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.
"Dr. Laura" finally figured that out and thus wrote a recent book that amounts to: "yes, that actually is what he wants - now give it to him often, and he'll serve/treat you beyond your wildest dreams; deny him, and he'll get it elsewhere. Go figure."
Agree with you 100%...and I applaud you. Your wife will appreciate you even more.
Close enough for me
Wouldn't dream of it, R.
In their defense, lesbians make pretty good carpenters, as long as you don't try to have them do any framing. They're not good at working with studs.
Are you sure they didn't say, "a 'June Cleaver' waiting at the door for them when they get home from work, dressed up with wearing only a pearl necklace, slippers in hand, and a homecooked meal on the dinner table.
all -
I brought that same list home to my wife as a joke. She posted it on the fridge as a goal to strive for.
eat your heart out...
It was not acceptable behavior in 1955 for a family man to not come home at night. I don't believe that this is authentic.
Get a grip
This wasn't posted under Breaking News.
I have never ever seen cleavage that good, and I've seen cleavage in many countries.
Now I have been intoxicated enough to do it without even the promise of a glimpse of cleavage...also in many countries!
Are you sure they didn't say, "a 'June Cleaver' waiting at the door for them when they get home from work, dressed up with wearing only a pearl necklace, slippers in hand, and a homecooked meal on the dinner table.
At least you wouldn't have ask "Where's the Beaver"?
Idiot boy, this was posted as an authentic item.
It is not.
I am unaware of any FR rule which says: "You can post lies, as long as they're not in Breaking News."
Change that to:
4. Make out on sofa with naked Angelina Jolie look-alike (don't forget the "be a little gay" part)
ok
Just makin' sure!
Nope,
that gene kicks in with 'oh, so that's all there is to it'....
Wow, lighten up, Francis. Learn how to recognize sarcasm, life will be much more fun. Let me guess, you live in backwoods Georgia? Most of the people I know in Georgia are not like you.... thankfully.
At the funeral, his widow of thirty-odd years said "When I got married, an older woman told me 'Honey, you can keep a messy house; you can burn the food; but as long as you respect him and jump his bones, he'll never leave.' And he never did."
Whatever!!!
If you think of this document as any thing more than a joke or an anachronism, I hope you enjoy your brief marriage and your eventual divorce from your Russian catalog bride.
Amazing how many reject the whole list out of hand ... and somehow "of course" expect him to work all day just to hand her his paycheck.
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