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.
There has to be some of them left, er right, er ah, nevermind.
:-)
I think the went the way of white gloves and wearing heels to clean house.
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
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
(Sophomoric tone) Heh-heh-heh. Yup, twice a year...
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.
A hun,
it's mostly TIC,
but yeah,
There is a part of me that, well,
Yeah....wonders why.
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.
Carolyn
Mebby I need to use more :) :) :)
and ;) ;) ;)
And yeah,
it's plausable >:>
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.
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?
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'.
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".
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.
> 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.
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 : )
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.
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