And it was not, “one person left for work at 4 am, worked two jobs, returned home after 8pm entirely exhausted.”
No, it was “one person went to work at 8 or 9, came home at 5 or 6; ate food, paid bills, watched tv, celebrated birthdays with parties, and so on.”
And a couple-few times a year, they all went on a modest vacation, like a weekend visit to relatives in a nearby state and visited an amusement park while they were there. Also, in summer they went to the state fair - all 5 of them - maybe a couple of times. The went out to movies a couple times a month, but maybe not all 5 at once, because everyone wanted to see different movies.”
That wasn’t the exotic “livin’ the dream” lifestyle. That was the boring-humdrum what-everyone-does lifestyle.
(It was never “everyone.” But it wasn’t the rare 1%, either.) It was what showed up on all the tv sitcoms and drama shows because it was so common, you could use it as a backdrop without explaining anything.
(via cosmomoore)
