Could Carrie Bradshaw Have Survived the 1930s Dating Scene?

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-10-29 11:46:00 UTC
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If you're a single girl in her twenties like me - or ever have been - you know that dating can often be full of trials and tribulations. It is often a petty, guessing game of who likes who more (or less) and a jigsaw puzzle of emotions, coy remarks and the never ending "chase" to get a man (or woman depending on your sexual orientation).

But, no matter how many episodes of Sex in the City I need to watch in order to try and understand my new dating life in New York City, I will always know that things could have been a LOT worse.

Just take a look at this photo gallery: A Single Girl's Guide To Dating. It's from the 1938 issue of Parade Magazine - even Carrie Bradshaw would have had to learn a few new tricks to be able to survive during this time period:

Check out the complete strip of photos here.

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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