Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Like I need a guide



Here's a preview of what is in the article from Good Housekeeping (May 1955):
1. Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return.
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 had just been with a lot of work-weary people.
3. 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.
4. Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late of 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.
5. Don't 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.
6. 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.
7. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.



Ok, so no wonder women wanted to enter the work force...maybe they wanted to get all of these things when they returned home from a long day at work. Actually, after reading this list, I'm surprised that the women's movement didn't happen sooner.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi, Becky. That is really funny.I think I've read it before. Things have really changed. I think husbands should treat us wives that way when we get home from a hard day of work. MOM

Larissa said...

Well apparently I'm a terrible wife, according to these standards :) "His topics of conversation are more important than yours"?! That's awful. Good post, sis.