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.
Ward and June, is that you??
I wonder if Wally and the Beaver got the same treatment when they married.....
Face it honey, women are citizens, we can vote, we are out of the box you wanted to put us in, and we're not going back in, whether you choose to let us in on your little plans or not.
And I don't love you.
~Sheila.
Hi "Sheila":
Wanna find out how happy I am?
[Hint: Very happy. Smilley face here.]
Incidently, what would be so "miserable" about repealing the 19th Amendment? (Except that you girls wouldn't be able to vote anymore. But that's not so bad, is it?)
DA740
Wally married the Beave? Oh wait, they did live in California ;))
Inquiring minds want proof of the "fakedness"!
what are you talking about? this totally describes our daily lives... except for number 11... i make it so he never wants to leave... ;-)
you mean he's to actually open his own beer?
LOL no it was a windup that came out quite a few years ago.
My better half did not work outside the house until she wanted to, when the kids hit middle school.
Unfortunately, she picked up on the idea that she shouldn't "baby" her husband as it was a sign of some sort of weakness on her or my part.
Today, she has given up on most of her liberal idealogy after 27 years of marriage (yeah, not too many of us left).
Congratulations to you for finding happiness!
Ya gotta prove it. Might be fun to trace it to the author.
This had to be the inspiration for "The Stepford Wives."
Based on some of the language used, it looks like a fake.
http://www.snopes.com/weddings/newlywed/advice.asp
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