Are we more spoiled now?

I would say we are spoiled i am at least. we moved around so much when i was younger so we had a AC on and off there were couple of houses that had a AC. but there were more houses that did't have one. one house in mexico had a Water Cooler that was very nice lol.

I'm not sure how they did it either. While there are few nights I would say I must have AC, I know I can't sleep at all without a fan blowing over me. What the heck is going to happen when I go through menopause and start having hot flashes?

Yes. I think we are a little spoiled, to say the least. For example, doctors said that children nowadays are much more easy to become sick, for they parents cares too much about their health and the body isn't alowed to defend itself from illness. Today there are a much more allergenic troubles than some years ago.

Other thing I notices: almost all parents of today gives their children all that they wants. Their are the rulers in home. They doesn't eat whatever you puts in their plates when it comes the meals hours. Food must look "funny" to make them to like it, and they wants to study what they considers "boring" subjects at school.They uses to hate to work hard to study. They uses to go to PC, make a little research in a subjet, paste the content, and offer it to their teachers without even read it. There isn't completely their fault. Adults are raising them this way. Psychologist are always saying that education must be always "fun", parents are convinced that they must not punish their children in order of not "discourage" them, and teachers could not encourage good pupils for it could be "sad" for bad ones...We are doing an immense harm to our children, and are raising a generation of weak people.

Of course, we are also spoiled. Back in other eras, when we must work to get something, we'd learn to appreciate it greatly; now, that we push a button and information appears, that we push another button and our vegetables are chopped in a blink of eyelids we are not used to WAIT and to WORK to reach our objectives. We have ten times more clothes than our grandparents and general things are easiest for us.

Sorry, but yes...I think we are a little spoiled nowadays.

Vanesa.

bethandmanly wrote:

What the heck is going to happen when I go through menopause and start having hot flashes?

You don't want to know, Cheryl!!!

I wouldn't worry about the hot flashes, Cheryl. You'll probably be too concerned with your new mustache to even notice them.

Just for that, when I reach post #11,111, I'm going to take a week off.

Lily wrote:

One thought comes to my head: Have we been spoiled since the invention of AC? How do our ancesters survive with the heatwave back in the days? Women had to wear layers of long dress all through the summer, but they endured the heat. Pioneer folks had to tend their farms in hot temperature, but somehow they tolorated without resistence. I'm sure they complained about the heat, but they still lived through their lives without the indulgence of AC, or fans.

I am guessing that's a big fat yes----we are simply spoiled. I also think heat is less bearable due to running in and out of places/stores that have air conditioning. It makes you realize just how hot and humid it is when you step out of that! Also, we just went to Greenfield Village on the 4th of July (yes, AGAIN, LOL!), on one of the hottest days of the summer, and of course there's no air in most of the buildings there, certainly not the pioneer homes. The people that work there dress up in pioneer clothing, and they cook in the houses too (they sit down at the big farm tables and eat the pioneer food that they've prepared, while the 'guests' walk through and visit the homes). Well, at one of the homes (Firestone Farm, of the Firestone tire company---it's a real working farm in the village), they were making homemade ice cream!! It was torture watching them make it---vanilla ice cream with fresh picked strawberries! It looked better than Edys! They said that really was something that most families did make back then, to help with the heat. But they did say it took ALL morning long and part of the afternoon to make it and get it frozen enough to eat---you probably work up a sweat just preparing it!

Vanesa wrote:

Yes. I think we are a little spoiled, to say the least. For example, doctors said that children nowadays are much more easy to become sick, for they parents cares too much about their health and the body isn't alowed to defend itself from illness. Today there are a much more allergenic troubles than some years ago.

Other thing I notices: almost all parents of today gives their children all that they wants. Their are the rulers in home. They doesn't eat whatever you puts in their plates when it comes the meals hours. Food must look "funny" to make them to like it, and they wants to study what they considers "boring" subjects at school.They uses to hate to work hard to study. They uses to go to PC, make a little research in a subjet, paste the content, and offer it to their teachers without even read it. There isn't completely their fault. Adults are raising them this way. Psychologist are always saying that education must be always "fun", parents are convinced that they must not punish their children in order of not "discourage" them, and teachers could not encourage good pupils for it could be "sad" for bad ones...We are doing an immense harm to our children, and are raising a generation of weak people.

Of course, we are also spoiled. Back in other eras, when we must work to get something, we'd learn to appreciate it greatly; now, that we push a button and information appears, that we push another button and our vegetables are chopped in a blink of eyelids we are not used to WAIT and to WORK to reach our objectives. We have ten times more clothes than our grandparents and general things are easiest for us.

Sorry, but yes...I think we are a little spoiled nowadays.

Vanesa.

Don't apologize Vanesa---that was a brilliant post! I agree with all of it, 100%.

carolineingalls wrote:

bethandmanly wrote:

What the heck is going to happen when I go through menopause and start having hot flashes?

You don't want to know, Cheryl!!!

Ok, now I'm scared.

Rob wrote:

I wouldn't worry about the hot flashes, Cheryl. You'll probably be too concerned with your new mustache to even notice them.

Rob wrote:

Just for that, when I reach post #11,111, I'm going to take a week off.

Is that a promise, Rob?

Can we have it in writing?

Rob, if you promise NOT to do that, I'll tell you how Tuesday's competition goes.

Deal.

Yes, we are a people that are spoiled. When I was 9 my parents divorced and my Mom, brother and I moved in with my Grandmother. She had no AC, but was the proud owner of many fans. I loved the attic fan she used at night. By morning, you would be freezing, but most days were really hot.
I have to say when you are living in the heat, you do get used to it to a point. You dress cool and keep ice water in the fridge.
I learned alot living there with my Grandmother. As so many kids did in pioneer times, I tended a garden. I learned how to plant, weed, water and cover plants from the frost. In return I gained patience, and what hard work really is. If you take care of something it gives back.
Living in Texas, its hot. I really would not want to get stuck without an AC again. (Hurricane Rita was bad enough)

Menopause.....well I'll be the one in the bathtub full of ice. And Girls, I'll be the first to pass my bonnet to be collecting Rob an "Ole' Man Kit." I'll toss in Preparation H Suppositories. We are always thinking of you Rob.

i never had a/c at all...we just have fans...i usually cold when a/c is turned on too high.

Rob wrote:

I wouldn't worry about the hot flashes, Cheryl. You'll probably be too concerned with your new mustache to even notice them.

What do you mean my new mustache?

You know, a lot of women can't pull off that look.

AND there is alot of women you WOULDN'T pull that off of!!!

Rob wrote:

You know, a lot of women can't pull off that look.

It was hard finding a photo of someone with as little cleavage as me.

Well, the 'stache tends to draw the eye away from the cleavagelessness.

This is true.....Pamela Anderson MIGHT be able to do this.....NOT!