She's calling the Draper's house at night while she's drinking.  Hmmm. Is Don interested in her?  He was watching her dance in her bare feet a few episodes back...

I think he is interested in her, but that would be uncomfortably close to home. And Don seems to have settled into his father role.

Speaking of which, I had to laugh at the scene where he brings Sally and Bobby outside the hospital window to see the new baby. I remember my father doing the exact same with me to view my brother in 1965. I guess kids weren't allowed in maternity wards back then.
And like Sally, I remember being equally shocked when I found out that he did know which end of a frying pan to hold after all.

Two options on Don not telling Betty about the teacher; he’s hiding a possible new relationship or isn’t interested in her and didn’t want to upset Betty.  My experience has been (and I’ve heard from others) that young women elementary teachers are a ‘randy’ lot.    A highly developed mothering instinct that goes awry.

James: You have heard from others that young women elementary teachers are a "randy lot"?  How odd. I heard that all men named James were homely looking, therefore that means you must fall into that category. When you categorize as you have it really downgrades the forum. I don't mind people commenting about the characters but when they begin making generalizations about actual people (and then claim others "feel the same way) it really veers form the show.  No, all elementary school teachers are not a "randy lot" not were they in the Sixties.

Funny. I would have thought it would have been harder to offend a person with a handle that disparages Native Americans.

Indiangiver

That’s for the lesion in logic; A is not always B therefore…

I did not ‘categorize’ I made a broad sweeping reference to a profession based on my (limited) experience.  The great thing about Madmen is they play on stereotypes, sometimes they break them and sometimes not.  I am pleased that you took my comments so seriously – I didn’t. 

What I stated about my experience is a fact.  Everyone has a different experience interacting with groups or individuals; I think most people on this blog understand that. 

When I post I am not submitting a midterm paper for a class in Sociology.  Given the proper tools to conduct a study you may be correct that young attractive female elementary teachers have an average number of sexual encounters per year.   

Relax, take a chill pill or pour yourself some scotch.

By the way a real person, my adopted daughter whose background includes Native American family members would be offended by your name.  But we’re all big boys and girls here and I don’t think I need to berate you about it or accuse you of being a racist.

Miss DeKoning, my second-grade teacher in 1968 was pretty hot...unfortunately, none after that.

James:  I see here that you are one of those individuals who likes to get your digs in and be rude to others (including those digs about Obama in one of your postings).  Telling me to "relax, take a chill pill, or pour myself a scotch" because I disagreed with your incorrect assertion about "all teachers being randy," is obviously your little way of telling me that I was wrong and you were right.  I see this forum has a few people like yourself that cannot abide anyone who disagrees with their "brilliant" dissection of Mad Men and life in general. You must have come over from another forum where posters act as though they are in a Roman arena fighting to the bitter end. They try desperately to out-post and one-up the other posters, usually when someone disagrees with their original statement.  I peg you as someone who does not take disagreement well, but turns instead to what overt insults. With this, I am out.  This forum seems like the other one.  People wasting time and fighting with one another. Good day.

Good Grief

I think Sally's teacher is hot.  I hope the next time she speaks to Don, it's when he's drunk-dialing her.

James, that was a bone-headed comment, to be sure.  that being said, Sally's teacher and Don certainly traded flirtations, regardless of your generalizations.  Of course, though Don does seem to have taken a domestic turn, I wouldn't be surprised to see him tap that.....

Gad Zooks, how PC and serious do we need to be when blogging. 

“a randy lot”  the last time anyone heard the term “randy” it was coming out of Austin Powers mouth as a dumb antiquated term of the 60s.  That’s the spirit it was given.

AND the world would be a silly place if we had to preface every example or observation or personal experience with the phrase “I know not every xxx is like this, but my experience is...” 

An example of a serious generalization “you’ll be in trouble in your freshman math class if it’s full of Asians if your teacher grades on a curve.”  Nothing could be more true in Southern California.  Does this mean all Asians excel in math? no It is a racist comment? Not necessarily.

And if something is experience by a person it is true.  To what degree it applies universally is debatable.   I hereby apologize to all attractive elementary school teachers and their friends – I again will concede they possess an average libido and have an average number of sexual encounters when compared to other professions.

Ha

All the hostility
Indian giver
YOu seem to have come out of nowhere with your comments to James
I haven't been reading all the posts so maybe I missed something

God people--pleeeeze--can we focus on Mad Men already?

the teacher is not "quite right" in her head, i suspect.

Obviously she's had relationships with some of the other dads in her classes, and is used to having the upper-hand with them, hence her treatment of Don.  What she didn't take into account, is that...it's Don.  He's attracted to her, but she's not as irresistable as she thinks she is.  If anything, they share an inferiority complex, and that's what will create problems down the road.  Hopefully, Don's already seen her for the trouble she is.