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20 Somethings- Then & Now
FIRST SALARY?
I was on about $25,000, which was an average wage. My husband worked as a fitter and turner. He did shift work, plus overtime, and earned about $39,000 a year. This was considered a good income back then!
MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE THEN?
It wasn't my career. Friends and relationships came before anything else. Our 20s was all about having fun. We were living the life Cyndi Lauper sang about in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE THEN?
Most couples I knew didn't live together before marriage. There was a courtship, an engagement and a big focus on marriage and children. If you didn't get married in your 20s and fall pregnant soon after, I think you were looked upon as 'left on the shelf' and there was this awful mentality of: 'What's wrong with her?'
* Names have been changed.
I was on about $25,000, which was an average wage. My husband worked as a fitter and turner. He did shift work, plus overtime, and earned about $39,000 a year. This was considered a good income back then!
MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE THEN?
It wasn't my career. Friends and relationships came before anything else. Our 20s was all about having fun. We were living the life Cyndi Lauper sang about in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE THEN?
Most couples I knew didn't live together before marriage. There was a courtship, an engagement and a big focus on marriage and children. If you didn't get married in your 20s and fall pregnant soon after, I think you were looked upon as 'left on the shelf' and there was this awful mentality of: 'What's wrong with her?'
* Names have been changed.
Story: Carla Caruso
