How to prepare for married life? part one?

The following is from an actual 1950s Home Economics textbook intended for girls, teaching them how to prepare for married life:





1. Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal - 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 prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.





2. Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, 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. His boring day may need a lift.





3. Clear away 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 dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too.





4. Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children%26#039;s hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair, and if %26gt;%26gt;necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.





5. Minimize the noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise don%26#039;t run the washer and dryer, or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet.Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him.





6. Some DON%26#039;TS: Don%26#039;t greet him with problems or complaints. Don%26#039;t complain if he%26#039;s late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day.





7. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lay down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.





8. 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.





9. Make the evening his: Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment; instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his need to be home and relax.





10. The Goal: try to make your home a place of peace and %26gt;%26gt;order where your husband can relax.

How to prepare for married life? part one?
Hilarious! I dont think I would have survived the 50%26#039;s. I have 2 kids and 3 part time jobs lol So I dont think my house would ever be like this..... lmao
Reply:the thing is that *isn%26#039;t* an actual textbook. its an urban legend. it was made up in the 90%26#039;s and circulated via email. sometimes it is attributed to ladies home journal, sometimes to a textbook, sometimes to another women%26#039;s magazine. either way, no record of it exists pre 90%26#039;s.
Reply:Hope Mumson45 has written all this down!!! Lol!!! Point number 9!!!
Reply:Preposterous!
Reply:It sounds like one of those early TV information films from the 50%26#039;s era?


What a crock of sh1t! and so dam patronising
Reply:hahha


I got a similar book, (I got in a charity shop)


its hilarious


hope thats not what your expecting when you geet married
Reply:OK... That is scary. Because I do most of it without thinking and a full time job. One thing: my home is not in perfect order ;)


Sweet Dreams for any dreamer men to use it now!
Reply:sounds like heaven
Reply:Actually the way to prepare yourself for married life is get ready for your life to get more stressful. it is a well known fact that when you get married, things will slowly begin to go down hill. like it or not thats just the way it turns unfortunately. sooner or later you will aske yourself that question at least one time while you%26#039;re married and that question is why did i do it and what was i thinking!!!
Reply:jeez...no wonder I%26#039;m divorced...I didnt get past 1a





lmao keep dreaming
Reply:Wow. It%26#039;s funny how most of the things about pampering him are the exact opposite of what us women do now.
Reply:hmmm.....u think i should print this out and put it on the fridge? title it how to be a perfect wife?
Reply:wow how times have changed...
Reply:good luck with that one
Reply:wow things sure have changed
Reply:In you dreams hun, pmsl at those, very good





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Reply:LOL...great stuff!





Men must have been psychiatrically ill to have thought this was reality?...even then?





It does make me happy though that we know how daft this sort of thing was.
Reply:YEAH now we have to do all that AND have our own full time job! We are an amazing gender.



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