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[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

Being a bit of a sceptic. I thought "Yeh, right - unattributed quote from unattributed publication". But turns out, it's legit: https://racingnelliebly.com/trailblazers/victorian-spinster-replies-surprised-tit-bits-editors/

It's from Sarah Kennedy from Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire writing in - of course - Tit Bits.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I wished we still wrote and talked like that.

[-] lastjunkieonearth@lemdro.id 11 points 1 year ago

Be the change

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

She has a point.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Literally why I'm single in my late 40s

[-] lady_maria@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This post reminds me of the entertainingly biting (though unfortunately, sometimes misogynistic) vinegar valentines of the Victorian era.

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

spinster:

A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

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