The 1980s... graduated from uni, couldn't find a job - back to my Mom's. STAR TREK conventions (the ones that were dirt cheap and you didn't have to pay extra for personalized autographs). Dress For Success, Supermoms, power suits, Dynasty (Joan Collins's wardrobe...). Planning your child's path through grad school a year before you tried to conceive, because you and hubby BOTH had to take prenatal vitamins and get down to "fighting weight" (or you'd be "abusing" the baby), and the waiting lists for the "right" nursery and pre-K were five years long... Realizing that in order to have enough money to retire, I'd have to be saving more money a year than I'd be making if I'd actually FOUND an engineering job...

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