Journal Entery

Date: October 21, 2007

Entery Number: 14

Page/Quote reflecting on: Pgs. 84-85

Women's roles back in the 1950's and early 60's weren't very fun. Either you were a whore, a good wife, or a spinster cat lady. Esther gives an example of how a day would be as a good wife and it was really boring full of cleaning and washing dishes. (Thank goodness for dish washers.) "This seemed a dreary and wasted life for a girl with fifteen years of straight A's, but I knew that's what marriage was like, because cook and clean and wash was just what Buddy Willard's mother did from morning till night..." It's sad, after all that hard work it would just go to waste. It's even sadder what Esther's father said to her mother after they left on their honeymoon. "Whew, that's a relief, now we can stop pretending and be ourselves." The dating process is to find out how others really are and to see who would be the best person for you and who would be the best husband for you and your future family. You aren't suppose to pretend to be someone else will your dating. You could end up marrying a total jerk if you pretended to be someone you weren't and then you stopped pretending after the marriage ceremony. It's terrible, really it is.