Wedding Night Advice from 1894 (pay attention Myst)

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By Ruth Smythers, wife of the Reverened L.D. Smythers, Pastor of the Methodist Church in the year 1894.


"To the sensitive young woman who has had the benefits of a proper upbringing, the wedding day is, ironically, both the happiest and the most terrifying day of her life. On the positive side, there is the wedding itself, in which the bride is the central attraction in a beautiful and inspiring ceremony, symbolizing her triumph in securing a male to provide for all her needs for the rest of her natural life. On the negative side there is the wedding night, during which the bride must pay the piper, so to speak, by facing for the first time, the terrible experience of sex.

At this point, Dear Reader, let me concede one shocking truth. Some young women actually anticipate the wedding night ordeal with curiosity and pleasure! Beware such an attitude. A selfish and sensual husband can easily take advantage of such a bride. One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: Give little, give seldom. And above all, give grudgingly. Otherwise, what could have been a proper marriage could become an orgy of sensual lust.

While sex is at best revolting and at worse rather painful, it has to be endured, and has been by women since the beginning of time and is compensated for by the monogamous home and by the children produced through it.

While the ideal husband would be one who would approach his bride only at her request and only for the purpose of begetting offspring, such nobility and unselfishness cannot be expected from the average man.

The wise bride will permit a maximum of two brief sexual experiences weekly during the first months of marriage. As time goes by she should make every effort to reduce this frequency.

Feigned illness, sleepiness and headaches are among the wife's best friends in this matter. Arguments, nagging, scolding and bickering also prove very effective is used in the late evening, about an hour before the husband would normally commence his seduction.

Clever wives are ever on the alert for new and better methods of denying and discouraging the amorous overtures of the husband. A good wife should expect to have reduced sexual contacts to once a week by the end of the first year of marriage and to once a month by the end of the fifth year. By their tenth anniversary, many wives have managed to complete their child bearing and have achieved the ultimate goal of terminating all sexual contacts with the husband.

Just as she should be ever alert to keep the quantity of sex as low as possible, the wise bride will pay equal attention to limiting the kind and degree of sexual contacts. Most men are by nature rather perverted, and if given half a chance, would engage in quite the variety of the most revolting practices. These practices include, among others, performing the normal sex act in abnormal positions, mouthing the female body, and offering their own vile bodies to be mouthed in turn.

Sex, when it cannot be prevented, should be practiced only in total darkness. "

Pretty funny. Thank god we live in different times now. There was more to the article but I got tired of typing it out.
 
I think my grandmother had this (or something *very* similar) in her home a while back! (Not that she's that old! lol)

You're right. Thank GOD the times are a-changin'. ;)
 
LOL. This is rad.


I must be shamful and revolting, because three times a day is too little. :)
 
Actually, her beliefs are unbiblical, ironically enough.

But I'm guessing that this is an Urban Legend.
 
More. It's just too fucking funny not to share.

"Once the bride has donned her gown and turned off all the lights, she should lie quietly across the bed and await her groom. When he comes groping into the room, she should make no sound to guide him in her direction, lest he take this as a sign of encouragement. She should let him grope in the dark. There is always the hope that he will stumble and incur some slight injury which she can use as an excuse to deny him sexual access."
 
Great post, I remember my mother saying that my grandmother tried to teach that philosophy and she was very thankful she didn't listen. (I think dad was relieved also):D
 
RawHumor said:
But I'm guessing that this is an Urban Legend.

I read it in the May-June, 2002 issue of Nevada Woman today at the doctor's office.

The article is by a Dr. Adele Zorn, Diplomat American Board of Sexology.

"I found these 'instructions and advice for the young bride on the conduct and procedures of the intimate and personal relationships of the marriage state' while I was researching the literature about sexuality."
 
Rubyfruit said:


I read it in the May-June, 2002 issue of Nevada Woman today at the doctor's office.

The article is by a Dr. Adele Zorn, Diplomat American Board of Sexology.

"I found these 'instructions and advice for the young bride on the conduct and procedures of the intimate and personal relationships of the marriage state' while I was researching the literature about sexuality."
It could still very easily be an urban legend - before the internet such legends would get repeated just about anywhere, including peer review journals. I have seen doctors quote doctors who had quoted a doctor, ad infinitum, without ever going back to the source.

Whether a legend or not, I would say it accurately reflects the Puritan and prudish attitude the Christian church has had since the middle ages. Indeed, it was little better here in the US up until the 50s, and the US still lags far behind much of the rest of the world in our prudish attitudes towards sex - the most natural function we perform.

I am always a little amazed at the difference in attitude between my generation (Baby Boomer) and that of newer generations. Even today, a lot of young women think visiting porn/erotica sites is at least deviant or even perverted, not to mention all the other kinks people practice such as bondage, etc.

Yet, you know you have really been accepted on Lit. when someone first calls you a "perv". :D
 
STG, I agree. I believe things were that bad back then. Humans have come very far in sexual evolution. It's amazing really.
 
My dearly departed Granny was born in 1895, and she said if she'd known what was going to happen in her wedding night, she never would have gotten married.

Here's to sex education, making sex fun for future generations!
 
Rubyfruit said:

On the negative side there is the wedding night, during which the bride must pay the piper, so to speak, by facing for the first time, the terrible experience of sex.

Jeezus! You mean I could have been wracking up money for all those virginal brides all these years? Now you tell me...

I want retroactive pay.
 
GodDamn It!

My wife has read this for sure!

Don't think i'm not going to E-mail this thread to her!

I think she used it for a fucking guide book!
 
fgarvb1, what was she like before you got married?

You know how to cure a nymphomaniac, don't you?

Marry her.

*badumpbump*
 
Rubyfruit

As i have already e-mailed this thread you will understand why i'm not going into this here and now!:eek:

how about a pm?
 
My greatgrandmother must have read that. I'll never forget one time when I was little she told me that a boys thing down there was good for nothing and it was ugly. I'm still laughing!
 
My grandmother once walked into my grandfather's room looking for him and he was getting dressed. When she came back out she told me "You know, a naked man is an ugly thing." I just about fell out of my chair laughing.
 
My grandma, born in 1909, obviously didn't read this article :D She says she had a great sex life with my grandfather and even alluded to oral sex, at which point I changed the conversation. It wasn't that she was forward or lewd or "not proper". She's just very down to earth and practical, and still a lady.
 
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