tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2149812335620840258..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Lessons From My Spinster AuntMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78274129850506822432019-02-07T07:07:25.559+00:002019-02-07T07:07:25.559+00:00What a lovely, lovely post - perfect reading with ...What a lovely, lovely post - perfect reading with my morning cuppa - thank you!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10549494022091877102019-02-06T21:51:06.105+00:002019-02-06T21:51:06.105+00:00My mother was the main breadwinner and keeper of t...My mother was the main breadwinner and keeper of the house until her late 30's when my aunt then separated came back home for support, My mum then finally married my Dad after 21 years of engagement! I realise now she would not have moved out without one of the other siblings moving in to care for her mum (my Gran) and others sending money for the housekeeping! <br />My Aunt then became the housekeeper until after my Gran died in her late 80's. Always thought that my mum had accepted she would not marry until she could get away from home! our own age has no real idea about looking after the older generation! <br />My mum had a friend who married young and lost her husband after only a year to ill health, but if you dared to imply she was a spinster she got very cross, she was a widow! but looked after her dad until his death in his late 90's when she was in her 60's.Ruan Peathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999492027801288004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-1133902252064385542019-02-06T17:28:15.423+00:002019-02-06T17:28:15.423+00:00This is beautiful. Why should the word 'bache...This is beautiful. Why should the word 'bachelor' be regarded so less judgemental and constraining than 'spinster'?abigail briesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07172870971608080421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87459918141982645712019-02-06T11:19:42.519+00:002019-02-06T11:19:42.519+00:00I am so much with you on this, Sheena. Few phrases...I am so much with you on this, Sheena. Few phrases annoy me as much as, "Don't take your maiden aunt to see this!" and all its variations -- the implication being that a spinster, a virgin, must be completely ignorant of reality and rather silly.<br /><br />Among my acquaintance is a deeply religious woman who never married - and who moved to Belfast for her job in nursing during the Troubles. She worked in every department of the hospital and volunteered to be in one of the first UK fast response teams who went out to deal with car accidents, fires, bombs and knee-cappings. -- She became a ward sister and used to put doctors right. She finished her career as a Teaching Sister. Nursing Sister, that is, though her family feel that she might as well have been a nun. -- She has a gentle manner and is softly spoken and could be taken for a stereotypical 'maiden aunt' -- but there is absolutely nothing daffy or silly about her. I'd like to see how some of those who talk dismissively of spinsters and maiden aunts would handle some of the situations she's dealt with.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15448239219635051862019-02-06T09:05:18.090+00:002019-02-06T09:05:18.090+00:00Thanks for this, Sheena!Thanks for this, Sheena!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com