The Good Wife's Guide (5/13/55 Houskeeping Monthly)

Housekeeping Monthly May 13, 1955 | May 13, 1955 | Un-Named

[codyjacksmom]

Even back in high school in about 1981, I had a home econ teacher explain to us, brush your hair and your teeth as soon as you get up and put some lipstick on and have breakfast waiting for your husband. Proper grooming was essential because he would be with perfectly groomed business women all day and he shouldn't think of you like you just rolled out of bed.

[I got the rope]

I'm not touching this one.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

Oh, about the single mommy part of your comment...

I know some single moms that would love to be in a wonderful marriage, devoting their life and energy into a loving husband and family.

While there certainly are some real loser women out there, not all single moms are that way. :o)

[uvular]

I spent @10 years as a divorced working mom. I yearned for a 'wife' to have meals ready and the house picked up when I came home! When I married mr. uvular lo those 18 years ago, I became a wife similar to the one I always wanted.

I knew what it was like to come home to an evening of further work and I don't have to worry about him 'staying out all night'; he wants to come home to his castle and his domestic goddess!

[Fitzcarraldo]

[Go Gordon]

Moslem, are you?

No. The article just points out how differently wives appreciated their husbands back in the day. Now, a guy can do no right.

[Go Gordon]

Actually, I do all of these things every single day, honest I do! :-)

Pinocchio would be proud.

[Go Gordon]

I've actually got a copy of the article.

[LizardQueen]

Tough to do anything on this list when he gets home from work before the wife.

LQ

[mrs tiggywinkle]

Excellent advice, imho.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**he wants to come home to his castle and his domestic goddess! **

:o)

[Go Gordon]

Wow...kinda old school.....definitely......but I do see a lrger point here. The point is for a woman to treat her husband as a blessing, not a curse......and if she does, he will do the same. Show me a woman where I live (mid GA) that isn't completely self-centered B****, a single mommy, or just a slob in general and I'll change my mind.

You're killing me. I told my 16 year old that before he picks a wife (way down the road) I suggested he spend some time in the south to see how southern belles treat men (we're in Jersey). If the women of the south actually treat men like the women do here in the NE, we're all introuble.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**Now, a guy can do no right. **

Then you don't know Mr Tiggywinkle. :o) He's wonderful and awesome! I'm a blessed woman.

[Go Gordon]

It would easy for a sophisticated woman to laugh at this article, but I think men are justifiably hungry for peace and comfort in the home. I love the traditional role of man and woman in a committed marriage working together for the future of the family...we've been blessed in our 34 years together, but we've worked at it...

Congrats on the 34 years. I truly believe that a compromise between the article and todays treatment would be perfect. Back in the 50's the man treated the wife a little heavy-handedly. But todays women treat men worse than they do their pets.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Tough to do anything on this list when he gets home from work before the wife.

Grounds for divorce, coming in after the Husband. Every wife knows how to limit her bridge party/garden club activities to leave plenty of time for the essentials.

[squidly]

Wives didn't go to work because their attitudes changed, their attitudes changed because they went to work. More's the pity too, IMO.

[carmody]

Where is the corresponding article from a men's publication? "The Good Husband's Guide"

Probably one of the reasons that many "Good Wives" became feminists. Apparently the 1955 "good wife" didn't feel like passing the rules on to her own daughters. The hand that rocks the cradle...

[Go Gordon]

Even back in high school in about 1981, I had a home econ teacher explain to us, brush your hair and your teeth as soon as you get up and put some lipstick on and have breakfast waiting for your husband. Proper grooming was essential because he would be with perfectly groomed business women all day and he shouldn't think of you like you just rolled out of bed.

Smart teacher. It amazes me how many women go to work looking...ummm....unkept (clothes are less than casual, no make-up, hair not styled). The women in our office building (not our company) have gained an average of about 35 pounds a piece over the last couple years. The majority are mid-40's. What attention do they expect to get from hubby in the evening?

[Krodg]

Uh, I'm Southern Baptist and believe in being submissive...but I ain't no slave!