And as far as clothing, my mother-in-law only wears dresses to church or out to dinner, she is typically in jeans as she has a huge garden and works all year in her greenhouse. She is normally wearing jeans and a shirt. I will be 55 in January and have never worn a mau mau or a housecoat in my life. You are talking about lifestyles from different ages. Most older women don't wear that stuff anymore. Oh and my mother-in-law just turned 90 in October. Go out on the net and do some research and I think you'll be surprised. Of course I'm just talking US, could be different in other countries.  8^)