1955 Housekeeping Monthly

Hitman wrote:

he provided all she needed,
and was probably a gentleman to her .
those days are gone.

It took me half a f~~~ing century to utter the words: “what’s in it for me?”

My mom still has a book like that. She lived by that book. Dad did the work, made the money, and mom took care of the kids and the inside of the house. Since he died last October, she has to run the house. I had to teach her what my dad taught me, tools, checkbook, house and car maintenance. She called me last week and was so proud that she adjusted the strike plate on the front door. For her, that was huge. umm guys, she’s 70. a before last year, a screwdriver to her was vodka and orange juice.

My mom was the support. When Dad was working in the yard, mom brought him ice water, handed tools, held the ends of boards, painted for 10 minutes while he took a break and I know he appreciated it. When I did jobs around the house, my c~~~ would s~~~ all over me, no breaks, no water, just the crack of the whip and the sting of her comments.

I’m not saying my mom was useless and helpless, just not familiar with that half of the housework. She’s getting there. she had a husband and 2 sons to turn to to get that s~~~ done.

50th wedding anniversary next month. Damn, he almost made it.

That book and others like it was like finishing school for women who couldn’t afford to go. It defined what womanhood and homemaker should be. The antithesis to the feminist movement of the 1960s. The c~~~ I married couldn’t make a decent sandwich if her life depended on it. I learned about keeping a home from my mom, and it served me well when I was a stay at home dad. The c~~~ assumed I was the usual bumblef~~~ dad she saw on tv every night, and treated me like I was a total moron.

The kids knew better.

Vespasian-

Wow. I enjoyed reading “The Good Wife’s Guide”.

Were women ever like this? The 90 year old ladies I see are cut from a different cloth. A lot of them honor and respect their husbands.
Modern women have more in common with barracudas than they do with good wives.

Instead of “The Good Wife’s Guide” we now have 8 steps to train your man (like a circus animal).