“This is grotesque!” my husband exclaimed. I looked up from my magazine to see what had piqued his interest. I was watching a 1950s-era TV show and reading simultaneously. In the show, the father of the family was returning from work in his doublebreasted suit and fedora.
His smiling wife in a summery dress and heels walked away from the large bouquet of flowers she was arranging nearby. His neatly…