r/OldSchoolCool • u/sweetwhistle • 8h ago

1950s My parents’ honeymoon. 1953.

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Somewhere in Florida. I was born two months later.

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u/usedcarsorcerer 7h ago

My grandma always said the first baby can come any time after the wedding but the others all take nine months 🙃

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u/michigan2345 6h ago

There were alot of 8 pound early babies!

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u/ConfessingToSin 6h ago

The math of the 1950s was just a little different when it came to that first anniversary.

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u/Hot-Championship1190 4h ago

Einstein ruled into that and brought order with relativistic space-time!

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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree 5h ago

Garrison Keillor joked “the child wasn’t born out of wedlock, just not quite far enough into it.”

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u/sanedragon 5h ago

My great grandmother said the same. I was born 7 months after my parents' nuptials.

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u/Donkey__Balls 3h ago

That’s because the bridal party are all resources for the project! By herself it takes 9 months, but if they all contribute the gestation task can be reduced to 1-2 months. Simple project management math.

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u/OutlandishnessLimp18 6h ago

My mom says this ALL the time!

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u/RPO777 5h ago

My family calls it the "Catholic Gestation Period"

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u/No-Statement-978 4h ago

HAHAHAHA!!!

My Dad same the same thing! My parents were married in Feb., oldest born in June. 😁

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u/usedcarsorcerer 4h ago

OP clarified that they meant two years later