Pointers for the good wife

[Meridian_Mike]

Hey guys....
Here is a good article from the 1955 Housekeeping Monthly magazine that will help men and their wives get along like THEY SHOULD...

Make yourself a copy of this and take it to your wife.....

She will be SO EXCITED to see how much you really care for HER!!

Mike

[bestgear]

Don't get me going Mike

[Meridian_Mike]

Yep.....
According to that 3rd one down.... I wouldn't want my wife to cry....

Bless her heart.

[zoogirl]

Aaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!



A couple of ok points. The rest of it...

Whoops, gotta go stack 60 pound desk bundles on skids at my factory job!

[kennedy knives]

Hey guys....
Here is a good article from the 1955 Housekeeping Monthly magazine that will help men and their wives get along like THEY SHOULD...

Make yourself a copy of this and take it to your wife.....

She will be SO EXCITED to see how much you really care for HER!!

Good wife.jpg

Mike

Mike I love it but I think it would go over like a lead balloon today . There would be a March on the Paper with women with Pink Hats wanting to crucify the editor

[jlw257]

On our first Christmas, I bought my wife a Electric Frying Pan. Never made that mistake again.

[Meridian_Mike]

On our first Christmas, I bought my wife a Electric Frying Pan. Never made that mistake again.

Before we were even married.....
My wife's sister got an appliance of some sort from her husband....

I got the , "Don't you EVER....." speech from my FUTURE wife!

[Mumbleypeg]

Our first a Christmas (1971) I got her a new Hoover vacuum cleaner. Man, I still hear about that! But hey, it was self-propelled!

I’ve been on probation ever since.

Ken

[Meridian_Mike]

Our first a Christmas (1971) I got her a new Hoover vacuum cleaner. Man, I still hear about that! But hey, it was self-propelled!

I’ve been on probation ever since.

Ken

LOL.... So THAT is why I keep getting those side-ways looks from my wife..... I'm really on house arrest!



Yikes

[philco]

Notice to all married men.....

[Meridian_Mike]

NOW... Now... Phil....
Anything you see in print or on the internet has to be good and true doesn't it?

Mike

[treefarmer]

The Christmas before we were married, 1965, my wife bought me a new Colt Trooper DA Revolver .357 ($85), the Christmas after we were married, 1966, she bought me a Case C6105 SAB W/wooden handles and a raggedy old '42 MB Jeep ($150).
Gift wise, it's been down hill ever since, I still have the .357 and knife and the wife
Treefarmer

[Meridian_Mike]

The Christmas before we were married, 1965, my wife bought me a new Colt Trooper DA Revolver .357 ($85), the Christmas after we were married, 1966, she bought me a Case C6105 SAB W/wooden handles and a raggedy old '42 MB Jeep ($150).
Gift wise, it's been down hill ever since, I still have the .357 and knife and the wife
Treefarmer

WOW.... now THAT is what I call a MERRY CHRISTMAS....

[Knife Nut]

Can't wait to apply this learned knowledge for my wife's next birthday!
Well on second thought.....okay, never mind.

Paul

[Meridian_Mike]

Can't wait to apply this learned knowledge for my wife's next birthday!
Well on second thought.....okay, never mind.

Paul

Oh come on Paul....
Give it a try and tell us how it turns out for ya'

[Gunsil]

And then along came Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem!! I went to school with Betty Friedan's kids. She had a son who had curly blond hair and was considered very cute by the girls in high school. Poor guy shied away from girls, likely due to his domineering mother. He was one of the smartest kids in our school. I am 71 and I think perhaps ours was the last generation where women were taught home ec in school and how to make their own clothes, cook WELL, and be practical. Heck, most young folks these days, men or women don't seem to care about home cookin', forget patching an article of clothing or making a shirt from scratch. My mother made sure I could make myself a wholesome meal, mend my own blue jeans, and do laundry without ruining it. Boy Scout master also taught us guys a lot about cooking, nobody wanted to rely on the crap fast food that is so prevalent these days. Was a dang fine country after WW2, dunno what happened to our society in the last thirty years.

[fergusontd]

Yeah, well! ftd

[RobesonsRme.com]

You could just ask your wife to read the last half of the last chapter of Proverbs and see what happens.

Charlie

[Colonel26]

You could just ask your wife to read the last half of the last chapter of Proverbs and see what happens.

Charlie

That’s one of my wife’s favorite chapters. Not a bad read for women, or men for that matter. Good advice for both.

[bestgear]

Not a bad read for women, or men for that matter. Good advice for both.

Ditto +2

[RobesonsRme.com]

The woman described in that passage strikes me as being really quite liberated.

Charlie

[Colonel26]

The woman described in that passage strikes me as being really quite liberated.

Charlie

And a small business owner to boot.

[jerryd6818]

Ran out of ideas Christmas before last and bought a battery operated drill and a set of drill bits for Linnea. I'll never make that mistake again. This past Christmas we needed a drill and bits to hang some pictures she had received. Took a while to find the drill and longer to find the drill bits. A year later, the drill hadn't been opened. I'm not totally stupid. I got the picture.

Geez guys. it was a useful gift.

[jerryd6818]

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character



10
A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.

11
Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.

12
She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.

13
She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.

14
She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.

15
She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.

16
She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

17
She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.

18
She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.

19
In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

20
She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.

21
When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

22
She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

23
Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

24
She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.

25
She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.

26
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

27
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.

28
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:

29
“Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”

30
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

31
Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Me: Yeah, good luck with that.

[zoogirl]

Ok, so I’m a woman doing everything the guys do at the factory, except welding and the forklift. We’ve had female welders, I’m just not interested. Ditto the forklift. I use air tools all day, I repair skids (pallets) and then load them with heavy school furniture, after first assembling it. I’m good with a hammer. I’d be delighted with my own home drill - the one I have has a ratty cord.

However...

If my ex had given me an appliance for Christmas, I would have been fine with it. I don’t really cook, but he did, professionally. Still would have been ok.
I think the way it should go is a simple division of work based on skill and inclination. He cooked, I put new zippers in his jeans. I liked to sing with the radio while I did dishes. We just did what had to be done. Same with looking after the kids. Depending on who was at work or looking after a parent, the person at home got the boys, diapers and all. We didn’t do the ‘mens work, woman’s work’ thing. It was ‘family work’.