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I still do that for my friends and especially at Christmas I try to bring a treat for elderly people I know. There have been some that I quit doing for because I don't want anything in return but a simple thank you goes a long way. My family is kissy and huggy and even if we are in public we hug each other goodbye!

It has not disappeared. It is just that people do not have as much money comparatively to what they can do as what they did then. The jobs then were full time. The father could support the family, the boys delivered papers, mom did not need to work outside the home, and those who did were either nurses, teachers, or did part time work. So they had time to volunteer, make cakes and cookies for the elderly widow. Now, the full time jobs are disappearing and people have to work about four part time jobs to make enough money. Both parents have to work and the only time they have off is Saturday and Sunday, or the days they have off are irregular or not connected with each other. So one parent has Saturday and Sunday off, and the other, Friday and Wednesday. The love is still there, but you cannot do anything if you do not have the time.

When i had my son last year, only a handful of people came to the hospital. It was my partner and I's first child and nobody bothered to ask if we needed any advice or help. Particularly felt bad for my other half who survived on take away the hwole time I was in the hospital (almost 2 weeks because of complications)... it would have been nice if a family member or friend had offered to cook him a meal, or given him some leftovers from their family meal to reheat... This time round (i am due with my second child in january) I am sureit will be much the same, except it will be twice as hard for my other half who will have to look after a toddler as well... I just hope someone offers to help him alittle. Family and friends are supposed to help you during these transitional times, and through tough times- that's my opinion anyway. However, it does appear, through my experience, to me that caring and sharing, and offers are help are absent in contemporary society. People no longer allow pregnant women with prams to cross the road when it's raining by stopping their cars for 30 seconds. Noone helps a woman trying to lift a pram onto a bus... Nobody says excuse me, or good morning... It's a sad world we live in. Trust and Friendliness are obsolete. Just my opinion.

Yes, those were the good old days. I remember my mother putting me up at my neighbours when she needed to visit my dad in hospital. I remember people gathering and celebrating the shower month of the newborn, especially the first newborn in the family. Things are different now comparing to perhaps 10 years ago. It is not that people have changed. It is that traditions have changed. People do still share but they are more self-centered and prefer smaller and closer groups plus more peace instead of noise.

Yes I do. They were and still are a part of my times. I still am. It is not obsolete. All the people in my world are just like what you describe above. you have to think and be like that and refuse to embrace any less than that into your life. you need to pass this way of life down to your children.

Yes i do remember them times though they seems no more than a distant memory. I am affraid that yes they have disappeared.