The family I grew up in was not middle-class. My mother always claimed we were middle-class, but that was, if anything, wishful thinking.
For the most part, she was as aware as any of us of our actual circumstances, and as good-humored.
Whenever we did anything we thought typical of our status, like lay out paper napkins or drink out of emptied and washed jelly jars, one or another of us was sure to say:
Another day of gracious living.
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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: What does your main character drink out of, for preference?
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Dan Antion
October 7, 2020 at 7:48amBut those were good days. 🙂
Marian Allen
October 7, 2020 at 8:03amIf I’m honest, no. No, they weren’t good days. They had good moments, though. I’ll only share the good ones. 🙂
Dan Antion
October 7, 2020 at 8:41amThose are the only ones I try to remember.
Mitchell Allen
October 7, 2020 at 1:59pmThose Flintstones’ jelly jars were the epitome of reduce, reuse, recycle.
Marian Allen
October 7, 2020 at 2:13pmI know, right?
Ally Bean
October 7, 2020 at 2:40pmI like your family’s sense of humor.
Marian Allen
October 7, 2020 at 2:54pmThey’re pistols, all right. 😀
Teagan R. Geneviene
October 7, 2020 at 3:02pmLOL, I know what you mean, Marian. As a kid, I watched TV shows about supposedly middle class families — but they looked rich by my standards. Happy hump day. Hugs.
Marian Allen
October 7, 2020 at 3:08pmHappy hump day to you, too, and hugs all around! Yeah, these middle class families had maids and stuff. Cloth napkins. Smoking jackets. Front yards and back yards. Went out and BOUGHT CLOTHES. Dang!
RAAckerman@Cerebrations.biz
October 9, 2020 at 3:15pmSimilar upbringing. My grandmother had a set of matching drink glasses- because she saved the glasses that held yahrzeit candles.
Marian Allen
October 9, 2020 at 9:13pmShe sounds like my kinda people. <3
joey
October 25, 2020 at 10:29pmI LOVE IT. LOVE!