I just knew y’all would love this! If you need a few lessons on how to be the perfect wife, just reflect on this 1955 edition of Housekeeping Monthly Magazine. Thanks parents for helping me be the best wife I can be!!!! *rolling eyes*
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Ok some of these are total WOW. I just can’t believe a print media ever printed them. But I have to remember that this was printed by men so of course it did.
But also some of these are things I believe in and I grew up with my Mom doing as well. Oh, plus some of them are things that hubby has said. IE; please don’t bombard me with all the things that went wrong when I open the door lol I can get that.
I personally believe the dirtier the kids are THE MORE FUN WE HAD! But that’s just me tee-hee-hee
Wow. I started laughing and shared some with my husband. He said, “Sounds good to me.” Ha!
I think my favorite one was the about not complaining if he is out all night.
WOW. I read it to my husband and he said, “That’s right, woman!” at which time I handed him a child with a dirty diaper. :)
I was born in 57 and know at that time the wife’s main job was to make the house a home and make sure everything ran smoothly. The roll models on TV were June Clever (Leave it to Beaver), Laura Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show), Harriet Nelson (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), Donna Stone (The Donna Reed Show) and Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best).
But you have to remember in that era women very rarely worked outside the home. Kids were a bit more well behaved or at least they knew to respect their elders and there weren’t any video games so they played outside allowing their mother the time to do what she needed to do around the house.
I’m just thankful times and attitudes changed by the time I was old enough to go to college and get married.
I had to forward this to my fella..I am sure his response will be “go to woman”..
thanks for sharing!!
Corinne
There’s actually some good advice in here, mixed in with the ridiculous, that is. I printed it out and I’m sending it to my sisters and mom for a laugh!
I think my favorite is : “Let him talk first — remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.”
hee hee!
WOW
Oh my cow! That is so funny!! His ideas are more important than yours…. hahhaha!! As a stay at home mom with NO KIDS AT HOME>>>>YIPPEE>>> I really do try to use some of those tactics when the hub gets home from a hard day at work. But that was just hysterical!!! What a different world we live in these days! Well, thanks for the laugh!