April 10, 2008

  • When women were slaves

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     If your not on my E mail list you missed this.  You probably can't read it unless you click on it.  It's a real Good HouseKeeping article from 1955.  I won't comment on all the points in the article, but would like to discuss some of them.

     But first, let me say, I flunked housewivery 1980's until present.  I would have certainly flunked in 1955.

    Lets take this point for example.  Prepare yourself, take 15 minutes of rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives ( he meaning hubby.)   Okay, I'll do that, after I'm done changing poopey diapers and cleaning up puke.  15 minutes of rest, ha ha ha ha.  Even if I wanted to be  "refreshed"  15 minutes, if I had it, wouldn't cut it. 

    Touch up your makeup.  Yeah, not wearing any, sorry.

    Put a ribbon in your hair.  What? Are we seven?  I was lucky to get a brush through my hair.  Still am.

    Be fresh looking.  Yeah right. Again, hard to be " fresh" when you smell like shit.

    He has been with a lot of work weary people.  Okay?  I have been with a lot of crying, whining, people, as in HIS children.  So cry me a river Mr.

    Be a little gay.  Now back in the day, gay meant happy.  At least I think that's what it meant, although, I know guys like a little lesbian action.  I'll tell you what, after a few years with expunge I'm surprised I am not gay.  As in lesbain, not the happy kind.

    His boring day may need a lift and it's your DUTY to provide it.  Lets talk boring shall we?  Anyone with more than a brain stem, who is over 8 years old, is not stimulated by the gazillionth same episode of Sesame Street.   I love the letter "A" as much as the next guy, but come on!!!!!

    My DUTY!!!!!  No comment.

    Catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.  Ha HA HA HA!!!!  ROFLMAO.  Are you kidding me?

    Remember his topics of conversation are more important than yours.  Ummm, WOW.

    Don't complain if he's late home for dinner, or stays out all night.  Count this as minor compared to what he has gone through all day.  That's fine and HE can count on the fact that I poisoned his favorite dish with  rat poison, as minor compared to what I really want to do to him

    You have no right to question him.  Yeah, wouldn't dream of it. 

    I guess it's a good thing I was born in 1960.  I would have been a spinster, destined to spend my life alone. 

    Oh wait, I would love that!  ( See previous post.)

    Feel free to click on the article and see if you would be a good 1955 homemaker.  Guys, feel free to comment too.



Comments (35)

  • A grown woman in a hair ribbon?  I think I'd have failed as a 1950's housewife.  What I'd love to hear is the reaction from housewives who actually read that when it was first published.  I bet they thought it was BS too.

  • Would you believe I'm old enough and ALREADY READ THAT ARTICLE IN THE MAGAZINE WHEN THEY PRINTED IT!!!!  

    Sounded dumb then........still sounds dumb NOW!!!  

    In our case, being worktogetherfarmers, we probably both smelled like hog or cow _ _ _ _!!!!!!     OR baby _ _ _ _ .    We had one of those, at that time too.   (o;

  • I too think that the women that was for probably thought it was stupid. But I will send it to my mom, who eloped in1951, and ask.

  • Some women's magazines still print stuff that is the 'cater to your guy'  sort of thing....like 'learn to play poker so you can have together time with him' or 'learn to tie his tie for him...it's a sexy, retro thing to do, he'll love it.' Yeah right. Do the men's mags tell them to do the dishes or laundry without being asked, or change a poopy diaper? To actually put their clothes in the hamper, instead of on the floor next to the bed, or pee in the toilet, instead of on the seat? I don't think so.

  • I've read this before, and was humored and angry then too.
    It's amazing women have come as far as we have given the drivel that was fed to us/our Mothers.
    I makes me wonder how stupid some of these women must have been, and then I remember my Mom, how she was married before 1950, how my father passed away when I was 7 and she was left alone at age 42 and had never worked or balanced a check book before. But we survived, Mom got a job, sold our house and my Dad's sports car, bought a condo and a 4 door car...all on her own.
    My Mom is a STRONG SMART woman, she would never have put up with that ... poop!

  • My name is Transvestite Rabbit and I am a failed wife.

    The first step is admitting you have a problem.

    The second step is pouring a jumbo glass of wine and turning the tv on.

  • ha-ha-ha! love your comments ... you have no right to question him ... don't complain if he's late or is out all night... cater to his comfort ... wow! ... & there are quite a few men out there who think women should still be doing this ... but what's scarier is the women who think women should be doing this ...

  • @Daylily02 - 

    Me too, my mom wasn't like that!

    @GrannyHummingbird - Glad you realized what a crock that was.

    @sfamylou - 

    okay, let us know what she says.  I know my mom , who had me in 1960 NEVER followed that ( except the dinner thing maybe)

    @WakeUpLaughing - 

    ha ha good point!

    @flaminredhead - 

    yeah, I'm sure even if your dad hadn't died, she wasn't going to put up with that crap.  Who would?

    @transvestite_rabbit - 

    cheers!

  • @lalunebleue - 

    yeah, woman into SM.

  • Wow how degrading would that have been for women. I'd go mental if I was expected to do that.

  • My wife has me enslaved.  Do we have an underground railroad for men?

  • @twistedoff - 

    no kidding.

    @ronlawhouston - 

    hummm, I don't think so.

  • Yeah, that truly is every man's fantasy, but this chick isn't falling for any of that crap.  I wouldn't have made a very good little homemaker or housewife in 1955 .. hell, I'm not a very good one now!

  • @DaBombMom2 - 

    me neither and proud of it!!!!

  • Nope no way would I make that kind of wife, at least not any more.  I'd be sitting in jail once they realized that the poison had just done in the biggest rat of all.

  • @tvtfln - 

    ha ha.  I think were on the same page

  • I think my ex wife fell for those lines and quickly divorced my ass after having two daughters to take over the chores. Not that I am too sad or miss it too much....

    Having sampled the above Good wife recipe, I would modify it to be less giddy....less onerous and less exploiting. I have to remind myself give as much in the relationship as she does...

    However I would not trust any woman that watches soap operas. They get too many bad ideas there....

  • Who cares about clutter?  Where's the rule about sex every night no matter what?

  • i've seen this......what baloney!

    have a great day hon!!!

  • @PPhilip - 

    guess I'm out.  The soaps are great

    @Bad_Dogma - 

    I was wondering when a guy would come by and say that.  1955, they weren't allowed to mention s-e-x

  • Haha... They had me on the first one...about having dinner ready... Well, all they said was ready and waiting...nothing about it being hot or fresh because he was scheduled off at 9pm, but was stuck with some pink haired grandma that finally decides around 10:30pm that she doesn't really want a car payment, but thank you anyway.

    I'm surprised that the women folk back in the day were smart enough to read this carp if they actually did this...

  • That was obviously written by a man, a long time ago.  I know you're about to come up with the modern day version written by a woman....right???

  • Thats funny, just yesterday I was listening to the radio and they pulled up an article from the 50's that told women how to behave in the workplace.

    Its crazy how society evolves so quickly, even if women did think that was bull shit back then, it was still kind of 'what was expected', you know? I think i would have failed regardless.

  • It's a sign of the times--I defintely remember back when my mother just many of those very things stated in the rules.  I also remember how as the years past, she also changed with them.  In the 70's she came into her  own and began changing, slowly but surely she evolved into the modern woman as we know her to today.  Little things as simple as pantyhose instead of hoisery with a girdle.  LOL...it's a funny thing how things change, who knows, maybe one day it will swing back to the times of the 50's??  BITE your tongue!

  • @filtered_sunlight - 

    I had to read your comment twice.  I must be tired.  Anyway, I get it now and ha ha

    @Low_Mom - 

    good idea

    @thislittlegirl18 - 

    no kidding, can you imagine an article like that today?

    @Dreamere124 - 

    BITE YOUR TONGUE IS RIGHT!!!!!

  • y'know what's really sad...I know some guys who still expect this kinda shit....damn good housekeeping devils~

  • I had to read my own comment twice as well!  i must have been tired when I typed this comment--it was so full of typos and bad sentences!  Sorry all--forgot to proof read it before hitting 'send'...

  • @Mishlei - 

    I guess that's why I'm single

    @Dreamere124 - 

    Oh please,  I'm the typo QUEEN

  • ...warm welcome -turn the heat up to 90 so he's just as uncomfortable as you.

    ...prepare yourself - take 15 minutes IN ADDITION to the 4 hours you spent at the spa

    ...be a little gay - OK

    ...clear away the clutter - his clothes, his power tools, his golf clubs...

    ...run a dustcloth on the tables and the floors - perfect booby trap for incoming husbands with slick shoes.

    ...light a fire.  You'll need it later.  Catering to him will give you immense personal satisfaction when you shove him in the fireplace and stick the poker up his...

    ...try to encourage the children to be quiet- which we all know revs them up even higher.  Their frenzy will create a diversion while you prepare his untimely end.

    ...be happy to see him because he will soon be gone...

    ...show sincerity in your desire to please him - This will require acting effort, but the payoff will be his complete shock later right before you finish him off

    ...his very real need to be at home and relax where you can catch him off guard

    ...where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit before he meets his maker

    ...don't greet him with ...problems. he won't listen,and besides, he's toast anyway.

    ...don't complain even if he stays out all night.  That ho he was with last night doesn't know you are HIV positive and all three of you have maybe six months, tops.

    ...Have a cool or warm drink ready for him, but no poison. Too quick and painless.

    ...speak in...a pleasant voice.  It's so much creepier that way.

    you have no right to question him about string theory.  He's a putz. He can't even hit the john with his pee stream.

    ...A good wife always knows her place.  But you are not a good wife.  You are Carnivoress the Avenger and your so-called husband is goin' DOWN.

    ********************

    OK, I feel better now.That article pushed a button in me.Whew.

    OMG Hubs is SO not like this, but i have his mom to thank. She was liberated before it was fashionable.

  • Did a man right that or what???? They sound like they're describing a good ol' faithful dog. "Lay at your master's feet and remember to look up adoringly at him.....oh....and wag your tail in a friendly manner if he even coughs in your direction."

  • Truly I am one born out of time!

  • I'd have failed MISERABLY! Your comments after each 'tip' were hysterical. Loved reading this entry...go you! You're fab.

  • @coffeeiv - 

    hysterical!   ha ha ha ha ha

    @Berlyblake67 - 

    It would be scary if a woman wrote it.  

    @kulamulla - 

    does that mean you are like that?

    @Carpus06 - 

    Thank you, what a nice thing to say

  • Am I like that?  Not since I've been enlightened.

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