The Good Wife's Guide (Guys - You're gonna love this)

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/misc/days.doc ^ | 13 May 1955 | Housekeeping Monthly Magazine

[add925]

Where do I get one of these ladies!... : ) <<< me

There has to be some of them left, er right, er ah, nevermind.

[processing please hold]

:-)

[najida]

I think the went the way of white gloves and wearing heels to clean house.

[SoothingDave]

I said it yesterday and I mean it... Men would have nothing to do with females AT ALL if it wasn't for sex.

There's really no use speculating about a decision that was made a long time ago. God or nature (depending on your persuasion) decided to have we higher forms reproduce sexually. And that's that.

To put it another way, if it weren't for sex, there would be no need for females at all. Or males, or even the distinction between the two, for that matter.

SD

[HairOfTheDog]

Best wishes to you and the "Mr.".... sounds like you two have a great sense of humor! (Re: pot pies..... ;~) ...)

And also to you. Sounds like we have a lot of the same things in common, good humor and free access to firearms make for good times and good manners all the way around. :~D

[WrightWings]

...one of your duties is to provide it.

(Sophomoric tone) Heh-heh-heh. Yup, twice a year...

[xsmommy]

i guess i feel sad that your experience with men has been so bitter and so bad that you would believe such a thing to be true.

[najida]

A hun,
it's mostly TIC,
but yeah,

There is a part of me that, well,
Yeah....wonders why.

[HairOfTheDog]

Jokes wouldn't be funny if they weren't ~plausible~

I heard a comedian once say "If women knew what we really thought of them they would never stop slapping us"

Thank goodness for men who are hard to read.

[CDHart]

I understand that this was actually published 50 or 60 years ago in a book or magazine. Times have sure changed, haven't they? But I think we could learn something from this list.

Carolyn

[najida]

Mebby I need to use more :) :) :)
and ;) ;) ;)

And yeah,
it's plausable >:>

[xsmommy]

well i am not just talking about this thread, i guess i have seen you express similar opinions on other, similar threads, that led me to believe that you had had bad experiences. sorry if i jumped to the wrong conclusion.

[Sally'sConcerns]

You know, of the past fwe guys I've dated, they've both said their fantasy is to have a 'June Cleaver' waiting at the door for them when they get home from work, dressed up with a pearl necklace, slippers in hand, and a homecooked meal on the dinner table.

Do they fantasize about being Ward and putting up with the Beave and Wally's overly slimy friend? They're willing to dole out the discipline and do most of the talking to the boys? Oh, and of course they'll be well off enough to be able to afford the house as well as the pearls on their salary only?

[najida]

No, you're right,

I've had absolutely horrific experiences...some not of my doing and some due to my own mistakes. And the scars are deep and the damage is pretty permanent.

I have to laugh at it or I'd be cryin'.

[teenyelliott]

1. No one wants to hear about your sex life.

2. A monogamous relationship between ONE husband and ONE wife does not constitute "dead or asexual".

3. I wonder if anyone other than your Dungeons and Dragons friends has ever seen these "women".

[snowtigger]

I gotta admit, my wife does have dinner waiting when I get home. I guess 1 out of 18 isn't so bad .

So does mine. She also gets up and fixes me breakfast and gets me out the door at 4:30 AM. EVERY morning.

I realize breakfast isn't on the list, but I sure work with a lot of jealous men. LOL

In return, I try to remember she is one of a kind, and treat her as such.

[cloud8]

> back in the day when men worked in the office and women at home, many housewives really did try to help their husbands relax when they got home.

Now we both come home exhausted.

[xsmommy]

that's why i said i was sad for you, because i really did think i understood you to have had bad experiences. i guess i am lucky. i married late, but i married well and have been married for 20 years this year. never really had a bad experience with men, other than your run of the mill crap. and i have plenty of friendships with men at work and elsewhere that are not remotely sexual. all in all i think they really are pretty much like us, just hairier : )

[Sally'sConcerns]

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.

No excuse for being late for dinner without calling but that wouldn't be a killing offense.

Staying out all night = he's dead meat. Whoever thought that would be a minor infraction because of what he might have had to deal with that day should also be shot on sight.

[T.Smith]

You miss the point. Of course I don't think women should stay barefoot and pregnant. I do think that there is nothing wrong with a stay at home mother - yes, my wife is one and we are both happy about that - doing some of the things listed here.

I think having dinner ready is a good thing. I think having a tidy house is a good thing. I don't think it's so bad for my wife to hold off on the gripes about her day until I've had a chance to get through the door. My wife (Julie, actually. It feels to impersonal to keep calling her "wife") agrees and we are very happy together. Staying at home raising kids is a job, a hard one at that, and these things are just part of being successful at that job.

Recent anecdote from my life: I was at a party with Julie and we were talking to a co-worker and his extremely pregnant wife. Julie asked the lady if she would be staying home with the baby. The lady answered, "Oh no! I'm not staying home for more than 6 weeks!". She acted as if the very idea of staying home with the child she had just brought into the world was complete anathema. I'm still bitter about that because I think a lack of quality parenting is really driving our cultural decline. I guess peoples' revulsion over the idea of a wife being a "homemaker" just set me off again.

I'm sorry I launched into an immediate tirade. I wish you and Cur Dog all the best, really. BTW - "Deadeye" is a nickname for an excellent shooter.