Posted on 10/14/2005 10:20:29 AM PDT by add925
The good wife's guide
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives.
5. Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper etc and then run a dustcloth over the tables.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Be happy to see him.
9. Greet him with a warm smile and shoe sincerity in your desire to please him.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Your goal: Try to make sure your homeis a place of peace, order and tranquility where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
13. Dont greet him with complaints and problems.
14. Dont 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.
15. 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.
16. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
17. Dont ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will alwaysexercise his will with fairness and truthfullness. You have no right to question him.
18. A good wife always knows her place.
Hey, I knew a guy who had a deal like that.
He was sort of non-traditional but he was the Man in his house and no one doubted it.
It's a hoax, just like the bogus "Housekeeping Monthly." Does anyone think that a minister's wife, writing in the late 1800's, would use words like "s-e-x" and "s-e-x-u-a-l"?
Oh - Mr. Wiz.... I know that lots of stuff happens that doesn't involve me ;~D
Well, you know, this might be a little bit too much...
How about this, in just 3 steps...
1) Have hubby's favorite pizza hot and ready
2) Have hubby's favorite beer cold and ready
3) Be nekkid (for proper service, see step 1)
Mark
add this to the 2005 version,
On Sunday let him watch the game in peace, nag later
He does his job, I do mine. It's worked for us for over 30 years.
If he ever pulled a # 11) 14) 17) 18), it'd be a different story. I don't pull those on him and I expect the same commitment from him.
Official snopes status "unconfirmed".
Status with me "Yeah, baby......Yeah!"
(THUNK) Ouch!
Oh. My. God.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I'm sure he had the t-shirt to prove it too ;~D
What? He tapes her as she lays new linoleum on the kitchen floor, and upgrades the landscaping with a few boxwoods?
=]
"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."
Sorry. As much as DH might enjoy viewing a little "Housewife on Housewife" action between me and Mrs. Jones up the block, it ain't happenin'. ;)
hahahahahahaha!!!!!
See how reasonable we guys are? in 50 years, we've been willing to reduce the Guide from 18 to 3 ;)
I'll be more clear. The document attributed to the "Housekeeping Monthly Magazine" is fake. The list, at least the top 10 part, is undetermined, but according to snopes, they ARE indicative of what was expected back then.
Snopes has a significant leftist bias, and they ain't the sharpest knives in the drawer, anyway.
Hehehe. Have you been peeking through my window?
19. Remember that all these are to help him remain calm and cool when he discovers your boyfriend hiding in the closet.
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