The Good Wife.

I was given an article that I'm sure is a fake but it got me thinking. My parents were raised by stay at home mothers in the the 50's, those stay at home moms raised some hippy free love adults. Then those drug induced hippys had kids  and were un sure about what the wife should be doing. Work out side the home or be a stay at home wife and mother.  And  that is where my story begins.

Here is the article from 1955     The good wife's guide
These are the "roles" of the wife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tBU8yD_nGs

• Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have be thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.
• Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll 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 for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
• Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dust cloth over the tables.
• During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
• Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Encourage the children to be quiet.
• Be happy to see him.
• Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
• Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
• Don't greet him with complaints and problems.
• Don't complain if he's late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work.
• Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or lie him 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, soothing and pleasant voice.
• Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.
• A good wife always knows her place.

 Ok then.... now lets move on to the kids the Hippy's raised.
Here is the role of the 2012 MOM. Well at least Rock Star MOM's

Rock star Moms good wife guide.

Dinner ...well Dinner is at 7:00 and usually my husband prepared it. No one wants to eat what I cook. AKA  boiled gray chicken. or we eat frozen pizza and god help us if my husband is not home cause we eat outta the cereal box.

Prepare yourself..... look refreshed really ? Ive been gone since six this morning and went to the gym and to work. poor guy gets smudged eye make up and by that time I get home after an hour drive  Ive taken off my jewelry and probably some of my clothes on the drive home.

Be a little  gay and interesting.... when I Get home on the days I don't have to beep the horn from the drive way  to get a kid to some kind of practice all I want is a glass of wine! so IF he wants to be entertained he is gonna need to turn on the TV.

Clear away the clutter... I'm lucky if I can get in the door there are so many shoes in the door way!  who will clean away the clutter for me?

gather up school books toys and dust...... I wish!   When I get home the kids have flung their backpacks right along with the shoes. and I only get to dust on SSaturdays.

light a fire and cater to his comfort...... catering to his comfort giving me immense personal satisfaction well that is a two way street.  He makes sure my needs are met or he gets a whiny fussy wife.

Prepare the children .... for what ? There is no point in him being in denial about the behavior of his children ! please !

Be happy to see him..... Ok I am kinda all over this one.

Greet him with a warm smile and desire to please him.........Well after the kids maul me at the door "which I love" I go get my kiss from my man so the greeting is mutual .


listen to him remember his topics of conversation are more important that your...... WOW!!! harsh.  My husband knows all the gossip that goes on in my office and in the lives of my girls. He listens to me talk about facebook and my blog and my words with Friends and he respects my thoughts and input and the way the house is ran and the children are raised and if he doesn't well sometime ladies you just have to talk louder maybe he has a listening impediment. But on the other hand I listen to sports talk and learn how to smile and nod. I rock this wife thing!

Make the evening his.....Never complain if he comes home late ....  complain please Im saying my piece and if you call it nagging I will punch you in your eye! and just get louder. again with the hearing impediment.
Allow him to relax. Relax time is 9:00 P.M,  that is when mommy time ends. The kids are in bed but your gonna have to offer something pretty good to keep me from going to bed.


Your goal is to make home peaceful and tranquil....... That is only gonna happen if I get to sedate the kids. And he already said I couldn't.


Don't greet him with complaints ......too late the kids already got me on that one. If I'm the first one home I'm half way through a glass of wine and I'm " all is good" and he walks in and the kids are yelling the house is filled with smoke cause I forgot about dinner and the dogs are dry humping each other in the entry way,


Don't complain if he comes home late or even stays out all night...... Let my husband stay out all night and he will find his stuff in the front yard and barbed wire over the doors maybe even a moat filled with hungry vampire alligators around the house.

Make him comfortable...... He must be pretty comfy cause he is sleepin' in the recliner at 7:30 holding the remote and one hand and ....well we all know where the the other hand is.


Arrange his pillows and take off his shoes and speak in a low soothing voice. .... I know some of you have not met me but quiet and pleasant is not what I do best. He is lucky he has a pillow by the time he gets to bed cause I stole it.

Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgement..... yea right  I have every right to question every thing he does and question his judgement.  We make decisions together and If he is wrong well it is my responsibility to tell him. Or he can talk to the hungry vampire alligators.

A good wife always knows her place.... This still stands true. Ladies respect your husbands and remember they are simple...... keep their balls empty and their bellies full.

TTFN