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All
he wants is the basic love, companionship, warmth and
fun of a good wife and mother. He wants to be able to
bring his friends home unexpectedly and find the house
in order, a meal miraculously brought out of the hat
without any fuss, and a warm welcome for everyone.
A
man is the envy of his friends if he has a wife who
does not greet him at the door saying, "Why
didn't you ring me and say you were bringing someone
home?" He likes to know she'll say, "What
nice friends you have," instead of "I can't
think why you bother about that awful bore....besides
he doesn't stop drinking. He hasn't left a drop in the
house."
 She
sees that his clothes are always spotless and well
pressed. Looking at him, his friends know that he has
a good wife because he always looks well-groomed and
his expression is contented.
There
are some women who can't wait to tell their husbands
what kind of day they had, what they bought, what
their neighbors had to say. Every woman might as well
accept the fact that to make a marriage work she MUST
put her husband first. Before she tackles her own
affairs she should ask tenderly, gaily, kindly,
brightly, thoughtfully, according to type, what his
day was like. There are plenty of wives who complain
that their husbands never tell them a thing. Are they
sure it isn't their own fault?
A
wise woman plans for her man in an encouraging way.
She won't ever say, "Why can't you earn as much
as Bill Jones? You started at the same time and he
makes twice as much as you do." This is fatal.
She'll say instead, "Fancy that silly old Bill
Jones doing so well. I bet he wouldn't have got there
without YOUR help, darling....I'm really proud of
you."
With
this wonderful spur, she'll gently lead her husband
the way she wants him to go, tactfully, with a word of
praise. She neither pushes nor persuades. She simply
angles whenever she sees the opportunities until, in
the end, he takes the bit between his teeth and bolts
just where he has been led; but he still thinks it was
his idea and she is happy with his male
misapprehension.
 The
sensible wife dodges sarcasm unless she is really
witty. She may be so capable that she would make a
strong man wilt, but she plays up her feminine
weaknesses. While she does most things well - she
never makes it a point to do so - she never neglects
her appearance. She never seems to have moments with
her hair in curlers, her make-up messy, or her face
all greasy. She manages this sort of thing when her
husband is at work.
She
is probably a little extravagant - it's the only way
to be impeccable, whatever anyone may say.
And
tired though she is from bringing up the children and
all the other chores, she somehow or other manages to
appear bright and interested to her husband when he
arrives home. She never puts the children before her
husband but gives them a lot of loving when father's
not about; and she builds up a picture in her
children's mind that their father is a wonderful man.
She
never nags - it's the quickest route to the divorce
courts, and even grounds for divorce in these days.
She often flatters, but never so much that she appears
false, and she never picks on her husband's weaknesses
unless as an indulgent joke.
She
realizes that no one ever really outgrows their
weaknesses but knows that a slight awareness of them
isn't a bad idea. He might overcome them one
day. She didn't marry the man with the idea of
changing him. She just makes the most of the things
she likes about her man.
[Note
from Tack-O-Rama: The views expressed on this
page aren't
necessarily
those of the site owner....in fact, they're the
opposite.]
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