Home Economics Class 50's Style!!

[Tinkerbelle]

How to be a good wife

(Extract from a 1950's Home Economics Workbook)

Have Dinner Ready

Plan ahead even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time. 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 is part of the warm welcome needed.

Prepare Yourself

Take 15 minutes to rest so that you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with alot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a liitle more interseting. His boring day may need a lift.

Clear Away The Clutter

Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper etc. Then run a duster over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order and it will give you a lift too.

Prepare The Children

Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces. Comb their hair and, if necessary, 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 noises of the washer or vacuum cleaner. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him.

Don't Greet Him With Problems

Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest that he lies down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take his shoes off. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

Listen To Him

You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

Make The Evening His

Never complain if he does not take you to dinner or to other places of entertainment. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relaxed.

The Goal

Try to make your home a place of peace and order, where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.

[Doug]

Yes, Tinkerbelle. Look and Learn this was a time when "Men where Men" and a woman knew her place. Look what’s happened to society since pop records and woman’s rights. A mans world will never be the same again, now shut the **** up and put the bl**dy kettle on.

[slinky]

Have dinner ready......
No get the yellow pages and order take away.

Prepare your self for his arrival......
yeah damn right we have to prepare ourselves because when he walks in he spoils a lovely day.

ONE LAST CHECK ON THE HOUSE WORK....
YEAH MAKE SURE THAT THE POTS ARE IN THE SINK

Make him feel comfortable.......
Throw him the paper and remind him that the girls night out for tonight is still on.

prepare the kids for his arrival........
Yeah warn them that they better play him up as much as they have played you up all day.

Understand if he is not ready for his meal.........
Simply wizz the plate of food at his head and tell him next time MAKE IT YOUR SELF.

Don't nag him if he can't be bothered to take you out for lunch..........
Just remind him that if he won't plenty of men will.

[shiny gem]

omg!!!!! id soooo end up killing either myself or him!!!!! lmao!!!

glad weve moved on from that!!!

[shiny gem]

Just remind him that if he won't plenty of men will. [/QUOTE]


lmao !!!! hmm ill have to try that sometime!!!!

[Busman747]

I bet this is the only post of the month that Willow doesn't get round to reading!!


If you do happen to read it Willow, take careful note of everything it says (except the part about being gay) Shall I do a printout for you?

[slinky]

Originally Posted by Busman747

I bet this is the only post of the month that Willow doesn't get round to reading!!


If you do happen to read it Willow, take careful note of everything it says (except the part about being gay) Shall I do a printout for you?

Yeah the one from me though !!!hehehe

[WillowTheWhisp]

Don't worry girls. This is my day and I'm sticking to it

My Day:

Get up,
Check the AccyWeb.
Have breakfast,
Check the AccyWeb.
Yell at the kids to make sure they've got their breakfast.
Check the AccyWeb.
Make sure kids get out of the house in time for school.
Check the AccyWeb.
Do a bit of washing.
Check the AccyWeb.
Do a bit of ironing.
Check the AccyWeb.
Busman comes round, quick hello.
Check the AccyWeb.
Have lunch.
Busman has a snooze.
Check the AccyWeb.
Busman goes to work - quick goodbye,
Check the AccyWeb.
Do a bit of dusting and hoovering.
Check the AccyWeb.
Busman comes home to make tea whilst I'm on the AccyWeb.
Have tea.
Check the AccyWeb.
Watch TV for a bit until Busman goes home.
Check the AccyWeb.
Go to bed, wondering if there's anything I might have missed on the AccyWeb.

[Tinkerbelle]

Oh dear me that sounds like my day!!

[mez]

oo eck it reminds me of when i was first married, thats exactley my life in print there, ehere did i go wrong, glad lifes been different for me since the late 70's to now he he he, cant imagine going back to that life, EVER .

[Tinkerbelle]

Originally Posted by mez

oo eck it reminds me of when i was first married,

OMG mez have you only just got out of the slammer for murdering him? I know i would have lol!!