Originally Posted by
Onebyone
I'm just the opposite. I'd just as soon toss dirty dishes in the trash than to deal with them. I use disposables 95% of the time. No time to deal with cloth diaper mess so none for me. The floor we walk on is as clean as the dust mop or Swifter wet mop gets it. Old fashioned ways became old because that was the only way to do them then.
I often wonder if a large part of our upbringing doesn't constitute much of the old-fashionedness we carry with us later in life.
I grew up with baby siblings in the home and being the oldest I helped my mom with their care all the time, everything from feeding, to changing, and everything in-between, and of course back then it was all cloth diapers, so for me I definitely attribute those early years and having the exposure I did as to one of main reasons I chose to cloth diaper my own children.
As for washing and drying dishes by-hand, growing up we never had a dishwasher in the home, so mom and I did the washing and drying, and what wonderful memories I have of chatting away with mom about this and that as we washed and dried.
As for the rest of the things I touched on, my mom did the same, and having experienced all starting from a young age, it just stuck with me.
It's nice hearing from you, Onebyone.