I understand that we are all living in the 21st century, and with time has come much more freedoms for women. I am extremely grateful to be living in this time. However, I believe that part of being a woman is being able to rely somewhat on men to ask us out on dates, and pay for those dates. So in high school, there are girl's choice dances. They are fun and everything, however my views are somewhat old fashioned. I believe that when you are young, especially during high school, you are preparing to enter the 'real world' and part of being in the real world is hopefully, eventually getting married. Many people have different opinions on this matter, however mine is that the husband should bring home the bacon, and the mother should be educated and prepared to enter the work field if necessary, but her primary focus should be on taking care of what is at home.
I've spent my teenage years in a home where my mom goes to work at 7:00 every morning and comes home every night, exhausted and occasionally grumpy. Somehow, this doesn't seem right to me. Although my dad does work, although it be at home, I still miss out on valuable face time with the woman who should be my role model.
The reason for this rant - basically I don't like feeling pressure to ask one of my guy friends to a dance, and then be pressured again to spend nearly $200 on the day date, dinner, tickets and pictures. Although it's expensive, I'm sure I will have a great time.
Funny how such a dumb thing like money can get you thinking.
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