of the suggested lists was make a dessert for every meal. Honestly, with the cake and the cookies, she made enough dessert to easily last her family at least a week if not two! You also “freshen up” for yourself, not for your husband, so you feel good and ready to enjoy your family time. She didn’t take the recommended breaks. No schedule recommends you wear heels. Most housewives wore house shoes that were very comfortable and wore short heels when they went out. Speaking as a modern personal trainer, The workouts were designed more to keep you flexible and your joints limber because housework was more strenuous than than it is with all the conveniences of today. Also, the set up a tray for the husband thing, was more of a courtesy and often included cocktail ingredients so that he could make his wife a drink 😉 Full breakfasts were only made on the weekends because they would have been time and cost prohibitive, so it was either hot or cold cereal. Few families baked homemade bread by the 50’s. Sliced, store bought bread was commonplace. Rural wives would however make fresh biscuits in the morning. I’ve learned a lot from this short era of American history, and I’m sorry she didn’t have a more enjoyable time with the experience. The inspiration video she mentioned is great though! That’s how I found this one.
I grew up in the 50’s, we did eat dinner and breakfast together, the kids did the dishes, no dishwasher! You have portrayed the perfect 1950’s housewife! I remember reading as a housewife in the 1950’s you should greet your husband at the end of the day with his favorite drink, having refreshed your makeup! As if! Good job Cass!
Like the Flylady says, you’re “blessing your home and family” Great video!
What an interesting experiment. This deserves a do-over after you zoom interview a 90+ year old to answer your questions, correct small details. Preferably someone from your family and geographic region.
Her grandmother would be a great one to interview.
Great idea!!
Film the interview! Content for your next vlog
I love your honesty :)))) We don’t set the table but we do eat every meal together at a table which is something I absolutely love. The kids can help me make things during the day and it’s a great teachable moments. To all you housewives you are the heart of the home and your doing great. Your kids will appreciate it. My mom taught me so much and so grateful for her. Staying home with us teaching us everything she could was a blessing.
I love the clothes from the 50's and early 60's!!! I'm way too lazy to dress up like that everyday but I do love the look!😂
Me too 😍 I had a dress like that for my wedding (in 2015)
Hi. I was born in 1952, and my sister in 1954. A brother in 1958, so he was too young to really experience life then, and my other 3 brothers were born in the 60's. But I digress. Yes, no dishwashers in the 50's. Children were assigned to that chore. My sister and I had to clear the table, and then she washed (while standing on a step stool so she could reach the sink) and I dried and put away. We also had to set the table before the meal, and help bring the food to the table (family style, so that meant serving bowls and platters to wash afterwards, too). Instant Pot didn't exist back then, but my mother had a pressure cooker she used to make chicken soup with dumplings, and a variety of other good things. We always helped my mom make the cookies and cakes, because we got to lick the spoon and the beaters from the hand mixer (not electric, it worked by turning a handle on the side). My mom did not make bread, she walked to the neighborhood corner market and bought white Sunbeam bread or Wonder bread. When she made my school lunch, she cut the sandwich diagonally and removed the crusts because I was a fussy child and wouldn't eat them. (I think she used to eat them herself so they didn't go to waste.)
You've brought back so many memories, but I will stop here. Thank you.
Shelly
I love 50s style clothing. My favorite style era!
I think vintage style is making a comeback! This past summer I had RNY and needed to completely replace my wardrobe. I have found inspiration from RUclipsrs like Sage Lilleyman, Rachel Maksy, and Lacy Fay. There are specialty stores where you can find more authentic reproduction dresses: Collectif, Lindy Bop, and Zapaka. ThredUP has been a great resource to find some basic pieces that I could start to build from for mix and match tops and skirts which were more budget-friendly.
My mother STILL does this and she’s 82. I will say she doesn’t dress up anymore but when I was a kid, she did.
Yes! Bring back the 50's dresses. I'm down for that 😂
Loved the shot of you vacuuming around your robot vacuum 😂
OK! This is hilarious! Love what you do on your channel, thanks for the always fun inspiration. I am all for bringing back the dresses 👗 🙌🏻 the perfect attire for hiding my mom muffin top!
This is kinda my life. I don't do those weird exercises, but I do a lot of these things. I don't do heels. I have flats. But it's really just a normal routine. On top of this list is I also homeschool (not distance learning but actual homeschool) for the past 3 years. I don't prepare the living room for my husband, he would hate it. He and I clean up the kitchen in the evening. It's really just about establishing routines. It's also how you see it. I love being able to stay home with my kids and care for my family. We also don't do all the sweets. None of us are big on most desserts. We will have ice cream a few times a week. Coffee is key though. 😁. Keep the homemade bread, if for no other reason it makes the house smell wonderful.
Yeah, the sweets were over the top. This was our life too when the kids (five) were growing up and we were homeschooling. We ran the dishwasher a lot. Ice cream is such an easy dessert!
Pretty much what I do my kitchen is always a mess because I don't run the dishwasher as much as should 🙃
Let’s bring back two parents in the home. Eating real whole food and meals together. My kids are grown but I know my siblings experienced mom at home, and when I came along she worked outside of the home. It was on her death bed that she apologized for the emotional and physical abandonment.
@@carollynnlopez I have a 20 year old that grew up with me working outside the home. I do not apologize for that. I did what was needed for my family to eat and have a roof over their head. I am very blessed to have been gifted my grandparents home. That is why I am able to afford to stay home. We live in the San Francisco Bay Area. My husband and I both working can barely make rent. I agree it's better for a parent to be at home, but you have to do what you have to do.
@@ChristIsLord247 I agree. I was a single parent for 5 years and got my degrees (so I could earn more than $15 an hour) and worked at the same time. All to be able to provide for my sons.
Love this! ❤️ Yessss, let’s bring back the 50s dresses!! I’m down! 🙋🏻♀️
There was probably a lot of rage cooking back then! 😂😂😂
Some of the best recipes probably came from rage cooking 🤣🤣🤣
Nashville hot did!
All I can think is “no wonder my grandma was so angry!” I would have been, too 😂
My mom didn't dress like that all day, but she did get dressed and looked amazing before my dad arrived and he appreciated it. My mom felt like it was how she showed her love. I felt loved.
Yes, I think that’s the key, doing it for love, not as a slave. Modern women mostly don’t seem to get that.
I would love to see the 50's styles back. You look great in those style dresses.😉. I tuned in to see what my mom would have gone through on a daily basis....whew! Absolutely....we are a spoiled generation in comparison. 💕
I would love to be home to clean and cook all day instead of going to my job every day
I 1000% agree 😁
I was just thinking...I may just quit my job to do this instead! I would love to be at home right now.
Yep!
I tried to work out of the home as a substitute teacher and when I got home my husband didn’t do a thing, breakfast dishes and the toddlers tore apart the house. I told him I wasn’t going to do two jobs and quit! He was glad.. he makes way more money then I could anyways! I feel sorry for families where both parents have to work, it is a full time job running a house too!
@@lifewithlarsandsusie8315 too true!
I agree!! I LOVE 50's style!!! It should come back! What a fun experiment to try being a 50's house wife for a day!
I would love it the 50's fashion came back!
I love the 50's dresses. They are so flattering and fun!
As someone who grew up in the 50’s my mother never dressed like that around the house! LOL😂😂
My '50's housewife Grandma never wore pants. Ever. Always a dress or skirt. The exceptions were once while at a dude ranch and then after she entered the nursing home in her last year of life when she was 93. Nylons, pumps and a dress every day. I can't even imagine.
Ironically, I never saw my other Grandma in a skirt or dress except in pictures and the day she and my Grandpa renewed their vows for their 40th anniversary. She died at 96 so probably the last 40 years of her life the only time she wore a dress was that one day. Even at my wedding she wore an elegant pantsuit.
OMG! I’m dying 🤣! This was the most fabulous video I have seen in weeks! You totally rocked it! I was born in 1957 and remember some of these gems! My mom wore “housecoats“ and she put her hair up in rollers at night! This brings back so many great memories! Thank you so much for doing it!
Would love to see "classy" dressing come back and be the norm. Overall we dress like like slobs in this country. I'm tired of seeing people out in public in slippers and pajamas!
And the workout pants should stay in the home or at least the gym!!
Yes please!!
Yes!
Yes!!!
I saw this on a post before and so I’m gonna repeat it. “ leggings are not pants” 🤭
I love your videos!My husband acts like he is from the 50's. He expects a full dinner everynight when he gets home from work. He eats big time. This reminds me of cooking dinner everynight for him.
My favorite part that I kept from the 1950s list was setting the table the night before for breakfast the next morning, to me that sets up the house for the next day.
I remember my best friend's mom did that when we were growing up. Smart idea!
That is actually a good idea. I've really enjoyed having a good evening routine to set me up for the next day. ❤️. I never thought of setting the table the night before though. ❤️
I leave the house at 5:50 in the morning, so nope.
Cats- no go here! Can't afford more plates!
Cass, you’re hilarious! Loved all your effort! Thanks for being a beautiful ray of sunshine on RUclips. Sending you love from Australia!❤️
My mother remembers helping her mom hang the laundry on the clothesline in the winter with snow on the ground, just to bring them in later stiff as boards to hang inside to actually get dry!
Definitely thankful for washing machines, dryers, AND dishwashers!
Having your home organised should make being a 1950’s easy. I loved being a stay at home housewife.
Oh my gosh I’m dying laughing at the crashing on the bed you’re so funny I love your channel ..you’re so real ❤️
Haha, I LOVE that you showed us this! My mother had 5 kids and the house was ALWAYS clean. I had 2 and my house never was so organized and clean. I’ve no idea how she did it all.
I think the typical dessert was canned fruit or jello. I think what we’d describe as dessert was reserved for special occasions.
That makes so much sense
Yes, my mom had a whole book of just jello recipes!
Yes fruit or Jello, also pudding. We had a lot of rice pudding and custards. We had pie or cake or a big dessert every Sunday dinner. My Mom baked cookies once a week to pack in our lunches.
I came across Sage's video the other day, and thought how cool you tried it too. Yeah, it's a lot of work! I don't know how these wonderful 50's women did it! My Mom had 12 kids, how!??? She made all our bread and meals from scratch. They are saints!!!
My grandma rocked this through the 80’s, Saskatchewan pride 💚 no dishwashers in Alice’s kitchen!💝
No dishwasher, no freezer, forgot about going to store
Your willingness to try unorthodox cleaning techniques is what draws me to your videos! Such fun!! Thanks for inspiring me!!
I wear dresses nearly every day! No pearls or crinolines but there are very affordable, stretchy, comfy, flattering dresses with POCKETS out there. People look at me in the grocery store or at school pick up and say ‘what are you all dressed up for’ or ‘wow you look so nice what’s the occasion??’ And I just say ‘oh I just love wearing dresses!’ 🤷🏼♀️
Where do you buy your dresses?
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We didn’t even have a fridge in the 50’s and certainly no dishwasher, the washing machine was a top loader with a mangle on the top, we thought it was posh because the mangle was electric!
I love the idea of dressing up everyday, but man it's a lot of work! LOL
That was how I was brought up. Mum cooked 3 meals a day, with dessert with out evening meal, she did most of her baking in batches eg Wed and Sat so she didn’t waste the oven heat. She also would make vast quantities of preserves, jams, jellies, chutneys, relishes, soup (which she would preserve), sauces appropriate to each season. She sewed all of her clothes, mine and my brothers, she knitted our cardigans and jumpers, would not just clean the floors, but polish them. She had a big vegetable garden, flower gardens, and an orchard to provide the ingredients for all the preserves, etc. the jam for our toast with our cooked breakfast was always served in crystal, and each flavour of jam would have its own spoon (don’t you dare stick your buttery knife into the jam!). We swept the kitchen floor every day, vacuumed 1-2x per week, dusted the entire house every week........ we had chooks to be fed and eggs collected every day. AND everybody I knew did exactly the same thing, so none of them ever complained about it. It was their normal. No dishwashers or clothes dryers....
I think you did awesome Cass, and I'm sure there's shortcuts that were figured out too. Like an making 2 cakes and using that for the next 2-3 days as dessert, washing dishes as you go instead of at the end, and dinner leftovers for lunch the next day!
Yes! I’d love the dresses to come back in style for sure 😊
I agree can we bring back just normal clothes! I can't find anything at the stores anymore. I actually just started wearing mostly dresses because I don't like wearing leggings or high waisted jeans. Honestly dresses are pretty damn comfortable lol.
I loved the 80s it was fantastic! The clothes, the dating, parties with theme! So much fun!
Loved this I too think that style needs to come back I love the elegant look of both guy and girl looks i love how you had your recipes write out too thank you cas!!!
Take 3: I keep remembering things! In the evenings housewives didn't just sit in front of the TV to relax. They were doing something with their hands like knitting, crocheting, tatting, mending, or piecing quilt blocks by hand. If their family got hungry, they would fix a snack such as popcorn that had to be popped in a heavy pan, moving it constantly to avoid burning. And Mom was missing the TV program while she was fixing snacks.
I am down for the dresses coming back in style!
So I was cleaning started getting overwhelmed sat down. Saw your video made me smile. You too cute and funny made my day.
This was hilarious! That looked like too much work! I was only a few hours in the 50s and I don’t remember my mom dress up when cleaning the house in the 60#! You definitely helped me appreciate all the easy things we have nowadays!
Lol! I loved watching you as a 1950s housewife! I remember being home with my mom in the 50s (my sisters were born in 1947 and 1957, I was born in 1952) and I never saw her dressed like this during the day 😂. She wore peddle pushers (now called capris) and a shirt. She did make a full breakfast every morning, and a hot supper. Laundry was done with a wringer washer and hung on the line. My dad had to wear a uniform and his pants were hung on the line using “stretchers,”. A metal form that went inside the pants legs to keep them from wrinkling as much. Our floors were all hardwood, no carpet. They were swept and mopped daily, and I, at 3-4 years old, did the dusting. My older sister was in school, and we would walk up to the school each afternoon to meet her and then the 3 of us walked home.
I get such pleasure out seeing videos such as this! Brings back such fond memories ❤️
This reminds me a little like Strepford Wives, especially the weird exercising!
Ouch .. I’m sure women then were just as unique and special as they are now . Stepford wives depicts an image of of women being zombies, blindly obeying their husbands . They deserve our respect and admiration . Many of them were extremely hard workers and worked hard to insure their families were loved and cared for .
@@theresabrown1272♡ And it was a different time. It was post Great depression and there was war. It was a luxury to be able to provide and live for your family. The weird exercising wasn't so weird. It was just the beginning of home fitness. Lol.
@@thegirlatthefrontdesk3519 yes remember the Korean War (1970’s M*A*S*H comedy show) was on during the 1950’s
😂😂😂 Cass- this was the best! Wish I could go back and ask my mom what it was like! Probably no dishwasher. This was just great! 🤗🤗
I loved this video! You should watch some old "I Love Lucy" reruns to get the flavor of the 1950's. You and Lucy have some things in common, I think.
I feel you! Love to cute style of the 50's! I think did make a come back back when I was in highschool. Not the dresses maybe, but the cardigans and cropped slim pants were def in style and I wore it ALL THE TIME. 😂
I was a child in the 50’s in a middle class neighborhood. No high heels for cleaning, not dressed up. Yes lots of cooking but no moms in my area worked out of the home. These women worked really hard.
I love your honesty and this video made me laugh out loud! Also, I love that you put socks on later in the day. Props to the 1950s housewives. ❤❤❤
They stared at the store cause they were jealous of how you rocked the outfit.
This!!!
I completely agree! I was thinking if I Saw a woman dressed up like that at the grocery store I would just stare in amazement at how put together she is while shopping! She looks beautiful in that dress.
I love the ear pods and Timmies during 1950s day. You bring so much joy to my life!
Favorite moment : "after getting buff" legendary
I just love you more and more every video I watch - "they eat cereal or they starve" 🤣🤣🤣 You are my hero - 'cuz that's how we roll around here too!
Concerning the dresses, I just say: be the change you want to see in the world! 😄
I loved the bit where you served dinner to your family ❤I love the 1950s values 😊
I see so much overlap with systems like "FlyLady." Your experience was maybe the idealized version, but since then we've lost abilities and now need instructions like FlyLadys "Get Dressed to Shoes."
OMG! Thank you for all of your help and the recipes!!!! I loved your Lemon dress you wore in the Take Your House Back video. Yea, I watch you girls there too.
Yes, bring the pretty dresses back.
this was so fun! My grandmothers both were amazing housekeepers and cooks and both worked outside the home. one a nurse and the other at a factory. both lost their husbands early. The retired Nurse (and mother of 5!) is 97 and still lives on her own and cooks and cleans her apartement. My mother worked in medial field and kept a spotless house. My Dad worked in the medical field taught me how to cook and clean and primiarly raised me and my sister after their divorce. I too have always worked outside the home in sales (traveled pre pandemic) and have been the "bread winner" . I get the groceries, cook and clean. My husband helps with cleaning and other HH chores from time to time. I do find it very fullfiling like the other comments to serve my family by taking care of them by making a meal and procuring the food. And I just like a clean house! My family makes me feel very appreicated. I have 1 son who also helps but both would say it defaults to Mom. I feel like a pretty typical Gen Xers, latch key kid who does is all. No wrong answers, to each their own. Do I wear my Athleta gear, no make up and my hair in a Urban Halo band most days when I am at home HELL YES! But I also love getting dressed up to see customers when I am out and about. I found my fit and I think that is what is all about. You do you, find you ladies and own it!
They did not clean in heels. They had indoor slippershoes.
And Keds! My granny was always bragging about having a good pair of Keds. Her heels were strictly for church only.
This might be my favourite video! You made me laugh throughout! The lemon pineapple cake looks yummy. Thankful for modern-day conveniences. Love your dress!
The 1950's dress, complete with ear buds, are hoot and a half! 😂
So fun! My grandmother always set the breakfast table the night before! She also kept an immaculately clean home. 😁