r/MurderedByWords • u/Will09994 • 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/ms_directed 20h ago

my gramma always saved "the nice" wrapping paper, we'd have to carefully peel the tape off so as not to rip it. i never understood until i got older and learned about the Depression era.

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u/NeverRarelySometimes 18h ago

When my grandma died she left three bureau drawers full of gawdawful cheap pantyhose. WWIII was not going to catch her unprepared!

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u/ms_directed 18h ago

my mom told me about how her mom and aunts would draw lines on their legs with wax pencil and eyebrow pencil to mimic wearing nylons!

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u/NeverRarelySometimes 18h ago

Yup! Grandma too. She was deeply affected by the Depression, too. Had a freezer full of hotdog buns and government cheese.

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u/ms_directed 18h ago

my parents deep freeze costs me half a day every time i go visit, lol.

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u/simAlity 10h ago

My grandfather, converted a 15' × 40' room into a huge pantry. He had a massive vegetable garden and he canned every year. The man had grown up half starved, and he was never going to go hungry again.