I would love to see a return to that as well.
But how many folks in your family are divorced? My brother and sister are. Do we judge them? Were they ostracized?
Nope.
I compare their children to mine, coming from a home of 30 years of marriage. Mine beat them in every category. But that is 2 of mine, vs three of theirs. We are going to slowly lose this battle.
Everyone is too easily offended these days.
My point is is that we should be standing up for our ethics, our morals, and our country. Today. Not pining for a world on TV that was just as fake in 1965 as it is today.
I used to love Hogan’s Heroes. Funny show. Fun guys. Reminded me of the guys that hung out at the legion with my dad. You know, the guys that were going to the Legion hall every night for a drink before they went home. The same guys who had mental issues from being put through such horrors as teenagers and early adulthood that I cannot imagine.
I guess that’s my point when I see these “It was so good back then” posts.
I came from a Catholic family where divorce was out of the question. My mother did move back to her parents’ home for a brief period before I was born. Dad was drinking too much and Mom had had enough. Fortunately, Dad was a sensible man who realized his wife and son were important than alcohol. He quit drinking cold turkey and my parents reconciled.
I do have a few younger cousins who are divorced. I don’t mind that because their marriages were bad, and staying together would have been more damaging to the children than divorce. Fortunately, the divorced parents are mature enough to put aside differences and acrimony for the benefit of their kids. Both parents are heavily involved in their children’s lives even though they don’t all live together. The children are actually remarkably well adjusted.
What I do object to are single mothers who are so liberated they don’t need a man to help raise a child. Or in some cases they don’t even know who the baby daddy is. Or fathers who skip out of their obligations and are nowhere to be found in their children’s lives. Or the gay “couples” raising children with two mothers or two fathers. Children should have a mother and a father. A two parent home (with parents of different genders) provides stability, nurturing and proper moral upbringing.