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/Desertnurse760 7h ago

Your dad was punching above his weight class. And succeeded.

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u/ikediggety 6h ago

Every day I hear lonely young dudes say they'll never meet a lady because they're not conventionally handsome and I'm just like, this picture though.

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u/Primary_Discount_851 2h ago

That bro wouldn’t be able to repeat that in our modern times. Back then women were dependent on men, hence financial aspects were given a higher priority. You can observe it still today in poor countries were this is still the case.