Rules for wives-circa 1955

[Guest]

Guys: post this on the refridgerator if you want to sleep on the couch tonight.


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[Zeb_Carter]

I ain't touching that with asbestos gloves.

 

[Liar]

A good wife always knows her place.

Well that's true. But they forgot to mention that the place in question is wherever she damn well please.

 

[rgraham666]

Insert vomiting smiley here.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

"Be a little gay..."

I see no problem with that.

 

[BustyLaTarte]

Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift...

Yes, nothing like a little hot girl-on-girl action to perk up a husband's interest. Man, some things never change.

 

[3113]

Insert vomiting smiley here.

I think you're being unfair. Look at how enlightened this part is:

"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."

Sounds like a threesome to me!

 

[AppleBiter]

To quote Forest Gump . .

"Sometimes, there just aren't enough rocks."

 

[rgraham666]

I think you're being unfair. Look at how enlightened this part is:

"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."

Sounds like a threesome to me!

Although from the sounds of these 'directions' it had better be his idea.

Or somebody's going to get spanked.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Or somebody's going to get spanked.

Oh, this just gets better and better.

 

[Guest]

Oh, this just gets better and better.

Who knew our parents (or grandparents for you whippersnappers) were so kinky.

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

You know I've read this like 4 times now and I keep missing things like

--Give him some hot oral as he walks in the door.

-- Start the porn download for him, so his fingers won't be so tired.

-- Put the dog collar on the 19 yo babysitter after the kids are asleep. Lead her in with a flogger in her mouth for his enjoyment.

-- Host an Anne Summers party with your hottest and most outgoing friends.

-- If you can't do housework in thigh high hooker boots, hire someone who can.

Or maybe those are just modern housewives duties.

 

[oggbashan]

I think that this is a spoof even if it was actually written in 1955.

Anyone in 1955 suggesting to any of my female relatives that this was how they should behave would have to protect his balls from a ladylike foot.

It might be a reprint of a 1935 article.

Og

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I think there's a time warp in my household.

*goes back to making jello molds*

 

[3113]

You know I've read this like 4 times now and I keep missing things like

--Give him some hot oral as he walks in the door.

-- Start the porn download for him, so his fingers won't be so tired.

-- Put the dog collar on the 19 yo babysitter after the kids are asleep. Lead her in with a flogger in her mouth for his enjoyment.

-- Host an Anne Summers party with your hottest and most outgoing friends.

-- If you can't do housework in thigh high hooker boots, hire someone who can.

Or maybe those are just modern housewives duties.

Dude, it's 1955. They had to be more discreet. Read between the lines. You'll see all of that only incoded. For example:

"Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him" = Oral sex at the door.

"Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair...." = Load in the porno.

Etc. It's all there. You just have to look harder.

 

[Liar]

-- Put the dog collar on the 19 yo babysitter after the kids are asleep. Lead her in with a flogger in her mouth for his enjoyment.

Ah, the memories.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I think that this is a spoof even if it was actually written in 1955.

Anyone in 1955 suggesting to any of my female relatives that this was how they should behave would have to protect his balls from a ladylike foot.

It might be a reprint of a 1935 article.

Og

I'm inclined to agree with you. In 1955, most women, even those with children, held jobs. They would not have been able to do the things on the list, even if they had been willing. Of course there were people back then who thought the sentiments were absolutely correct, and there still are such people. I have never been one of them, by the way.

 

[Weird Harold]

I think that this is a spoof even if it was actually written in 1955.

Nope, it's a genuine article written in 1955 as far as I know -- written for American Housewives.

In 1955, most women, even those with children, held jobs.

You must have grown up in a different 1955 than I did. Even as late as the mid-60's, my mother scandalized her friends and aquaintances when she took a part-time job outside the home that wasn't secretarial, cleaning, cooking or babysitting.

On the surface, the tips are sexist, submissive and antiquated, but if you look deeper than the 1950's context, the core concepts are good advice for any house-spouse of any gender in any time period in a single income home. They can almost be summarized as variations on "don't throw grease on the stove until you know how hot it is."

 

[Aurora Black]

That article screams for Mr. Yuk.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Nope, it's a genuine article written in 1955 as far as I know -- written for American Housewives.



You must have grown up in a different 1955 than I did. Even as late as the mid-60's, my mother scandalized her friends and aquaintances when she took a part-time job outside the home that wasn't secretarial, cleaning, cooking or babysitting.

On the surface, the tips are sexist, submissive and antiquated, but if you look deeper than the 1950's context, the core concepts are good advice for any house-spouse of any gender in any time period in a single income home. They can almost be summarized as variations on "don't throw grease on the stove until you know how hot it is."

I was raised in a small town in Wisconsin. My mother worked in a local cannery and as a telephone operator. Other women worked at those jobs or as sales clerks, secretaries, waitresses, teachers or nurses. In 1960 I lived in SF and most of my co-workers in offices were women. And there were still waitresses, etc.

Your mother must have either been on a very high level socially or she took a job that was not considered to be respectable.

 

[FallingToFly]

Oh....

well, fuck.

I might as well jus get divorced now, right?

(Because if you think I'm going to pull any of that shite- guess what? The best he can expect is a semi-functioning household and dinner. The rest of it... jesus, have you ever SMELLED a truck deliveryman's socks?"

 

[Aurora Black]

Oh....

well, fuck.

I might as well jus get divorced now, right?

(Because if you think I'm going to pull any of that shite- guess what? The best he can expect is a semi-functioning household and dinner. The rest of it... jesus, have you ever SMELLED a truck deliveryman's socks?"

No, but one time a UPS delivery guy complimented me on my toes.

 

[capecodmercury]

Methinks I see a story here. Now what category to put it in? Erotic Horror? Sci Fi? It has to be somewhere where the blood and gore inflicted by Wifey poo will be expected.

Taking this at face value we have advice to the wife to:

1. Be his maid, whore and cook. (Just remember, you are happy )
2. Don't let him see the kids unless absolutely necessary (He might figure out that they are not his )
3. Forget any idea that you have a life of your own (So this is where the Stepford Wives came from)
4. Submission is good (Extra points for every third "Yes Master" in a two minute span)
5. Pay no attention to the fact that he is out auditioning for your replacement with his mistress. (Remember, he is the master of the house and you have no right to question him. Whoever wrote this has never seen an Italian or Irish household.)

I read this and don't know whether to laugh or cry.

CCM

 

[LadyJeanne]

Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.

Unless he's landed in the hospital, if he stays out all night, he won't hear any complaints. He'll just find all his stuff out on the lawn and the locks changed the next morning.

 

[3113]

if you look deeper than the 1950's context, the core concepts are good advice for any house-spouse of any gender in any time period in a single income home. They can almost be summarized as variations on "don't throw grease on the stove until you know how hot it is."

Soooo....it's good advice to:

1) Make sure your "little treasures" are playing the part...and not let the other spouse see kids as kids? I dunno. That sounds like a rather artifical relationship to create between child and parent.

2) Don't complain (throw grease on the fire) even if the spouse is late or stays out all night long. Hmmmm. I dunno. This kinda sounds like advice offered to wives as a way of letting them know that they should just accept that their husbands are fooling around. Don't ask, don't tell kinda shit.

Somehow, it doesn't sound like good advice to me, however. I mean, if they stay out all night often enough...might they not be doing something else. Especially if there is blood on their clothes?

3) Never question a spouse about their actions or judgement.

Okay, Harold. You've offically earned the weird part of your name. Because I gotta tell you, as much as I don't want to throw grease on the fire, if my husband says we're joining a cult or he's taking a second wife or he thinks the kids should be kept in cages and fed dog food...I think I'm gonna question his judgement.