with all the talk of the traditional woman......how would you define a traditional woman in today's times..?

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As someone who hasn't had surgery to become a woman

I think what the true question should be is what do you consider a Traditional wife to be...... I think its someone who loves her family and respects the marriage. I see no need for everyone woman to conform to a stereotype, our husbands married us for a reason!

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A "traditional wife" to me is close to the stereotypical June Cleaver. However, today she holds a PT job

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Good answer! I think it would be the same thing, someone who runs the household and keeps everyone organized, on schedule and where they need to be when they need to be there. And possibly a part or full time job.

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it depends on the *traditional* thoughts on the Traditional Woman or *todays" Traditional woman. I think many of the "traditional woman" posts made here recently are really not about "today's* traditional woman, they are about the traditional woman of old that rarely exists anymore (with good reason IMO)

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apparently, anymore, it's anyone who doesn't use turkey in the meatballs....

I don't know exactly what a traditional woman is. All I know is I'm not her .

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Oh crap, that made me spit my coffee! ROTFLMAO Linny...........

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I think someone has confused *traditional* with some of their personal religious beliefs. As I posted in the other thread, times are changing and we have to do what we can to keep up. I've been accused of having a *cookie cutter* family, meaning that we have a stable family with a mother, father, two kids and a dog.

Many women today are good women, just trying to make ends meet and keep up with the kids activities. They (heaven forbid) use boxed potatoes and...sometimes....ground turkey...and they grab sandwiches at the drive through on the way to a game. My mother and grandmother would have never done that. June Clever would have roasted a turkey or baked a ham and made lovely sandwiches to have in the car on the way. Oh, wait a minute! June's kids didn't play soccer and they weren't in the band. I guess they had a good homemade meal at 5:00 with the whole family sitting peacefully around the table.

OK, enough of my sarcasim for today...tomorrow is another day.

LOL, I couldn't have said it any better !!

...in heels & a dress with pearls on!!!

Lisa

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Same here.

No one on this board can truly call themselves traditional in the usual sense. Just the fact that they are on this board makes them less than traditional. Traditions change and those that don't change with them are probably insecure and feeling a need for stability in their lives that they aren't finding for some reason. Not to mention that most people have their own traditions and ideas of what is tradition. Just because your idea of tradition dictates that you wear your pearls while you mop, doesn't mean that mine do.

The house I grew up in, in the fifties, was not the norm for that time period. When I got married and would go visit my in-laws, I would see my MIL fetching and running for my FIL. For a long time I thought this was wrong, until one day she admitted that he did virtually all the cleaning in the house. He even simonized the toilet and tub, waxed their wall panelling, mopped and vacced, took care of the lawn and made all the repairs. She shopped, cooked, served and cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry and dusted. She handled the money and this worked for them. Her fetching was a sign of love and respect and he deserved it. But this would never have worked in my childhood home. So to each his own.

I missed the origin of the discussion on traditional women, but I suspect it would have given me a good laugh. If anyone has the link to what started it, please post it here so I can find out what started this thread of discussion.

Just look up some of the posts by ProudUSAMama I think that is how they spell it. Perhaps she really means "old-fashioned" wife. That is what I think of when I think of "traditional", at least in the sense that this poster tries to use it.

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Well, to each his own, but I am a single Mom. I still consider myself a traditional woman. I am holding out hope that I will find my prince charming, and when I do, I will do my part and he his.

I wonder if traditional isn't really the word being looked for... I wonder if what was truly being referenced was the 'surrendered wife' concept...

myself? well my grandmother worked out of the home and was quite successful in the fashion industry (too bad none of her fashion sense rubbed off on me)... my grandfather was in the military and she did it all including her military wife duties... so to me, this is the traditional wife and I am proud to walk in her footsteps...

I remember when Beverly Hills 90210 was popular and my german friends all aspired to be like them b/c that was the portrayal of Americans teenagers... tv vs reality... still makes me laugh to this day...

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