Since I am inept in the making it larger for the blog post department, I retyped the written relic instructions. Of course, I am doing this while thinking about what color ribbon to put in my hair this evening. And you can be sure I will be putting on a dress, stockings and high heels...Even though I am miserable and my back is way out (NO LIE), it is not about me. And, yes, I do know my place....See the tongue in my cheek? My how things have changed in....Fifty years.
The good wife's guide
* 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 been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men
are hungry when the come home and the prospect of a good meal
(especially his favorite dish) 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.
* Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper etc and then run a dustcloth over the
tables.
* Over 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 for his comfort will
provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
* Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and
faces (If they are small), comb their hair and, if necessary, change their
clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the
part. Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the
washer, dryer or vacuum. Try to 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.
* Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late or goes out to
dinner, or other places of entertainment without you. Instead, try to
understand his world of strain and pressure and his very real need to be at
home and relax.
* Your goal: Try to make sure your home is a place of peace, order and
tranquility where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
* Don't greet him with complaints or problems.
* Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night.
Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.
* Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or have
him lie 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.
18 comments:
Oh my!
This was written the year I was born.
It certainly describes my childhood.
Nancy, I did get your comment. Thanks very much, I do appreciate it.
To quote my mother:
"Women's faults are many; men have only two. Everything they say and eveything they do."
And thanks for making me think of something else for a few moments. It was needed!
x0x
that gives me shivers...truly. it's the world i remember as a child, sadly.
it also says a lot about why women
got fed up with that model-of-womanhood.
Then stab yourself in the heart and exorcise the beast...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..
GoodHousekeeping needs to print a retraction
CUT AND PASTE, AS PROMISED! :)
"Rest for 15 minutes"...screw that, Oprah lasts an hour!
" Be gay..." Yeah, yeah, we all know how men fantasize about two women at the same time!
"Clear the clutter" thank god for closets!
What the hell is a "dustcloth"?
"Catering for his comfort", eh? Just leave him with a twelve pack and some good food, and you are good to go!
"Try to encourage the children to be quiet" Ah, yes..the liqour slip in the dinner drink...
"Never complain...if he goes out to places without you. "Screw that! I want to know where my partner is at ALL times!
"Have a cool or hot drink ready for him" How about a warm one? You know, the cold drink with the hot spit in it?
"Arrange his pillows..." yeah,. because that enema you are going to give him will make it a little bit uncomfortable...
"You have no right to question him" AND WHY NOT?!?!?
"A good wife always knows her place" yeah...on top!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no wonder people were compelled to invent xanex. Sheesh.
now i m sure all men would like to live in that era...including me
ah......heaven
some funny guide :
"Remember, he is the master of the house ....... You have no right to
question him "
"Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-
looking."
"Let him talk first - remember, his
topics of conversation are more important than yours."
"Speak in a low, soothing
and pleasant voice"
but this is true :
"Most men
are hungry when the come home"
As Roseanne Barr would say, "Yeah, right. That's gonna happen!"
lol I can not stop laughing...I don't cook, Ken does, I burn everything and blow it up lol...I also don't do dishes...its ewwww,...
I have not worn a dress or skirt except for funerals since I was 9...
I shred this with Ken and he can not stop laughing...then said he was glad I wasn't like that, hed be bored lol man I got him trained ;o)
LMAO...I've seen that before what it always makes me laugh AND gives me the creeps at the same time...
I was laughing even more at For the lonely's additions to the comments....NICE!!!!
I swear a man wrote that article...sheesh.
Apparently it's ok to bash men as a group--but not women.
So take this:
Women are irrational, that's all there is to that!
Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags!
They're nothing but exasperating, irritating,
vacillating, calculating, agitating,
Maddening and infuriating hags!*
(Unless she greets me at the door, naked, with a shaken-not-stirred martini in her hand).
I think something similar to this is in the Better Homes and Garden cookbook. I know people who follow this guide. Way too funny!
I remember reading this in my "Psychology and Women" class as a grad student!!
My teacher at the time also made the men in our class pose in "picture-poses" of women in magazines. It was funny and sad at the same time, because seeing these men in those feminine, erotic poses really made the stereotyping clear as day for me and the others in my class.
OMG..That is just Nasty..lol Very
" Stepford Wife" ish.
Holy crap! That HAD to be written by a man!
I need a pain killer now because my stomache is killing me from laughing !!!!
oh crap, I forgot to put a ribbon in my hair today.....
ya think he will notice?
ba ha ha ha !!!!!
hugs,
Karen
By now you should all know that this was a fake. See:
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/goodwife.asp
I must admit that I do not agree with Snopes assessment of life in the 50s as I remember that even in the 40s that women ran the households and their men ( at least in the Midwest). Oh, not like today by threats but by much more devious means.
I still remember how angry my wife was after my mother took her aside 40 some years ago and informed her that she must become much more aggressive with me as it was up to the wife to force her husband to be successful.
My wife does have a book written in 1901 by Mary R. Melendy, The Perfect Woman,that epitomizes the thoughts in the opening posting and my wife, daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters all find it hilarious.
It is a hoax. First of all it clearly says "Housekeeping Monthly" - not "Good Housekeeping." And, it was not written by someone from the United States. We do not put a "u" in the word "favorite." Commonwealth countries, including Canada, put u's in words like colour and favorite. Even better yet, the little piece of paper that you used to pay your monthly payment with (before internet)is spelled cheque in the Commonwealth & other countries.
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