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Tag Archives: dating advice
May Day Help is on the Way
Hi there, guys and dolls! How’s your Friday going? Are you able to negotiate your way into the weekend without yours truly’s completely useless advice? Well, good for you. Let’s see how I can (mis)guide two souls today. Dear Barbara … Continue reading
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Oh, if Only All of Our Problems were so Small
Hi there, guys and dolls! How’s everyone doing? My wish for you is to have such trite problems as my two questioning ladies do today (of course, we won’t tell them their problems are just small potatoes, will we). Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s food, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, Beauty Pageant, cookies, Creativity, daily blog, diary, dieting, Domestic life, Family, family life, Girl Guides, Humor, letters, Love, neighbors, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, Relatives, Retro, Romance, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50s dating, 50s fun, advice, advice column, Americana, bad advice, Beauty Pageants, dating advice, family life, free advice, Funny, Girl Guide cookies, Girl Guides, Humor, letters, Nostalgia, Retro, romance, Vintage
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Marvelous Advice for your Mid-Century Angst
Hi there, guys and dolls! Whiz, zip, bang! It’s Friday. Do you ever wonder how you got through your weekends before yours truly was dispensing half-wit and almost witty wisdom to enhance your life? Well, I wonder how I ever … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Canada, Characters, collaboration, day job, Engagement, Etiquette, Fiction, Fictional Characters, Historical, Humor, letters, Love, Marriage, Nostalgia, Office life, Office work, opinion, Perspective, Pop Culture, Relatives, Retro, Romance, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Vintage
Tagged 1950's Culture, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s humor, 50's dating, 50's fun, 50s marriage, 50s workplace, advice, advice column, bad advice, Canada, co-workers, dating advice, daughters, marital advice, matrimony, Moose Jaw, mothers, Mounties, office humor, Office life, Office work, Retro, romance, Saskatchewan, Vintage
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Advice for the Valentine Hearted
Hi there, guys and dolls! Do tell, is your Valentine’s Day going swoonily? Mine is, of course. More ardent admirers than I can shake a stick at. And who to choose for my dinner and dancing date tonight? Sigh, so … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, Beauty, beauty disasters, Beauty Salons, Beauty Treatments, Blogs, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, Domestic life, entertainment, Etiquette, Family, family life, Fiction, Fictional Characters, Hairdressers, Historical, historical fiction, Humor, letters, Love, Nostalgia, opinion, Perspective, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Romance, suburbia, valentines day, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50's dating, 50's fun, advice, advice column, bad hair day, Beauty, beauty advice, dating, dating advice, Funny, Humor, letters, Nostalgia, Retro, romance, Vintage, vintage glamour
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Fantastically Free Advice for the Fretful
Hi there, guys and dolls! Say, it’s already Friday, and you know what that means – time for some not so great advice that you really don’t need. Let’s see what are willing victims, er, participants are troubled about today. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s ads, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50's fun, 50s dating, 50s fun, advice column, dating, dating advice, Funny, Holidays, Humor, letters, Love, Nostalgia, Retro, romance, Vacation, Vintage
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Well, Somebody is Asking for It
Hi there, guys and dolls! We made it to Friday. Aren’t you proud of yourself? And some other folks we should all be proud of are these two fine folks, knowing that they need help and asking for it. And … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's fun, 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, beauty disasters, blogaday, Characters, childrearing, Communication, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, Domestic life, entertainment, Etiquette, Family, family life, fashion, Hairdressers, Historical, historical fiction, home life, Humor, letters, Marriage, neighbors, Nostalgia, opinion, Perspective, Pop Culture, Relatives, Retro, Romance, Self Esteem, Social Mores, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage
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Half-Wit Wisdom
Hi there, guys and dolls! Looky, another weekend is almost upon us and you all know what that means – time for me to share a little half-wit wisdom that isn’t always wise to follow. Let’s read who needs some … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, blogaday, Characters, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, diary, Domestic life, entertainment, family life, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, flirting, historical fiction, home life, Humor, letters, long read, Marriage, Nostalgia, opinion, Perspective, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage
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