Heavens no the fifties weren’t “horrible.” In the fifties my H and my mom were college educated, working , driving cars finding spouses, buying stArter homes and having babies like H and I. WWII was over and young men who wanted military had those careers. I don’t care what culture you come from but the nature of all human beings is to find a mate and procreate. And there were plenty of fifties women who ended up divorced by choice. Honestly young people these days fed a steady diet of Disney really think life is more complicated than it really is. Sure the fifties parents were depression era but if anything that taught them more resilience and appreciation for college educations, homes, cars and all the fifties brought. And fifties moms that didn’t work were not all that different than SAHMs today although today’s SAHMs might have college degrees they aren’t really using them so I see little difference.