We have all had our own struggles....my little rant (and a garage style mystery shop associate)
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I'm not even that tech savvy. My honey does all our IT stuff. I'm the kind of person who asks him how to turn the flash on on my new camera, or how to turn the sound on to sync up with my second monitor. I also have trouble setting up printers. Bwahahah. KISS is my best friend. Keep it simple, stupid. I have a lot of tech but it's set up to be fool proof for me and as easy peasy as can be...see. 
I haven't had enough coffee yet.
I haven't had enough coffee yet.MegglesKat
Your memories, recollections and current viewpoints are SOOooooo interesting to read! This post is just another reason why I think you should contemplate writing a story/book about your upbringing and how it has served you well in your current life.
My family does have some old fashioned values. The women let the men sit at family dinners and we fill up their plates for them with whatever they want first and then fill up ours. I also do most of the cooking in my house, although he cooks up some nice meals. My grandma does all the cooking to this day, all the dishes, all the laundry, etc. And so does my mom. I find myself still doing this in my household and I almost balk at times when he starts washing MY DISHES and folding MY LAUNDRY and sweeping MY FLOORS bwahaha. Then I remember it's all okay if he pitches in and appreciate the help. Although we all pitched in and worked hard, there was still a sense of the women doing the sewing, cooking, and cleaning and the men doing the hunting, the working, and the eating. One of my aunts, my mom, and my grandmother have never "worked" a 9-5 but instead were homemakers while the men did/do the work. All five of my grandmothers granddaughters have 9-5's and various types of higher education. Some of those old values just stick with you. I find myself washing the laundry and forgetting I even washed it because it's ingrained. I still like to bake a pan of pone bread or a cake of biscuits to keep under a towel all the the time.
I showed my 78 year old grandpa my laptop and how you could watch videos and such on it. I even showed him Facetime while he was hospitalized for pneumonia and cardioaversion therapy. He thought that was just the craziest, most exciting thing and wanted me to keep calling people in our family so he could see them! They still have a rotary style land line phone and large button corded phones. There are times he's still learning to work a television remote
Earlier in the week my boyfriend asked if I had had a chance to do the laundry. He has to wear a business suit to work, tie optional. I apologized and told him that I had not gotten to it yet with work and shopping and offered to refresh and iron something for him. Turns out... I had at some point zombified washed and dried the laundry and had started ironing & folding it in the basket!
He told me that he never sees me do the laundry, but instead it was like our house had magic gnomes that somehow snuck around and did dishes, laundry, and bought household necessities and made our bed every day. I'm apparently magical and can make toothpaste, body wash, deodorant, and ketchup appear on command. I can also make trash, kitty litter, and clutter disappear without being seen
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He told me that he never sees me do the laundry, but instead it was like our house had magic gnomes that somehow snuck around and did dishes, laundry, and bought household necessities and made our bed every day. I'm apparently magical and can make toothpaste, body wash, deodorant, and ketchup appear on command. I can also make trash, kitty litter, and clutter disappear without being seen
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