That Damn Donna Reid
May 18th, 2008 . by ErinDomestic Goddesses beware!! There has been an infiltration of poser wannabes that have hit down on our turf. We’ve had our mad skills for years! We learned from our mothers, aunts and Grandmothers to cook, clean and sew, while these impostors are going to college to be as cool as us!
This is ridiculous! You go to college to learn an actual major like History, Pre-Med, English, Child Education… stuff like that. You don’t go to college to learn crap you should have learned in Home EC back in High School! You don’t come to BYU and enroll in the MFHD (Marriage, Family, & Human Development) major and think that it’s going to have some profound impact on your life! It seems more often then not, these girls are only going to college to appease their parents and end up just floating through college until some poor sap comes along, puts a ring on their finger and gives them their MRS degree.
It’s like these girls have seen one to many episodes of The ‘Donna Reid Show’ or ‘Leave it to Beaver’. These girls didn’t here through their whole lives, ‘Put your shoulders back’ and ‘Sit up straight young lady’. It’s cool that you want to be like us, but take classes that will learn you these skills, don’t dedicate your whole major to it. That is just stupid!
I have seen too many girls brag about how their in the MFHD major to some ‘NASA employee’ looking Mormon boy that comes along and eats it all up, meanwhile while actual Domestic Goddesses such as myself, look on this poor and pathetic sight and just sigh, shake our heads and laugh to ourselves that we didn’t need to flaunt out talents as a desperate act to catch a man. Our men will just be pleasantly surprised that they caught one of us unknowingly as they find out later that yes, we can cook! Booyah!
Eat your hearts out Posers! In my stolen Apron and everything!!
Love it. You are a domestic Goddess…and a bank teller. What more could one ask for?
Just because jealousy seems to have taken over your mind at this point does not mean that such women are just going to school for the “MRS degree” Did you ever think that maybe these women are doing what feels right for them and while yes I agree that you will always have the fake ones in every group, how short sighted must you be to assume that every girl at BYU in that particular major is in it for the same reason. Get over the fact that you are bitterly alone and try to help out someone else for once and maybe then you will run into someone who will be attracted to you. Obviously you arent one of those hidden talent types or you would not feel the need to spread your ego all over your blog!
“Mrs.” June?
I love you, let’s go to Cali and get married. I’ll bring home the bacon and you can cook it.
A. You don’t get into BYU just to “appease your parents.” It takes grades, test scores, and moral cleanliness.
B. Some of those MFHD crazies actually have brains and graduate without being married…go figure.
C. If you do end up marrying someone and having a family, then all those things you learn in that “non-major” do have an impact on your life.
D. I guess I am one of those “poser wannabe, college imposter, MRS degree, non-domestic goddesses.”
I bow down to you and your talents. You always were better at the domestic stuff than me (you were sewing prom dresses while I was playing in the band). I guess I had to learn it in college. I now challenge you to a cook off:)
…ruffling a few feathers are we? …
To the RW girl. If I were really jealous, I would be an MFHD major instead of going to blogs trying to justify my existence as well as my horrible choice of majors. If you had actually READ my blog, you would have seen that I made allowances for such girls who feel it is right for them. Maybe instead of getting defensive, you’ll pull your head out of your butt and realize my real intent…. By the way, my blog IS my ego, therefore I reserve the right to write what ever I darn well feel like and if you don’t like it, don’t read it!
Sam - My roommate took my pictures… that is what she named it…. I’m going to take my miserably lonely self away now and think long and hard about what I’ve written and why no man want me….sob
no defense was taken actually. I was just writing a fun response. sorry you got so upset.
Banana-
In response to your points…
A. I’ll bet you a bunny rabbit that 90% of the parents of the BYU student body would be disappointed in their offspring had they been accepted to the “Lords School” and chosen to attend elsewhere.
B. Some = more than one. If, in reality, there are ’some’ MFHD grads with brains, I’m going to go with the #2.
C. Getting married doesn’t justify your major… especially if it’s MFHD. MFHD is a major for those who are seeking young, unassuming 21 yr. old returned missionaries who want to make babies. That’s all there is to it.
D. I guess you are…
Now, where’s my bunny rabbit you crazy man-hunter?
Dear Erin -
I love you for more than one reason. One you have a blog… and it rocks, and it is your space to share whatever the hell you want to. Two you have so many hidden talents that I’m beginning to wonder if you will ever notice that I feel like I use you shamelessly :). Three you will never need to be lonely, for you always have me. Four to those of you upset with the blog… you know who you are… why the hell are you reading it then? You are entitled to your opinions, so get your own blog. Loves you dear!!
Is that Luigi on your dishwasher? That’s pretty cool.
erin, you a freaking hilarious my dear! I miss our walks. Oh and I love you rants… reminds me of old times. Keep it up love!
To Bags-
I love Erin and she knows it. I have known her since I was in diapers. She can kick my butt in almost anything, and that isn’t an exaggeration so I doubt any harm was done in my rebuttal. I was trying out my writing skills…I guess they need a little work:)
Glad to know she has great friends who have her back.
… let’s play nice…
Thanks for sticking up for Erin Anna, you rock!
You two are so much alike it’s scary…
To the others who feel they need to trash and bash, take your injured pride and play somewhere else…
And Anna, I thought your comment was great, keep writing!
You said you made allowances for the women who feel it’s right for them, but then you go on to say that they are “wasting” their majors and it’s “stupid.” Heaven forbid a girl would want to just be a mom and a wife and go to college to learn how to do those things the best she can. Anyway, if you had really made allowances for the girls who think it’s right for them, you wouldn’t have written the post.
My mistake, you didn’t say that they “wasted” their major on it, but you did imply that when you say that that it’s stupid to “dedicate [their] whole major” to it.
whooooooeeeee baby, what a lot of hissing and spitting. I love the picture, roll my eyes somewhat on Erin’s rant, and have used tons of Erin and Anna’s recipes-those gals can cook! Even an old Momma like me still uses lessons learned from the CDFR program at Ricks College
Domestic Divas unite!