Old fashioned values

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There are some old fashioned values I like - like not sleeping with scores of people and saving yourself for that one person. Life doesn't always work out as planned and I also know that not everyones values are my own. That being said, I would love to see my little baby grow up to marry his high school sweetheart and live happily ever after. If it doesn't happen though, it doesn't happen. But what of some of the beliefs of yesteryear? My mom is in her seventies and when she was young people were expected - women were - to get married. My aunt was brilliant - a polyglot - knew several languages, did well in school - wanted to continue on to med school - but it just wasn't done. So she spent her life depressed. So much so her outlet was food. Her diabetic problems were many as a result. My mom too married young. She married a man who loved skinny women - "luckily" she was just recovering from an appendectimy and was underweight when they met. Perfect as far as he was concerned. For a little while, her life revolved big decisions like which silver ware to use when her husband's boss came to dinner. SOon though he decided he no longer wanted to be a husband and father and they divorced. She was left to care for my older sister while he led a bachelors life. Making lots of money, eventually getting a large house with pool while she scrimped and saved. Soon though, she returned to school and was eventually vice-president of an international development firm, sent overseas to negotiate with governments on contracts for family planning, sustainable ag development and the like. Her decisions far different then what silverware to use. Yet, at first she was ill equipped to deal with life on her own. Worse then this, her parents, immigrants from Russia, decided then women shouldn't be tall. That's for men. So when my mom reached 5'8 they had their doctor give her shots to retard her growth. Nice huh? What do you think of these and other old fashioned values?