Young men living at home in the Golden Era?

LizzieMaine said:

There's real value in a couple sharing a common frame of reference, common experiences, and a common worldview. Marriages across class or cultural lines often lack these ingredients, and the result is often tension -- not just between the couple, but between the in-laws, and it doesn't always disappear over time. Inevitably, one side -- usually the side "marrying up" -- is made to feel that the onus of "adapting" is entirely on them. I know this from personal experience that I have no intention of ever repeating.

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Guttersnipe said:

I suspect it may have been more common than we think. In The Era, "lonely hearts" clubs existed, which usually sold subscription based memberships to receive publications filled with personals adds. Some newspapers also had a "lonely hearts" category in their classifieds section too. The arrest and sensational murder trial of the "lonely hearts killers" in 1949 made national headlines. Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez -- a pair of con artists who'd actually met through a personal -- used these kind of adds to prey on vulnerable women, many of whom the murdered!

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LizzieMaine said:

There's real value in a couple sharing a common frame of reference, common experiences, and a common worldview. Marriages across class or cultural lines often lack these ingredients, and the result is often tension -- not just between the couple, but between the in-laws, and it doesn't always disappear over time. Inevitably, one side -- usually the side "marrying up" -- is made to feel that the onus of "adapting" is entirely on them. I know this from personal experience that I have no intention of ever repeating.

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Fading Fast said:

Anybody who thought he was going to change you was not worthy of you and was not a smart reader of people.

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HudsonHawk said:

Plus he was probably a Yankees fan. I mean, can you imagine...

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