Originally Posted by MaryLane

Different time and place, I suppose. I wanted to be taken seriously for math and science skills. Domestic skill seemed girly to me and at that time the last thing I wanted to be seen as was girly. I also learned by about age 7 to NEVER admit my mother or I had made my clothes. I lived in a small town and was teased unmercifully about wearing "home made".

I, too, learned to cook and sew without home ec classes. Part of the embarrassment was because it took so LITTLE to win that award. I wanted to be seen as far more accomplished than THAT.

Different time, different place.