What time period would you have lived in, if you could have lived at any time?
One of my favorite all time movies is Gosford Park. It is a drama with mulitple storylines set in 1932 England. The movie tells the stories of the lives of the upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England. Since watching this movie I've been curious as to what life would be like if I lived both "upstairs" and "downstairs". What would my life be like if I had servants who tended to my every need or if it was the other way around. Could I follow the strict rules that the servants had to follow every day, for little money and practically no free time? I highly doubt that. I have to honestly say that I am lazy by nature. One of my least attractive qualities. Therefore to answer the question, I would like to have lived in the "upstairs" world of English royalty in the 1930's. To have numerous people serving my every whim and need would be quite an experience. My favorite hired help? ... The cook of course ...
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