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SARose

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11. How did she have a white maid?

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 12:17 PM

Jun 27

My Mother had a maid in Louisiana. She was pressured into hiring a maid by my Dad’s boss. Her name was Henrietta and my brother and I loved her. She was a middle aged black woman and she smelled like vanilla and sugar!💕

My Mom didn’t know exactly what her role was. Sooo she basically volunteered at the hospital, volunteered with the Democratic Party during elections and played lots and lots of bridge and canasta.

That lasted about 18 months and we were transferred to Texas.

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Thing to ponder. Why did Carol of the Brady Bunch have a cook/housekeeper-Alice, when Carol had no young children to [View all] debm55 Jun 27 OP

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Could be.Thank you for your insight. debm55 Jun 27 #3

Mother's little helper more likely angryxyouth Jun 27 #18

Great speculation there angrylyouth. debm55 Jun 27 #21

Anything Coolgoober Jun 27 #2

Thank you Coolgoober . But like what? debm55 Jun 27 #5

Well Coolgoober Jun 27 #14

But until the kids all came home from school. Did she have a hobby, I never saw here have a life beyond the show.with debm55 Jun 27 #22

Im A Bad Speller Coolgoober Jun 27 #15

Thats okay and welcome to DU. If you misspell a word a red line will go underneath it. debm55 Jun 27 #23

Thanks Coolgoober Jun 27 #25

She was seeing other guys mymomwasright Jun 27 #4

He was in real life but not as Mike Bradey debm55 Jun 27 #33

Even as a kid... buzzycrumbhunger Jun 27 #54

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you buzzycrumbhunger. debm55 Jun 27 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author 2MuchNoise Jun 27 #6

She was apparently too wealthy to keep house or cook. surrealAmerican Jun 27 #7

Yea what's up with that JMCKUSICK Jun 27 #8

1 bathroom for 6 kids (and without a toilet!) Wiz Imp Jun 27 #10

Well, Wiz Imp people like the Bradeys don't make #1 or 2. The first program that had a person flushing the toilet was debm55 Jun 27 #35

Agree, the two older children should have had their own separate rooms. debm55 Jun 27 #34

Thank you surrealAmerican. debm55 Jun 28 #58

Hard to stay pretty and crisp all day is you're doing housework and cooking/baking Historic NY Jun 27 #9

But this show was in the 60s or early 70s June Cleaver must have seen this ad as she always wore pearls. debm55 Jun 27 #36

How did she have a white maid? SARose Jun 27 #11

Thank you very much.SARose. And Carol always had these perky outfits on. Did she charity work. grow a garden. or work as debm55 Jun 27 #20

And how did an architect's salary cover all expenses for a maid, a wife and six kids as well as himself? spooky3 Jun 27 #12

Hi spooky3, Was Mike secretly doing work for the CIA????? debm55 Jun 27 #17

Hee hee! Maybe he worked alongside Jefferson D'Arcy. Nt spooky3 Jun 27 #24

Agree. Who knows what he was doing in his "office" debm55 Jun 27 #37

Carol must have got a ton from the ex. Historic NY Jun 27 #27

I thought her spouse died? But she would have still gotten a ton from the Deceased--Agent Mike. debm55 Jun 27 #38

Because before Reagan, middle class families could survive on a single decent salary. FSogol Jun 27 #29

True but TV is very unrealistic about how far that salary stretches. spooky3 Jun 27 #30

Thank you spooky3 debm55 Jun 27 #51

That's true. Thank you FSogol. debm55 Jun 27 #39

Insurance settlement from those dead spouses?? Demovictory9 Jun 27 #53

Could be , Demovictory 9, Could be. debm55 Jun 28 #59

She was already working for Mr. Brady when they met The Blue Flower Jun 27 #13

But what did she do all day? it would seem boring. debm55 Jun 27 #16

There's always something to do with 6 kids The Blue Flower Jun 28 #60

That could be during the summer. But what about when they were in school? debm55 Jun 28 #61

Thanks. Alice came with Mike and the boys, not Carol and the girls ms liberty Jun 27 #19

Then poor Alice had to do all of work , while Carol flitters around. Who treats their family member like that? debm55 Jun 27 #40

Mike was gay... ZDU Jun 27 #26

Now that makes sense. Thank you ZDU debm55 Jun 27 #41

Hi Deb! ZDU Jun 27 #47

Kind of like Melanoma, she needed time with the Pool Boy Lochloosa Jun 27 #28

Thank you, Lochloosa. so true. But their backyard was so small . And the Turf so green debm55 Jun 27 #42

Had to keep up with the Baxters with Hazel. MichMan Jun 27 #31

Thank you MichMan. There is another Ponder right there. debm55 Jun 27 #43

What was Carol doing? In real life, she was doing young Greg. Mister Ed Jun 27 #32

OHHHHHHHH, NOOOOOO. Is that true or not. I am shocked, shocked I tell you. Mike was doing Willlllburrr in the back of debm55 Jun 27 #44

I'm relieved to report that a quick internet search tells me that this decades-old story (of a lovely lady) is... Mister Ed Jun 27 #49

I do buy your story, Mr.Ed. But Jerry Van Dyke. was said to have heard Mike say" i can't quit you Willlberrrr" debm55 Jun 27 #52

It was a package deal jmowreader Jun 27 #45

Thank you jmowreader. debm55 Jun 27 #46

Sam the butcher bringing not only Alice the meat. n/t flvegan Jun 27 #48

Oh you. HAHHHAHAHHAHH. Thank you fivegan. debm55 Jun 27 #50

Mike couldn't satisfy Carol sexually. LudwigPastorius Jun 28 #56

Oh my. Thank you LudwigPastorius. debm55 Jun 28 #57