r/OldSchoolCool 8h ago

1950s 1950s cool

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u/cybah 7h ago

LOL sometimes grandma's aren't too grandma-like. At one point in their lives they were young and pretty too

My mom came from a large family and I asked my grandma why did she have so many kids. Her reply "I just liked doing it with your grandfather too much... and before we knew it, there was another baby"

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u/LittleStoneBear 7h ago

My 82-year-old mother-in-law told me that she once asked her mother how come she only had two children, despite being married quite young.

The answer was "Because I behaved myself'" which I always thought was a really sad answer.

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u/SpringtimeLilies7 7h ago

it could mean she figured out birth control, and just didn't want to explain further.

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u/Electronic_Gap_6501 6h ago

Could be anal... 🤷

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u/ljm90 6h ago

It's definitely anal

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u/Hure15 6h ago

lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

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u/justabill71 4h ago

The poophole loophole.

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u/Sir-Top-Cheetah 4h ago

check Nana's b hole to be sure

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u/innominateartery 3h ago

…nana is a power top!

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u/LittleStoneBear 6h ago

The blanket hung from the ceiling the length of the bed, creating a divide down the middle could be considered a form of birth control, I suppose.

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u/JustToSeeeeee 6h ago

Well maybe for you

but, won't work for me

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u/SpringtimeLilies7 4h ago

🙄🤣there were barriers methods before the pill...they were just whispered quietly married woman to married woman..they weren't broadcast.

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u/Germane_Corsair 4h ago

That doesn’t seem to be the case on this instance.

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u/Young_Hickory 4h ago

I feel like that’s just going to make it all the more enticing… like now we’re breaking a rule also..?

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u/FamousOhioAppleHorn 4h ago

It Happened One Night 2: Blanket Boogaloo

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u/ruinedworldtour 6h ago

Hey if it’s between fucking and having children or not fucking, I’m not fucking.

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u/cheese_is_available 5h ago

I'd have lots and lots of non penetrative sex otherwise also known as fucking.

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u/Lexi_Banner 5h ago

Grandma-In-Law probably just didn't want to answer the question because she thought it was incredibly invasive and rude.

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u/Diessel_S 4h ago

Kids are notoriously known to ask their parents invasive and rude questions

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u/Lexi_Banner 4h ago

Okay, and it's perfectly fine for the parent not to answer the question, or dance around it.

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u/ConsciousMaybe6930 6h ago

Not sure I understand.

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u/JoltikElectricBug 6h ago

we'll tell you when you're older

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u/ConsciousMaybe6930 6h ago

Purity culture is immoral, you know that?

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u/MatticusjK 5h ago

That's not what this is lol

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u/ConsciousMaybe6930 4h ago

It pretty much is.

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u/MatticusjK 3h ago

If you know what the subject matter is then you have all the context needed

When two people love each other...

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u/ConsciousMaybe6930 3h ago

My 82-year-old mother-in-law told me that she once asked her mother how come she only had two children, despite being married quite young.

The answer was "Because I behaved myself'" which I always thought was a really sad answer.

Why is this answer sad? What does the old woman behaving herself have to do with her having only two children? She refused to have sexual intercourse with her husband?

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u/MatticusjK 3h ago

Yeah, it implies less penetrative sex because it correlates with fewer children, assuming no other pregnancy protection.

We dont know the exact nature of their relationship of course, but the commenter inferred the relationship to have less sex. Not to mention that previous generations had different views on sex than today, which plays into the inference that they were unhappy with their sex life for pragmatic reasons

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u/LittleStoneBear 1h ago

Because she saw having sex, even in the context of marriage, as misbehaving.

I think that's incredibly sad.

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u/NCR_High-Roller 3h ago

Self-control isn't sad. lolwhat

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u/NCR_High-Roller 3h ago

I didn't get that vibe from the original poster.