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Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Dutch Women's Behavior
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:39:09 -0400
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My mother said that her grandmother would do this, too, but it wasn't because she wasn't "allowed" to eat with everyone else. She ate in the kitchen while everyone else ate in the dining room. But then she had 11 kids, so maybe she was just looking to enjoy her meals in peace!
She also did not speak English very well, so that could've been a contributing factor. My great-grandmother immigrated from the former Czechoslovakia as a young girl and my great-grandfather immigrated from Cyprus as a teenager.
Interesting how times change--I can't imagine my reaction at being told I had to wait to be given permission to eat a meal I had cooked!
--Debra
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Subject: [PD-LIFE] Dutch Women's Behavior
Hi everyone!
I'm not exactly sure, but I think this message was in response to Richard
Emlin Reed's memories. Hopefully, I'm assuming correctly this was meant for
PADUTCH-LIFE and not PABERKS. Very interesting thoughts Evangeline! :-)
Rick B
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Subject: {not a subscriber} Dutch Women's Behavior
My Mom never sat down at the table and ate a meal with the family, unless
she was told to do so by my father. She always stood and waited to see if
anyone wanted anything, or sat on a stool in the background. If she was too
hungry to wait until we were done eating, she would wrap a piece of meat in
a slice of bread and that would be her whole meal, which she would eat while
standing over the stove. My father would get angry about that behavior,
saying that she embarrassed him. He didn't want people, or even us kids to
think that he was an ogre who wouldn't allow his wife to sit with the
family.
She would also sweep and wash the kitchen floor after each meal. In the
evening, she sat in the kitchen and watched television through the living
room doorway. Again, she had to be told to come in and sit down. This
behavior went on throughout her entire life.
Does anyone know if this behavior is indiginous to Dutch culture. I've read
up on this behavior in women from the Ozarks. I also wonder if there are
Dutch in the Ozarks.
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