How To Be A Good Wife

[Bewitched]

I just read this for school and my thoughts are In the words of Darryl Kerrigan "Tell him he's dreamin"...

HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE
Home Economics High School Text Book, 1954


Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal, on time. 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 are part of the warm welcome needed.

Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so that you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.

Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the home just before your husband arrives, gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too.

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, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad he is home.

Some don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he is late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment ( ). Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax

The Goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.

[Mamalicious]

That is so OTT!!

But what's even funnier, is that KNOW DH would be ECSTATIC if that was what he came home to!

It's as close as it's getting baby!

[secondtimearound2]

Oops I fail miserably

*quickly gets out of here before hubby reads

[declansmum]

I FAIL ASWELL

[Tam-I-Am]

Seriously? I don't think there's anything wrong with partners doing nice things for each other. I think its wrong when its expected as a matter of course that one person's needs and desires will be subservient to the other's though, and that's what that passage is all about - the woman become subservient to the man. THAT'S not on...

I actually DO try to make sure that the house is tidy, the bubba is dressed nicely and playing quietly and happily, dinner is ready or nearly so, and I do these things reasonably often - BUT if I don't, its not big hassle or stress, and my DH also does those things for ME if I've been at work all day and he's been at home...

[summermummy]

i love it. i think i was one of those women in a former life, as i would love to do all it says, however I can't be.......well.........bothered!

[SassyMummy]

My Nan showed me a book full of stuff a couple of years back.. I actually think it contained a page which was, pretty much, word for word of the OP. My Nan is in her 70s, so it's possible it's from the same text book!

TBH, there's no way in hell I'd take off DPs smelly shows or SOMEHOW manage to make DD quiet for his arrival...

I don't think many of hte ideas are that bad, but ALL COMBINED it makes for husband being the "be all and end all" and the wife coming across as his lowly servant.

[SpecialMumma]

*makes the big "woow woow" noise for failing*

[~Bec~]

My Mum was a wife and mother in the 1950s and I can't imagine she would have done any of this!

[Pippi Longstocking]

My husband just read it and leered and nudged me in the shoulder at the "be a little gay" part.

Bloody men!