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A Good Wife [message #5529] Sun, 08 March 2009 15:57 Go to next message
Mark L  is currently offline Mark L
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I picked this up off another forum I post on. You can imagine the response. I'd post it on the womens branch here if I had access. After all women need to know how to act!


The Good Wife's Guide - 1955
How times have changed - or have they? Reading this - The Good Wife's Guide from Housekeeping Monthly, 13th May, 1955:-

* 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 favorite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.

* 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

*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.

* Clear away clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives.

* Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc and then run a dustcloth over the tables.

* 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 give you immense personal satisfaction.

* Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if neccesary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. Minimise 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.

* Be happy to see him.

* Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.

* 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.

* Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late, or goes out to dinner, or other place 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.

* Your goal: try to make your home a place of peace, order and tranquillity where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.

* Don't greet him with complaints and problems.

* Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Consider this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.

* 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.

* Arrange his pillows and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.

* Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgement or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always excerise his will with fairness and truthfulness. you have no right to question him.

* A good wife always knows her place.


Fires will be kindled to testify that two and two make four. Swords will be drawn to prove that leaves are green in summer.”

G.K. Chesterton
Re: A Good Wife [message #5530 is a reply to message #5529] Sun, 08 March 2009 16:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GWB  is currently offline GWB
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Hardbones,

This is SO funny! Laughing Laughing Laughing

I am going to print it out and put it on my fridge. I am also going to give one to my kids. Smile

I will try to put it on the new site. We all need a good laugh in the times in which we live.

Blessings,

GWB



Re: A Good Wife [message #5532 is a reply to message #5529] Sun, 08 March 2009 17:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
JWBTI  is currently offline JWBTI
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Hardbones, I like that.
I did a survey, check it out…..

My Wife……Does this
* 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 favorite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.

She does this
* 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

Ok , she smiles when I walk in
*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.

Ok I’m the only clutter in the house !
* Clear away clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives.

No kids at home* Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc and then run a dustcloth over the tables.

Nope ! No Fire Place
* 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 give you immense personal satisfaction.

No kids at home
* Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if neccesary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. Minimise 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.

Well she does smile when I walk in ….
* Be happy to see him.

Ok, we already covered that one..
* Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.


She does this
* 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.

Nope not this one…she goes where I go for the most part.
* Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late, or goes out to dinner, or other place 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.

Yep we got this one…..no kids at home ! Peace for both of us
* Your goal: try to make your home a place of peace, order and tranquillity where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.

She really good on this one
* Don't greet him with complaints and problems.

Nope, If I’m out all night, she better be by my side….you mean up after 10 pm ?* Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Consider this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.

We both have our own chairs, she has coffee on when I get home.
* 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.

Nope, I can take off my own shoes and I don’t like pillows in my chair* Arrange his pillows and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.

We’re still working on this one: but we do agree That Jesus is the Master of our home!* Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgement or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always excerise his will with fairness and truthfulness. you have no right to question him.


* A good wife always knows her place.

Yes, Standing beside her loving husband to fulfill Gods purpose in our life .

Yes, God has Blessed me with a good woman….Thank you Jesus !



Ron
Re: A Good Wife [message #5538 is a reply to message #5532] Mon, 09 March 2009 00:36 Go to previous message
GWB  is currently offline GWB
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Since we have made up, I have some peanut butter. Can I come too? Laughing Laughing

I posted this at DLWomen...

Blessings,

GWB

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