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.
You know, this kinda says it all, doesn't it?
Well my reply to one of the guys was, 'I'm more Laura Croft than June Cleaver. How about coming home to a wife with a gun strapped to her thigh?' He excused himself to the bathroom and didn't return for 10-15 minutes. ;)
Bwahahahahahaha! Okay.
Barney has a WHAT pole?
I posted this on my refrigerator for my wife.
Did you hear about the lesbian house? It was all tongue and groove, not a stud in the place.
LMAO....well then you are doing it right. Keep 'em guessing, never know which way it is coming from, and on their toes and they'll do the same for you. A great way to stay together.
A June Cleaver can clean the dust from the house, but she'd be too squeamish to get rid of spiders in the house.
A June Cleaver can comfort the children when they scrape their knee, but if an intruder breaks into the house, she'd be too afraid of guns to stop him.
I've always believed that if June Cleaver existed in real life, she'd be a liberal. Conservative women aren't afraid of guns. Or spiders either.
Ewwwwww, gross. Pardon me while I run to the washroom and pour bleach on my brain to clean that mental vision out.
It's their loss then. Women are always asking where the good men are. They're either already married or they are too blind to see one standing right in front of them.
Thanks for that! I got a snide post about a "houseslave". I tried it both ways ... career (early on) and stay at home wife and mother later. The happiness of my family benefitted and I was able to use my spare time to pursue fascinating interests, and volunteer efforts, that were dormant during my career. Three cheers for the stay at home wife/mother who contributes to the world in countless, priceless ways.
I was gonna say something, but I think it would have gotten me banned. :-)
Ohhhh, man, someone is gonna be mad that you told that one!!!!!!
LOL
Sorry, I'm all ready spoken for :)
Been with Proud Legions for almost 30 years now.
Uh oh. I guess that's why the 'tongue and groove' part was left out of the original post. Sorry about that. I guess on a positive note you're going to have the whitest brain in the neighborhood.
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