<p>I like living in the present don’t get me wrong, but I have been zipping through Foyle’s War & am drooling over the clothes.( 1940’s)
I was raised by a family who felt that men/women had conservatively defined roles & I appreciate the freedom that women had to take on less traditional positions in the war.</p>
<p>My sister on the other hand could have been a pioneer, she is LDS and already makes all her bread & even grinds her flour!</p>
<p>I would love to have been in my late teens in 1939. It was Hollywood’s greatest year, I could have gone to the World’s Fair, I love the music, the clothes, and the literature of that era. Of course that would mean living through the Depression and World War II, and I don’t think I’m exactly Greatest Generation material. But maybe I could have risen to the occasion. :)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t like to have come of age in the 1950s, when I think women’s roles were more limited than in the 1930-40s. And I hated coming of age in the 1970s, though at least discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual orientation was being addressed then. Interesting question, emerald (as usual).</p>
<p>The best thing that happened to me in 1976 was that I met my husband- but still 1976. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Should have been born in 1930 and the other gender. I am a born project manager… and would have given anything to be “Flight” in Mission Control for Apollo missions.</p>
<p>belle epoque</p>
<p>In my past life, I think I was born in the mid 1890’s. I’m facinated by young women of the 1910’s. Wendy Darling (of Peter Pan), Alice in Wonderland, Rose of Titanic movie, my great-grandmother. I could have been one of them.</p>
<p>This is pretty lame but I am drawn to the sixties. Adore Doris Day movies and the Madmen series. I know the era had it’s problems but I love the style and sense of being on the verge of big change. I was a little kid in the sixties. I would have liked to have been an adult in the sixties.</p>
<p>Fun. I like right now, but if I could choose, I would like to have been a young adult in Paris and the south of france in the time between the wars.</p>
<p>Ancient Rome during the era of the Five Good Emperors would have been great. 19th century England is also attractive.</p>
<p>Maybe time travel for 2 weeks at most to the pioneer era. I think that is the most I will last.</p>
<p>Being a woman who likes owning property and voting, my choices are limited.</p>
<p>In America, the Roaring 1920’s for its rebellious women. Could I learn the Charleston? Sure!</p>
<p>Beyond these shores and before Columbus: either a male during the early Italian Renaissance OR female in Jerusalem under one of the Hebrew kings - probably David, good psalms, a new one each week.</p>
<p>I like my era- still a pretty neat childhood in the 60’s, plenty of safety to explore my surroundings, advent of color tv, transistor radios, all the predictions about the near future; the wildness and freedoms in the 70’s; the techno-advances starting in the 80’s; watching the rise of the internet in the 90’s- and still being young enough to “get” all the advancements today.</p>
<p>If I could go farther back, it would be just occasionally, for a grand ball, in a gorgeous gown, with handsome men begging to get on my dance card. I think lots of servants figure in this, too.</p>
<p>Right now, I would “jist” like to spend a day in Glasgow 1826! Then scurry back. I have other places I would like to visit for “jist” a bit as well.</p>
<p>22nd Century. Since I would likely have been a peasant, slave, or worse in virtually any time going backwards, I am hoping that the 22nd Century will be time when all will be valued and treated with full human dignity.</p>
<p>I’d like to get a glimpse of my grandparents’ young lives in the early 20th century–1920s-- after they came to the US. (I’ve always felt sort of drawn to the late 19th/early 20th century.) Then I’d like to come back–no time like the present! I wouldn’t like to live without A/C, microwaves, washing machines, the internet, and modern medicine.</p>
<p>btw, anyone seen Midnight in Paris?</p>
<p>I would love to have been my grandma’s age in the 1940’s - ages 13-22. My grandmother was gorgeous and wore the prettiest clothes. In pictures she always looked perfect and lovely! I fell asleep to her stories at night and the 40’s are a time I wish I could have experienced.</p>
<p>I would love to see this country before it was developed. Maybe a quick visit as I probably wouldn’t have lasted long and then maybe a trip to the 1890’s when the world seemed to be opening up to all sorts of new things.</p>
<p>I’ve seen Midnight in Paris, atomom - it was my favorite movie of the summer. Perfect cast. I’m guessing you enjoyed it, as well?</p>
<p>Time travel sounds terrific as long as I could get back to an era with indoor plumbing.</p>
<p>Clearly the Twenties for me. But then, my parents and my in-laws were all young in the Twenties (my wife and I were both born to unusually older parents, OK? :)), and our folks didn’t seem to have that good a time on their farms in Pennsylvania or Arkansas or on the south side of Chicago. I think the Twenties were probably only fun for those who had means.</p>
<p>I wonder from time to time whether, if I could go back to the '20s, my knowledge of the future would be an advantage or a disadvantage. I think I’d initially be pretty incompetent at '20s life, but over time I’d be a pretty effective investor and bettor on the outcomes of sports events. :)</p>