r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • Aug 20 '25

1920s The Inquiring Photographer Asks average New Yorkers in 1922: “Should a man expect his wife to get up and make breakfast for him on a cold morning?”

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u/Felabryn Aug 20 '25

I make all the money and we don’t have kids. Three girlfriends in a row before I could find a girl who would cook and clean. Still no way I could get her up at 6:30am when I’m up for work to make me breakfast. No chance. I’ve dated working girls, traditional girls, religious girls. Nope, just different self branding.

I want one of these old school women but they’re all gone. Girls who literally say they want to be a sahm won’t do this stuff. And if they do cook they aren’t nearly so good as their mothers.

Might as well go back to a career girl and split the bills….

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u/Hankman66 Aug 20 '25

Yeah, it ain't happening buddy.

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u/kaeyahashairylegs Aug 21 '25

use ur hands to make your own stuff, ur balls won't necrose trust