The Good Wife's Guide

From Housekeeping Monthly, 13 May, 1955.

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Note: This may actually be fake. See Snopes.

* Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have be thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.
* Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
* Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
* Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dustcloth over the tables.
* During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
* Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Encourage the children to be quiet.
* Be happy to see him.
* Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
* Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
* Don't greet him with complaints and problems.
* Don't complain if he's late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work.
* Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or lie him down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.
* Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
* Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.
* A good wife always knows her place.

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I think this is for real. I believe I've seen it before. I'm guessin' June Cleaver read it!

Well am glad someone said it. How true it is.

Too right!

I'm kidding, of course before I get stoned - the bad way.

I've actually got an old Irish magazine from 50's/60's just for a picture of my grandad as a kid being county champs at Gaelic football in Rathkeale. Turn a few pages over and it's a special Womens section: "The womens pages" and notes on cooking and cleaning.

Given what the word "gay" has come to mean, I imagine that this would still work as a pick-me-up for many relationships.

I didn't even catch that phrase!

Speaking of which, a couple of fellas was chit-chattin' about lesbians today at work. I was telling them about a lesbian 'couple' who would embrace, hold hands, etc., at my old job and were told to cut it out. The fellas asked, "Were they good-lookin'??" Anyway, I still don't get it: Why a lot of dudes dig watching 2 chicks go at it. So, am I missing something or just brain-dead??

Personally, it doesn't do anything for me, but I know that it seems to be huge for most men. My mother told me that she used to ice skate as a teenager and the rink was called The Gay Blades. Imagine using that name today!

And the woman gets what in return????? :p


TIS

what a difference 51 years makes.

Oh, stop complaining. Shouldn't you be cooking something, or making babies?

:p

IMHO, this article was probably written by a man who was never married.

This is hilarious, because it reminds me of the kind of thing my brother says - just to tease/annoy me, of course - and I can imagine him saying all of these things.

See if he ever gets a wife talking like that!

Well Snake you're not alone on this my dad thinks the same way.

Personally I like seeing 2 chicks go at it. Reminds me of a party I went to a few years ago. These 2 chicks started going at it hot/heavy hell we're talking a porno shoot. Every guy in attendance had their eyes glued to the action, heck a few females were watching(and getting excited themselves) as for me I was wishing I had a camcorder.

I can't quite explain the fascination that 2 or more chicks going at it have on the minds of men.

Well faith and begorrah!! Turi's a Limerick man!!!! One of the Rathkeale Giuliano's!!!

she is entitled to take a lover, of course!

Well faith and begorrah!! Turi's a Limerick man!!!! One of the Rathkeale Giuliano's!!! [/b][/quote]I'm a bloody mongrel that's what I am. I wear many hats. What's worse is that my dad's a codhead (Grimsby).

Maybe she gets Al ?

There's a flip side to that rule...." Don't question your wife's judgement.....look who she married."

Didn't that way of thinking go out with caveman days?