A good wife always knows her place

[Triggy&Blue&Daisy Too]

DH sent me this to cheer me up today. Isn't he sweet?

: He even highlighted his favorites :bgrin

 

[justanothercowgirl]

Shirley, I hope you show him his place when he gets home!!!LOL

 

[Loren&Rocky]

I had no idea that was what a good house wife was suposed to be like! I am going to change my ways right away!! :risa_suelos:

 

[AppyLover2]

[SIZE=12pt]We've come a long way baby!!![/SIZE]

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[mininik]

: Good grief! His topics are more important than mine?! That'll be the day.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Wow!! Well, I can assure you, it was never like that in our house, even in 1955!! My parents had their faults but they were equals, and both worked, hard!!

 

[KrisP]

: Ummm, if he tried to enforce those here you'd NEVER EVER find the body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bgrin

: :bgrin

krisp

 

[shane]

:lol: i wonder if thats why nobodys getting married anymore lol :bgrin

 

[NMMack]

I like you Krisp!!! LOL!!!! That was my first thought also!!! LOL!!!!!!

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Nancy

: Ummm, if he tried to enforce those here you'd NEVER EVER find the body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bgrin

: :bgrin

krisp

 

[Littleum]

Well, I guess it's a good thing we're not married! Otherwise he might actually think all that applied to me. :lol:

I do enjoy seeing stuff like this- my Dad and I love old magazines, newsreels, cartoons, shorts ect and the fascinating social context that produced them. Same America, only 2 or 3 generations ago, but a totally different world.

 

[SuziB]

Gag me!

SuziB

 

[Horse Hugs]

Scary thing is there are actually some places in the USA that still live like this.

 

[capall beag]

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would fail miserably, Thankfully

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My Grandmother was like that

But she was the sweetest person I knew!

 

[runamuk]

My fathers mother was like this..she didn't have a drivers license and had no idea how to write a check or pay bills...when grandpa died ..I was about 19-20 and I ended up paying all the bills and balancing the checkbook...it actually was very sad......I love my grandma (may she rip) but I knew early on that I would never be like that...much more like my other gran who was a housewife while her kids were young then was a working woman and political activist

: :bgrin

Yeah my hubby ain't even getting a glimpse of that

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[Triggy&Blue&Daisy Too]

Same America, only 2 or 3 generations ago, but a totally different world.

Funny thing though I don't think this was an American publication as I don't think we ever used some of the spellings such as favourite or minimise in this country. I suspect perhaps Canadian?

Not that these hilarious (now) ideas were not widespread in the states and elsewhere in the 50s.

: It does help me understand my mother's view of the world better though since she grew up with this way of thinking.

 

[keeperofthehorses]

Someone slipped that into my box at work a few months back and I looked at it and said "Who the sam hill put this in my box!" No one ever would own up to it.

Holy moly; I would have been called 'insane' and locked away 50 years ago.

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[wade3504]

My husband thought this years ago even when I was working full time and going to night school. Since his mom did it (she didn't work), he thought I would be the same way. I told him when we got married that I wasn't going to be Mrs. Cleaver. I ended up telling him his place, and today he understands things a little better :bgrin .

Amanda

 

[Sunny]

My mother often advised me to do many of the things listed there, as she had done them herself at one time (mostly before the divorce! LOL). She would tell me to have dinner ready, the house cleaned up, and not greet him with complaints or problems as he walked in the door. That's all well and good I suppose, if we're home all day doing nothing but housework, but when there's a barn full of horses and all sorts of other animals plus all the chores that go with them, and maybe even a job away from home thrown in there, I'd pretty much say that none of that stuff on the list is ever going to happen!

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[REO]

My hubby is too smart (wants to live) to send me something like that. He knows his place!

:risa_suelos: :new_rofl:

(I'm joking)

 

[bfogg]

This is exactly what I was taught in high school in the 50's. My ex husband (may he SOON rest in peace)JUST KIDDING!

did not even know what he took in his coffee his mother made it for him and even went out and shoveled out his car and started it so it so it would be nice and warm for him...........and he would never burn his mouth on his coffee.

And yup she created a real spoiled brat as&%^*&.

But I have found that in most of the homes up here women still do most of the work if you ask them.

I am very lucky person we really do share except I remember once him saying everything outside is his job and everything inside is mine.

Well I think you can imagine how that went over!

After 40 years we worked it out.

That was a hoot to read tho

Thanks for posting it!

Bonnie