@@076657 Actually, no. If you consider the manners shown, they are basically what women are still asking for today. The boy is polite, unaggressive and not forceful yet still empathic and interested. Even in modern times such behaviour would seem appropriate
Dad knows how to keep his family happy. Dad helps his wife with the chores and has productive conversations. Dad is supportive and gives good advice. Be like Dad.
Don’t forget that mom also does her part too. She takes cares of the kids, listens to her husband, doesn’t make drama and holds her femininity. Hard to find such a woman these days.
@@ilikepancakes2368 It's a bit ironic, because the guys who are hyper-fixated on drama and respect are usually the ones I've had to drop friendships with because it translates to "you better agree with me, or else". If one stays kind and courteous to others they'll find the people who are willing to do the same.
I love how he asked his brother respectfully, “is this private?,” something like this wouldn’t really be asked by a teenage kid in this day and age. I love that.
It's mainly because they didn't have mobile phones so they had to use the landline no matter the nature of the call. They couldn't just go into another room like we can now.
@@lukesymmonswhen I was a teenager back in the early 90s if I wanted to talk in private I would usually use the phone in my parents room one time I talked to a guy for three hours straight lol.
it’s really profound thinking about it. at first glance, it’s an innocent psa from the 50s to teach young boys about dating and chivalry, but when you think about the time of it, it’s right after wwll, where many families lost many lives. thanks for the re thought, i wouldn’t have thought about it that way.
I literally had an elderly coworker tell me this one time. He was working the front giving out free samples and i was walking back to my department. It was Valentines day and he asked me what i was going do with my girlfriend. I told him that i was going to be working (as anyone could have noticed) and i had no time for stupid things like Valentines day. I mentioned i had no girlfriend and i wasn't looking for one, because a significant other is expensive and I am happy being single. Several hours later i was walking by again and he pulled me off to the side. He said, "Dates don't have to be expensive. All you need to do is find a girl and buy her a coke." I then proceeded to have the biggest 1950 induced cringe I think i ever have had in my entire life, so far.
This was dating in the 1940s right after the Great Depression and World War II rationing, so saving money was very important. I can see that by how many times they mention not spending a lot of money on a date in this video and similar videos. That is actually not bad advice even today.😊
This just makes me smile the whole time. I wish the world can just be like this. Nice and simple. I love it when the man takes dates seriously and actually put effort in dressing up
The advice is a lot better than I expected......most people forget that dating is about connecting and having fun. They think it's about what it leads to. Then all you feel is the other person's expectations-which can kill the fun.
I love how dating back then was how you figured out if you liked a girl or not. Like all you had to do basically was say “hey you want to go to this thing with me?” And if it went well, then you would ask her again. And if it wasn’t a home run, then you could just find another girl, and everything wasn’t super weird like it is now with it being a huge deal if you asked a girl out. It was simpler times back then and I wish I could’ve been there
Honestly, I think dating as a teenager was a much bigger deal back then than it is now in the sense that most people got married immediately after high school. Therefore, people had a higher chance of spending the rest of their life with someone they went on a high school date with. And tbh I think the way you describe dating in your comment is exactly how dating is now.
I bet who ever made these videos never thought that we would be watching this on youtube on some high tech device Edit: I was honestly ripped off my ass when I wrote that comment. I am a medical marijuana patient
Not sure why, but watching this film makes me realize that the teenage years are in their way an absolute emotional torture on any person going through this daunting time in life. Doesn't matter if it's a kid in the 1950's, today, 1978, or whenever. I don't care how confident the kid seems at first glance, it is hell for most young adults. Not only are you trying to fit in or be a leader or simply just get by unscathed, but in addition your body is going through its own incredible werewolf transformation featuring growth spurts, acne, puberty, periods, odors, and more. Ad a few more interesting elements like popularity and dating and trying to succeed, and the teenage life can be a massive challenge. It's a miracle most of us get through this phase in one piece, or this side of a mental sanitarium. I wouldn't want to endure that again. 😄
It is inherently an awkward time in life. Anything that you have isn't by your own merit, hormones/ learning stuff like you said, most everybody has awkward first loves or dates probably, lots of people full of or swayed by false confidence... I'm just glad I cruised by it being the quiet kid. & was just into band/ fishing/ video games/ playing tennis later on. High school also awkward and much of the same, but at least one can drive/ work a job/ is more clear who has actual potential in life toward or by the end of that
As a teenage in 90s Serbia, i went through literal hell with all that puberty bs, social pressure and "gonna must do like the others do", where you had to compete against "upper class cool turbofolk dizel kids" because their daddy is politician or criminal, while rest of us could only pray to god to make it through the next week. Luckly i passed that bs by moving into Germany, got married 3 years ago in my 40 and have no worries of the world.
When I first started watching these 50s life tutorial type videos I expected to cringe and be surprised at backwards or outdated ways of thinking but the advice and dynamics are always so wholesome and productive haha
I think you experienced cognitive dissonance. I often think the past is a bit out of touch sometimes but these videos make me feel so wholesome by the end.
Yea that's kind of how modern soceity "wants" you to look at it "the past was backwards & bigoted!" Well, Not really... Life was very different and more proper but the people were the same.
- emphasizing that both parties be on time, not late - flowers are not necessary - someone who makes you relax and have fun - respectful way to ask I love this video ❤
Yeah, you described it very well. What exists is poor people and rich people. And it will always be that way, by the way. If race is in any way linked to those, it has to do more with culture than racism. Asians are kicking everyone else's ass in college. Is our culture asian supremacist? No, it isn't. They have a culture where you need to work hard. Which is a better than another culture that values other things more. What matters is that under the law we are all equal and free to do whatever we want. That's the important thing.
Incorrect. That's a very childish view of the world. There's no minority that has decided anything. There's no such thing as a patriarchy where a tiny minority decided "let's not let people use the planet however they want". That's not how the world works. Laws come to existence to solve problems between people when they decided to live together in an organized manner. If there's a law saying you can't just pee on the ground, that law is there to protect the person who also uses this ground. We are not hunter gatherers anymore, we are too much people to have "access to the planet's resources" as you say.
I don't know about that cage of rapists, but all the rest I agree on. What I don't agree is the reason why. No one decided this. Once we were a bunch living in a city, it made it much easier to collaborate if we had laws. It's efficient, like jobs and schedules and machines, and property laws. If you want to skip all that, all you have is brute force to tale things from nature and to defend them from being robbed from you. You'd be miserable.
We live in very different times due to technology (social media, dating apps etc.) and a big government (voted in primarily by women). Women consider an increasing proportion of men as beneath them and unattractive). Due to government they don't need men directly to survive (although only men are net tax payers and keep the infrastructure running). Also the pill allowed women to be more promiscuous which have destroyed their capacity to pair bond in a life long marriage (which have changed due to no fault divorce, alimony etc.)
Gee whiz, I reckon I'd fancy taking Betty Harris from down the block out for a malt at the drug store, but golly that gal makes my knees get the bejeebers and start rattling.
@@edgarh252 I think that's because the actors that portrayed teen boys were usually a few years older. Also young men tended to dress like adults (jacket, tie, dress shoes) more in those days.
*_The difference between boys and girls:_* Anne: hmm, now what to wear? oh, this will be so much fun! Woody: *_runs downstairs in a panic_* MOM DO WE HAVE CLEANING FLUID
Boomers: kids these days are growing up too fast Also boomers: your father and I got married when we were 15 Edit: to everyone who keep saying “these aren’t boomers”, I wasn’t referring to the people in the video. Just boomers in general.
Hm, can someone enlighten me what exactly is the sense of this line? I mean, the boy had the nerve to ask, sure. But what the hell does it mean to say "of all the nerve"??
@@vivvpprof He told her to cancel another obligation, possibly a date with another guy, because he was worth it. That's very presumptuous, albeit swaggeringly hilarious.
This video is the reason why that generation produced such a high number of offspring. This is also the reason why every one reading this has 0 kids, societal regression.
Loving these. I'm 19 and these are teaching me more than any RU-vidr, online tutorial, or family member ever will. Especially now to the point where I've never been in a relationship like this and really struggled to build one.
The reality though is that less than 10% of the male population served in the military, and even then, less 1/5 of that number actually saw any combat (based on stationing). Also a little known fact is that most people who served in Korea and Vietnam were volunteers. Draft dodging like suicides during Great Depression gets a lot of attention, but they actually were relatively uncommon.
The comments section is full of "I wish dating was still like this today" style posts- if you want dating to be like this, be the one to initiate it! There is plenty of people out there that follow a similar style of initiating a relationship. Find it or be it.
+Iamfreyachandler Its the same thing when people say they wish Music or going to the Movies was like back then... But that's the great day about living in today's world, is that you can totally just go back in time and nobody is stopping ya... Back in those days they had no choice, today we have a choice and it's pretty cool that you can decide to dress and act like you were in the 50's, 60's or whenever...
couldn't agree more! i think its the ideals and almost nostalgia many of us feel towards an era we weren't brought up in, which can usually be brought on because of pre conceived ideas. trust that in another 50 years, those growing up then will feel the same ahah!
Golly, this motion picture is the bees knees ! I’ve been keen on a gal named Betty for quite some time now but never knew the best way to begin courting her. I think I’ll ask her if she’d like to go to the malt shop and I’ll play her a jukebox song. It’s gonna be swell !
Gee whillickers! I’m keen on sweet Suzie Jones myself. Maybe we can all get together at the sock hop for a double date! I’ll bring the socks and you bring the hops.
Well I'll be!..if that isn't the darnest thing! Well let us know how it goes ol' sport. You kids should have a hoot of a time together. Make sure you treat this gal special. 🎡
I had a mighty fine time last Saturday with my date Marlon!! We went to the Hi-Teen Carnival! We’ll be seeing each other again this weekend and I sure am excited!
@@rubyfirefly2582 same 🤣🤣 but tbh these days that would actually probably be the best move because then the girl is wondering wtf is wrong with them and thinking of you until you hit them back up
I think this is something that I had missed during my teenage years. Thank you. I think I can develop my late twenties with the guidance available here.
I'm 65 and Dating in the 70s was so much easier. You told a Girl that you liked her, and you gave her your Class Ring . I really was simple and magic back then. Not the games people play today.
The way they talked in the video was just the style of acting in film back then. Real people didn't actually talk like that, maybe somewhat, but in film they definitely exaggerated. People also used more manners back then and acted more polite.
The 40's and 50's had to have been the peak of manners and dating. Notice how they ask their parents for permission? How they were both worried about being on time and afterwards he took her home and walked her to the door? Today, if a guy wants to get with you he'll send you a Twitter DM. There's no sincerity anymore. Why can't we go back to the times when you took it slow, kissing someone was a BIG DEAL. Today sex is expected from you. That's all anyone cares about. I know this video is super faked and all, but my grandfather went to my grandmothers parents and asked them if he could date their daughter. Today, some douche you've never even talked to before will message you and tell you to send nudes. It's ridiculous.
+Lauren Stanford While I agree with the thing about asking parent's permission and being on time being things that should actually happen, you're generalizing a bit too much. The chance that a guy or girl just wants sex is a good 50/50, whether you're talking about the 1940s or today. Sex is just a lot more openly accepted and talked about now than it was 70 years ago, so more people admit to wanting it and asking for it.
***** k calm down please. If a guy/girl being old fashioned and asking permission is what floats your boat, by all means, go ahead. I'm not capable of, nor interested in restricting anyone's romantic experience. However, idolizing asking for parental permission takes us back to when girls were property, owned by their fathers, and they had the final say on whether or not you could date their daughters. No girl would ever ask a guy's parents if they could date, because guys were "daters", and girls were "dated". This still happens today outside America. By suggesting idolizing asking for parental permission is just a lil bit sexist isn't keeping anyone from doing that if they choose, but idolizing asking for parental permission, like in this video, makes not asking seem rude or outside the norm to not ask. TL;DR: Why don't we all just say "Do whatever you want" instead of acting like asking for permission makes you better and more polite than those darn rude young people.
By charming you mean segregation, no rights, and loads of sexism? Well now that does sound charming (this was a joke, please don't get mad. I do not think any of these things are good or charming)
@@zodupont Segregation was only in the South and opposed by a lot of people elsewhere in the country. People had the same rights as today, apart from some minor rights on segregation (now banned) and refusing service to customers ect. If anything there was less sexism before, because people would treat each other (including women) as valued, and would try to act modest. Today women are encouraged to be whores, so that weaker minded men can enjoy the. Seems like sexism to me.
@@zodupont So true. I think she never heard about suffrage, different wages for different sex, women "roles"... and other shits from the last century. I wonder if she doesn't have a grandmother or something.
