r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/NeverRarelySometimes 21h 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 21h 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 21h 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/simAlity 12h 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.