Guest service and 'go out' linen: habits of the older generation that surprise young people
'25.01.2021'
Source: "So simple"
Older people are very different from today's youth. They have different habits, character, and behavior. Today we will talk about what habits of our mothers and grandmothers are perplexing. About 20 years ago, such habits were at every step, now only a few remember about them, writes "So simple".
Keep things until better times
The older generation is more frugal about things. You can understand, because there was a time when everything was in short supply. Grandmothers are even more anxious about gifts. They put gifts of dishes, a pretty dress or perfume in a closet for a special occasion. It so happens that the case does not come and that dress with lace hangs in the closet for 15 years. Not only adherents of minimalism, but also psychologists urge to get rid of things that we do not use. Because this is how we live with thoughts of the future, and not in the present tense.
They walk at home in a bathrobe
Previously, people did not attach much importance to home clothes. And not everyone had bathrobes and were considered a luxury. So some sported around the house in a terry dressing gown, while others donned old clothes that were no longer suitable for going out.
They have a new set for guests
A special set of porcelain dishes, which is in the sideboard. There are also crystal wine glasses and multi-colored glass figurines. If the mood was not to feed the guests from beautiful plates, they were still in sight. A porcelain set of fish, a tea set with cups on which there was a golden edging, and glasses so thin that it was scary to hold them in your hand.
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Decent underwear
Every self-respecting woman had underwear for going out. To go to the doctor, for example, there was an untouched set of linen in the closet. Psychologists say that such a habit has a detrimental effect on a woman's self-esteem; comfortable and beautiful underwear should be worn every day, and not just on a special occasion.
Valuable tips
It is a common habit among elders to give advice that they were not asked for. This suggests that the person does not want to help, but seeks to control. This behavior can be observed on social networks and forums, where people express their opinions on different issues.
They care what people think
A very important argument in any dispute. Not washing dirty linen in public is a good tradition of the older generation. But our grandmothers were very dependent on the opinions of others. To be different from the rest was shameful and sometimes punishable. I remember how my grandmother told me that she cried when she looked at her son writing with his left hand. In the days of the USSR, it was possible to get it by hand for this.
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Do not praise their children
Praising children was not something that was not accepted, there was no time for that. Now some recall how they spent days at home and waited for their parents to return from work. And they fell off their feet after a hard day. What praise and attention there is. In addition, people of the older generation believed that it was better to raise a child in severity.
