Ok, why wasn't I alive in the 50s? Yeah it wouldve sucked to be a woman, but this might be the funniest article I've ever read. It's hilarious. One ex girlfriend used to get in arguments with me because I wasn't talking to her...WHILE WE WERE WATCHING A MOVIE.
Make no mistake, every future girlfriend I have is getting a copy of this after our first fight, just to see if she has a sense of humor, and maybe she'll actually believe it.
Here are the highlights
* 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 they come home and the prospect of a good meal (especially his favourite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.
* Prepare yourself. Take fifteen 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.
* 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 to his personal comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
* 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 one of them. 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 body and spirit.
* 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.
* Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgement 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.
Snopes has this as being undetermined as to whether it is a hoax or not. I dont even care. It's gold
Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think wives gave blow jobs back in the 50s?
But wait--can we translate this into Austrian? Otherwise those Austrians will be oh so confused.
Grüße ihn mit einem warmen Lächeln und zeigen Aufrichtigkeit in Ihrem ihm zu gefallen.
Deletetranslated from english to austrian so those Austrians won't be oh so confused:).
Hey, no decade is perfect. I think bj's were around, just not talked about.
ReplyDeleteAustrian is one of the great languages in the world. Atleast thats what I gather Barry thinks. Maybe I will translate for them
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First of all your ex is stupid; regarding the talking during a movie thing.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, the guide is hilarious.
Thirdly, the article is a hoax. No-one can source the original copy of this magazine. Which even on a quick search of the net, I cannot find and other connection to a magazine called "Housekeeping Monthly" other than through this article.
Sorry to burst the bubble!
Oh Allah,give us such women !
ReplyDeleteit should be the other way around
Deletewomen should not be slaves to the opposite gender. All should be created equal.
DeleteBeing a housewife in 1955 I can tell all of you that this information - (whether this particle article is false or not) - is what we were preached...
ReplyDeleteIt was hard - being a wife, mother and working 40 hours a week, too...and being expected to accept it, if the husband stayed out all night..
I have to say, as a woman who wants to please her man (shocking, I know!) I actually ENJOY doing things for him. The more I do for my husband, the more he does for me.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm sure it's hard being a wife and mother. After all, I'm "only a woman" -who owns 3 businesses, homeschools 2 children, is going to college herself, and is married to a military man whom I put above all else.... Gee, I wonder what it's like to work only 40 hours a week...
Hi,
ReplyDeletefor the hoaxing part, there is a fair chance that this is real since I found a publication of this, translated into Finish from the late 50:s,refering to housekeeping monthly, so this article did indeed exict before google.. :-)
you ladies one day will prob become devorced down the road, due to not folloing this advice suck that one up!
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