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    I have a book about ettiquite from the 50's here and yes it states about the same thing.

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    If you found that article amusing, horrifying or both, watch the "Mystery Science Theater 3K" versions of 1950's Hygiene, Etiquette and Health Class Films. (Titles like "A Date With Your Family" about dinnertime manners, and a film promoting Home Economics Degrees at Iowa State College...the perfect degree for the correct young lady. *Snicker*.)

    & Yes, I've read books from the 1920s-1950s that addressed women as just another kitchen appliance. Be grateful for your freedoms, young women of today.

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    ^^ I freakin' LOVE Mystery Science Theater!!

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    I think us women have come along way. I think we have it harder than men. They now expect everything from us now we gain so much independence!
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    Some of that stuff seemed like just being a nice person to your sweetie - good for either gender to follow.

    However, the attitude behind almost all of it was painful. Yet, if you listen to a lot of rap music you can see similarities about women being there to only service men... and I know a lot of women who seem to be doing their best to set the women's rights movement back a few decades.

    Sigh, can't we just stop being stupid as a population?
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    What's ironic about this, is I know a couple that actually put on this roll as a few days a week for like a sexual thing. Lifestyle sub, only a few days a week if that.

    If I came home and a girl I have in mind was dressed like Mrs Cleaver? There'd be a lot of collateral damage to the things we own.
    People are not ruled by their memories.

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    ^^ But I thought you LIKED your women wearing pearl necklaces while they vaccuum.

    Wait, did you mean something else?
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    This assumes that love and respect is reciprocated.

    Should all of this love and respect be reciprocated, I can nothing wrong with putting the needs of the One you love before your own.

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    Hehe. I was talking to some lady in the bookstore a few months ago. We were in the cookbook section and she told me that she likes to go to the library when they're having those sales to get discounts. She said she found a cookbook from the 50's and within the recipes were little tips about how to prepare yourself for your husband. Blah. I guess when all you do is vaccum in highheels and pearls, dressing up for your hubby is the highpoint of your day. I seriously think that I would have caused problems in that era... no matter HOW I was brought up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArmySGT. View Post
    This assumes that love and respect is reciprocated.

    Should all of this love and respect be reciprocated, I can nothing wrong with putting the needs of the One you love before your own.
    Yes, the man made the money and the woman cooked and cleaned and raised the kids and catered to him. It's not that there's anything wrong with taking care of the one you love... it's just AMAZING how much society has changed in the past few decades with what's expected. In 30 years, people will be saying similar things about our times. I mean, what are the roles now?

    Man: Work
    Woman: Work, do housework, raise kids

    Not that men don't pitch in (and it's different with everyone). But it's still generally considered the wife's responsibility.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deogol View Post
    What is the good wife's guide for today?
    I'm pretty sure it still involves sometimes being gay.


    Look like a woman
    Think like a man
    Act like a lady
    Work like a dog

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    Quote Originally Posted by lilithmorrigan View Post
    I'm pretty sure it still involves sometimes being gay.

    Haha! I thought the exact same thing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bella21 View Post
    I guess when all you do is vaccum in highheels and pearls, dressing up for your hubby is the highpoint of your day.
    hmm, i can definitely see that as the highpoint of my day as the husband.

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    In 1955, my father left his job, picked up my mother from her job, and they arrived home at the same time. They sat down to dinner which had been prepared by my 79 year old grandmother, who also did the dishes. Then, everybody sat down to watch TV together.

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    Ive seen this before. My favorite line is

    let him talk first- remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by short skirts View Post
    Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or intergrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.
    A good wife always knows her place.
    WTF?!?!?!?
    "It's okay honey, I understand you need to unwind around pools of other women, having orgies and affairs are none of my business. Feel free to bring home any disease you feel I need to share with you because you feel I no longer satisfy your personal needs"

    Where's my gun?
    Holy cow, I am so glad I am more than a thing on my guy's arm now!

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    I guess I'm pretty old fashioned.... but I agree with most of this...

    Quote Originally Posted by short skirts View Post
    THE GOOD WIFE'S GUIDE??????? THINGS HAVE CHANGED!!!!!

    this is from Housekeeping Monthly 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 areconcerned 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 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 for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
    clear away the 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 provide you with 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 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.
    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.
    your. goal: Try to make sure your home is a place of peace, order and tranquillity where your family can renew themselves in body and spirit.
    Don't greet him with complaints and problems.

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    ummm. I deleated the bits I disagree with.

    and turning on the heat is MUCH easier then starting a fire...

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    Quote Originally Posted by short skirts View Post

    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.

    Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or intergrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.
    Yeah, I'll get all over that--being a doormat, letting my man order me around, cheat on me, and be the master of my house. Who is he, GOD?

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    Be a little gay huh?



    When hubby comes home, I'll be in bed with a woman ! You know we're just keeping a spot warm for him !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinder View Post
    When hubby comes home, I'll be in bed with a woman ! You know we're just keeping a spot warm for him !

    I would feel much better if you were to write the newly revised version of the "Good Wife Guide"....

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    Main Entry: 1hus•band
    Pronunciation: 'h&z-b&nd
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English husbonde, from Old English husbonda master of a house, from Old Norse husbOndi, from hus house + bOndi householder; akin to Old Norse bua to inhabit; akin to Old English buan to dwell -- more at BOWER
    1 : a male partner in a marriage
    2 British : MANAGER, STEWARD
    3 : a frugal manager
    - hus•band•ly adjective

    Main Entry: hus•band•ry
    Pronunciation: 'h&z-b&n-drE
    Function: noun
    1 archaic : the care of a household
    2 : the control or judicious use of resources : CONSERVATION
    3 a : the cultivation or production of plants or animals : AGRICULTURE b : the scientific control and management of a branch of farming and especially of domestic animals

    I put the two definitions up as a wait a minute. When did televisions become common in every house hold anyway? Men at those time were expected to care for, maintain and repair. A handyman wasn't called, the Husband fixed the problem or you made do. I can only see the good wife guide applying to a wealthy family that can afford to be idle. I think we are making judgments based on 50s sitcoms and not realities. Genders defined roles but, Americans were more devout and leaned toward protestant then. I think you would ave found the Husband more likely working around the House. Not cleaning but, making repairs, yard work, and seeing to the mechanical work and heavy lifting.

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    the Good Wife's Guide is currently my desktop - my wife and I find it highly entertaining. "Yes, honey - please be a little gay for me."

    "The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
    -Humphrey Bogart

    "Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink."
    -Lady Astor to Winston Churchill
    "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it."
    -His reply

    "If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."
    -David Daye

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