The culture's always interested me, and when I started RPing... most of my characters are 'open to the possibility' if nothing else. But they've all been modern characters, for the most part. But WW2 in particular I never cared about at all - until Captain America. I actually primarily play a Steve, so between reading fics and doing research for him, I've learned a lot about the culture of that time. It's fascinating how mindsets and ideas have changed over just several decades.

I think eventually, if Bucky had come back from the war...people might attribute his continued bachelorhood to shellshock or something similar, but others would probably start to whisper about him (especially with how close he's always been with Steve). I'm still learning his character, but discussing it recently with a friend, I realized while he does like "having fun" with girls, he actually finds girls who are 'easy' to be a turn off, long-term. If they're willing to sleep with him, who else have they given it up for, and how likely are they to be able to settle down with him? He's all for casual hook-ups, but he's rarely gone on more than a few dates with the same gal. Since he's more straight-bi, he really just considers it 'curiosity', since he's never tried it - and he's never tried it because, as the oldest sibling, he's got Responsibilities, both of taking care of his siblings, and being a good role model and good Oldest Son.

I can just see them starting off casually drinking and discussing things, and before anyone realizes, they're in to a second bottle, and talking about things they (or Bucky at least) would never consider saying otherwise. (Ooh...Gonna have to ponder how much Bucky can drink before getting drunk, with the faux-serum...) >.>

(I feel you. It doesn't help that I'm horribly easy to enable, but people keep telling me I should do this-or-that, and I do. >.>)