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I suspect a few sentences have been added that weren't in the original--the one about not complaining if he stays out all night, for example.

My mother was a 50s mom, and she actually did that stuff, including having us wash hands and faces before Dad got home. She let us greet him with hugs and kisses, and he always looked like his heart was opening up as he came through the door...after our hugs, we stood back and teased while Daddy kissed her...

I wasn't as good at that as my mother was, sometimes I greeted him with complaints...wish now I had been. One thing I love is for my husband of 34 years to feel respected by me, loved by me, welcomed by me...he always lights up and says home is his sanctuary...and shows it...

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...

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!

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.

Excellent way of putting things! I guess the kids and I do a few things right, because my husband looks back on being unemployed for a year as a really positive experience :-). Our 7yo son asked me recently if Daddy would lose his job again, so he could spend more time at Cub Scouts.

We don't manage peace and quiet or cleanliness very often (not that he would notice if the house and kids were clean), but they all yell DAAAADDDYYY! when he comes in (or even when they hear the garage door opener) and he knows he's the most important person in the world to 7 kids. And when I say, "How was your day with nerds?" I'm really interested, and always take his side on any issue at work.

The details may be different from one family to another, but I guess the important thing is for everyone in the family to know that nobody cares as much about them as the people at home.

"I think men are justifiably hungry for peace and comfort in the home"

I agree.

They deserve it. It's not easy today to work and support a family of four or five...

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...

I'd say lets keep this a secret but then again what 's the point.

If people only knew what it is to have a marriage in the way that God intented for marriage to be this world would be as near a perfect place to live as I can image.