When the art of folding/ironing/laundering/and sewing becomes something both genders are expected to understand then maybe younger generations will give two shits about it.
Fuck this study.
This.
I would like to know how to iron better. I suck at it therefore my iron goes unused.
I learned the basics of sewing and have a machine for quick fixes like hems, but I could never sew from scratch and have something look like it actually fits me. Learned crochet and knitting and forgot (though I have my grandmothers needles and would like to try again sometime). My mom did make costumes and some dresses for me but was not particularly talented with fitting. I do enjoy ironing, it is calming for me; but I took over ironing while my brother cut the grass so there ya go on stereotyping. DH insists on doing his own laundry and has similar sewing skills, so C will learn that much. But it takes so much time/patience (and some talent) to take those skills to another/useable level and just not interested.
Post by Velar Fricative on Oct 20, 2014 19:06:47 GMT -5
My mom and I are at the extreme ends of Baby Boomers and Millennials - 1963 and 1982. She taught me some things. I do iron my clothes. I do not know how to fold fitted sheets and I've watched youtube videos more times than you'd believe.
Oh look, another day, another article knocking millenials.
Oh, look, another day, another thread on GBCN knocking baby boomers.
Yawn.
God damn your lousy mothers to hell for not teaching you to sew after they got home from working to support you. The cruel neglect!
What will your children blame you for?
Really, does someone need to be taught how to sew on a button? It seems pretty self evident.
Didn't you GBCNGBCN a while back due to Boomer hate?
My thinking is that this is all pointless. No, parents didn't teach their kids this stuff, because as others said, clothes became more disposable. I'm not hating on my Boomer mom for not teaching me how to sew a button. It's just annoying that this study appeared to have done to somehow demonstrate how lazy Millennials are, when really, sewing buttons is an unnecessary skill (although still a good one to have, I admit). If the study showed that Millennials don't know how to write, that's a different story.
Oh, look, another day, another thread on GBCN knocking baby boomers.
Yawn.
God damn your lousy mothers to hell for not teaching you to sew after they got home from working to support you. The cruel neglect!
What will your children blame you for?
Really, does someone need to be taught how to sew on a button? It seems pretty self evident.
Um, wow.
No is hating on their moms for not teaching them these things. But when we talk about a skill being "lost" it's worth considering how and when it was lost. And yes many of us have said it was prob bc our parents worked.
I actually did! But that was ignored.
There have only been 8 billion articles about how horrible millennials are. But we're a product of our environments, right? So yeah. We're back to boomers. NYAH NYAH NYAH.
Shoot, I majored in fashion design for two years and I still have no clue how to sew a button.
What I can do is figure it out by looking it up on the interwebs. (It still would be easier to have the dry cleaners do it.)
I am a better cook than both grandmothers combined and marginally better than my mother and that's cause I felt like learning and most of my knowledge comes from the internet put into practice.
So anyway, this article is lame. I'm not a millennial, but my age group and younger doesn't know how to do these things cause we don't have too. We've got other things to consume our time with.
No is hating on their moms for not teaching them these things. But when we talk about a skill being "lost" it's worth considering how and when it was lost. And yes many of us have said it was prob bc our parents worked.
I actually did! But that was ignored.
There have only been 8 billion articles about how horrible millennials are. But we're a product of our environments, right? So yeah. We're back to boomers. NYAH NYAH NYAH.
Nah, you can't be a product of that which you hate. You rebel against that which you hate.
It seems like a punk ass bitch move to blame your parents for everything you are while at the same time rejecting that they have anything of value to offer, or that you're anything like them.
And there have been 80 billion articles about how horrible boomers are too. It all gets tiresome - as if every millennial is alike, and ever X'er is like another X'er or boomer like boomer. How can we reject racism and gender stereotypes but fall for a silly trap like that?
Just once, I would like to seem a thread here give baby boomers some credit. Feminism, gay rights, civil rights - where would any of them be without the baby boomers? Was your generation as committed to any ideal, whether it be protesting a war or fighting for equality? I can definitely say that mine wasn't.
I am a Millenial and super good at domestic stuff. My mom is still better, but I can sew things from scratch and definitely make regular repairs. I'm fine at laundry. I remember learning about starch in Girl Scouts or somewhere else, my mom never used it.
I think people just don't NEED to know those things becaus our disposable society has created ways for us to buy clothing so cheap. We don't darn socks with holes, we trash them and buy new ones. We don't make clothing because besides not knowing, it actually costs more to buy fabric and notions and a pattern than it does to buy a dress at Old Navy. I totally believe that people even buy new shirts rather than sewing a button. I bet a lot of people, and definitely not just millennials, wouldn't even know where to get a new button.
Definitely agree! Also, my thought was: "No, I don't mend my husband's pants or sew buttons. I'm at WORK."
My mom taught me to bake, to cook from recipes and on the fly, and to iron. My grandmother taught me to sew. However, neither of them really taught me to clean properly (or regularly) or to carefully budget. I know my mom had their budget down to the penny, but she never sat down and taught me how to do it.
Didn't you GBCNGBCN a while back due to Boomer hate?
My thinking is that this is all pointless. No, parents didn't teach their kids this stuff, because as others said, clothes became more disposable. I'm not hating on my Boomer mom for not teaching me how to sew a button. It's just annoying that this study appeared to have done to somehow demonstrate how lazy Millennials are, when really, sewing buttons is an unnecessary skill (although still a good one to have, I admit). If the study showed that Millennials don't know how to write, that's a different story.
Last year. Trust me, GBCN is not a place to hang out if you have a loved one who is old and dying, because the unanimous opinion is that old people should just die already so that you can have your due.
On the other hand, I can just imagine the outcry if I said kids are all useless and should just die already.
I'll agree with you that unless it's a hobby, it may not be worth your time learning to sew.
But I'll never equate sewing a button back on with real sewing. Buttons fall off all the time. You don't throw out something that's perfectly fine - or pay someone - for a task that takes 2 minutes, if that. And it costs no money, so it's a real no brainer.
Honestly, that really is lazy. Heck, while we're at it, why not just throw out clothes rather than wash them, since clothes are disposable?
I can sew a button, fold a fitted sheet, iron, wash my clothes, quilt, knit, cross stitch, needle point, and camp mother fuckers. You know why I don't do any of those things with any regularity? Because it's a time suck. I'd rather have a messy linen closet and be able to watch Antiques Roadshow than darn a fucking sock.
How do you fold a fitted sheet? I still don't know a good way to do it.
And does it matter whether the elastic is meant to go down the sides or at the head and foot of the mattress? (And when and why did they switch to putting the elastic on the sides??)
I used to do a lot of cross stitch and always did it while I was watching tv, because I couldn't imagine just sitting down to stitch, and I might as well get something done while watching tv.
My grandma sewed everything. And I mean, everything. She did costumes and uniforms and everything else for my mom's school. But my mom never learned to sew, and in turn, she never taught me. I'm not sure if my grandma tried to teach her or not. I suspect not since my aunt doesn't know how to sew either.
Regardless of sewing, boomers ruined everything. IT IS KNOWN. I hate them so much.
What the hell do you people who don't fold fitted sheets do? Ball them up?
Pretty much.
I mean, they're going to get all smoothed out on the bed anyway when they get fitted to the mattress. What is the point of folding them? I store them in a drawer. I just fit it to something resembling a flat ball, and put the flat sheet and pillowcases on top of that.
My mom taught me to bake, to cook from recipes and on the fly, and to iron. My grandmother taught me to sew. However, neither of them really taught me to clean properly (or regularly) or to carefully budget. I know my mom had their budget down to the penny, but she never sat down and taught me how to do it.
I wish my mom had taught me budgeting too, but honestly? I wouldn't let her, at least not when I was old enough to realize I wasn't good at it. I never asked for help and would have resented it.
My grandma sewed everything. And I mean, everything. She did costumes and uniforms and everything else for my mom's school. But my mom never learned to sew, and in turn, she never taught me. I'm not sure if my grandma tried to teach her or not. I suspect not since my aunt doesn't know how to sew either.
Regardless of sewing, boomers ruined everything. IT IS KNOWN. I hate them so much.
My grandma sewed everything. And I mean, everything. She did costumes and uniforms and everything else for my mom's school. But my mom never learned to sew, and in turn, she never taught me. I'm not sure if my grandma tried to teach her or not. I suspect not since my aunt doesn't know how to sew either.
Regardless of sewing, boomers ruined everything. IT IS KNOWN. I hate them so much.
My mom can sew but she did not teach my sisters nor I (boomer parents and we are all mid-late 30's). I elected to take band/other language electives during jr high and high school when home ec was offered. I can sew a button on (it won't look pretty much it'll stay on) but that's pretty much it. I really haven't missed this skill until faced with patches on a Girl Scout Daisy vest. Badge Magic is CRAP and I'm constantly asking my crafty neighbor to sew my daughter's patches on for her. For some reason that really gets the mom guilt going..
Anecdote - when my cousin tested for preschool they showed him a bunch of pictures and he had to name them. He knew every single one except the iron. My boomer aunt responded "we don't iron"
Yes, people on these boards TOTES just want all Boomers to die so we can have their things.
And nobody has ever lost a parent or received support from people on this board while dealing with the illness or death of a parent. NEWP.
Are you for real with this shit?
Like Boomers even have anything. They spend it all on themselves and then expect their kids to support them, while they blow their pension and whatever else they had...that no one else gets anymore.
Ok that was kind of hilarious and now I'm still not sure I want to figure it after watching that woman eff it up three times.
(And for the record, I have baked bread in a cast iron oven, Martha! Just cause I can't figure out fitted sheets doesn't mean I'm not domestic. This is in reference to the Martha ad before the video).