To ask if anyone else’s family had this belief growing up?

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NC for this as it seems like all my threads lately have been about my family and don’t want them linked

late night thought tonight is about when I was growing up (late 80s born to a mid 40s born DM) I was told that drinking from a can and eating in the street was like being a prostitute

im not exaggerating I can clearly remember being about 10 and told that walking home from swimming with my hair down and wet and drinking from a can made me look like a prostitute! What was this about?? Where did it come from?? Even now I struggle to drink from a can and I don’t think I ever eat whilst walking!

I was just wondering if anyone had the same problem as me regarding grandchildren. I love my two, but since my son moved back home his access has involved me to a huge extent. I don’t mind. What I do know is that one or the other has some kind of virus when they stay here. I , they’re worth a bit more than me. I currently feel terrible. A viral chest infection. AIBU to think he should keep them away from me if they’re infected with something? I have noticed they don’t wash their hands when they go to the loo. WIBU to insist everyone in my house washes their hands?

I was told it was common to apply make up in public and I would still never do it. Pour drinks into a cup, don’t drink from a pint glass. Anything but pale pink nail varnish was considered sluttish. Women shouldn’t go in pubs (!). My mother told me off for not ‘making an effort’ with my appearance for my husband in the evenings. MIL used to boast that she always put on full slap and dressed up to have dinner with hubby.

Hi,
You'll probably get more replies if you start your own thread. Quite a lot of posters read the first post and then skim the rest so your post may get lost.
But to answer your questions - insisting everyone washes their hands after the toilet seems reasonable and you probably need to discuss with your son on how ill is too ill to visit you. I hope you feel better soon.

I have no idea where my mother kept her sanitary towels she never discussed periods or sex. My father did all the talks. She was strictly Irish catholic and damaged I suspect. Whereas my father grew up with a mother who was a nurse and a sister who was very liberated.

I was supplied with sanitary towels which I kept hidden. Ridiculous because my father wasn't bothered. When I was fainting at school with pain it was always my father who would pick me up. My mother would give me a small brandy and tell me to go to bed.

Toe rings were also the mark of a 'woman no better than she should be'
Oooh dear. I've worn a toe ring since l was 15. I'm 65 now and l've never taken it off! It was my first Valentine's present from my first boyfriend, and it'll go to my grave with me.

No red shoes
No white shoes
No chewing gum
No eating in the street
We only drank out of cups or glasses
No drinking from milk cartons/bottles/cans
No anklets
No tattoos
Ladies only had a small sherry at Christmas or a New Year (they were never offered anything else)
When we were visiting relatives we were reminded “talk properly we’re nearly in Edinburgh” For clarity, we’re from the Highlands and have a completely different accent to Edinburgh. We were never allowed to say what, we had to say excuse me or pardon.

My mum and dad were horrified when they came to visit me when I moved to Glasgow for Uni. I had every colour of shoes known to man, had got 5 tattoos, knew more swear words than a sailor and had discovered Jack Daniels as well as many other spirits. My only redeeming action was that I married someone from Edinburgh with an ‘appropriate’ accent 😂

This thread reminds me of two famous photos. The first I saw when I lived in America: it was of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her children walking down a posh street in NYC eating ice cream cones. The photo is probably from the 70s as her DC are very young.

The second is of the Queen at the races, applying lipstick. She has fairly dark hair in the pic so again not recent.

Would the DMs being discussed here have criticised them?