DDecker Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 This was sent to me recently and all I can say is yeah right! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeeZee Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 *snort* yeahhhhhh ..... ummm..... master of the house??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeeZee Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 *snort* yeahhhhhh ..... ummm..... master of the house??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralscrapper Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Oh Yeah Right! I have seen this before.... actually I think DH sent it to me via email.... some nerve eh? He's actually lucky he's still alive LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durin Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I printed it out so I can study, LOL! Here's a movie on archive.org you might enjoy: http://www.archive.org/details/DateWith1950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crush4dolphins Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 LOL Hmm 1955? I always said it would be cool to have grown up in the 50's but no I don't think so if that was the mentality! And the one about if he stayed out all night, well, the locks would be changed before he got home! LOL Maybe I should wend this to DH for the nights I come home from work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginaMO Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 DH came over to have a peek at what I was laughing at. His comment: "Yeah Buddy, they sure never met you." We both think this is pretty hilarious. Seriously tho, my mom really lived like this. Scary huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Ha! Not gonna happen at this house! I wonder if the husbands in that era could handle being at home with small children all day long, and still think their jobs were more stressful...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OrianaVianey Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Not funny at all I couldn't finish it because I was developing an ulcera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mandiannie Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 That sound too much like a martha stuart Catalog to me! I can't do that! Good thing it's from 1955 otherwise I'd feel a little guilty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Ann Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I guess I am out of the running for wife of the year. I only have one out of the eighteen. I am happy to see him come home every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaScrapper Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I'd like to see the one called "The Good Husband's Guide". Think they ever had one for that? Highly unlikely. And getting the "little treasures" to play the part? Ha ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiD Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 That must have been written by a man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Ann Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I printed it out so I can study, LOL! Here's a movie on archive.org you might enjoy: http://www.archive.org/details/DateWith1950 I just finished watching this video, and while I don't necessarily agree with all of it, I often comment on the fact that people generally had better manners in the "olden days" than they do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kshabowski Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Oh, man! Not in our house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monika Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 haha yes my mom sent this to my right after I got engaged. we had a good laugh about it! gotta love the 1950s...or rather, be glad it's 2007! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickelle Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I 'specially love the bit about it being okay if he stays out all night. There is no way a woman wrote this article --- RIGHT???? Please say I'm right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappylibrarian Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I just don't even know what to say!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Now girls, don't you all do those things? No wonder the divorce rate is so high these days... Oh yes, it was OBVIOUSLY written by a man- this is his DREAM world, even in the 50's. There are a few valid points in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I printed it out so I can study, LOL! Here's a movie on archive.org you might enjoy: http://www.archive.org/details/DateWith1950 Heehee. I saw that video once on Mystery Science Theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ningwulan Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 OMG! this must be the inspiration of 'the stepford wives'! makes me look real bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sfcgijill Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Snarf! that was me, blowing my Pepsi out my nose.... and here's to that author blowing it out their butt!!!!! Snarf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kettkel Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 ROFL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siraacsa Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 The divorce rate was lower because women did not value themselves enough to get out of a bad relationship if they were in one. Being subserviant to your husband does not guarantee his devotion. A marriage is a partnership in which both members contribute, not an opportunity for a man to be waited on hand and foot. There, I feel better now. I was too outraged to laugh before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellbw Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 That is a guy's dream world. Not going to happen here. Taking care of the house and kids, yeah. But waiting on him hand and foot and not questioning him? I don't think so. Staying out all night or going to "other places of entertainment", spells trouble in my book. I'll agree that marriage is a partnership, and both are equal in it. Being submissive doesn't mean being a slave or less valued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Debbyo Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 If it wasn't how women were expected to be in those days it would be funnier. I had a very progressive Mother and she still did a lot of those things in the 50's -but then she divorced him in the 60's -with my blessing. I don't think men have ever gotten over us burning our bras in the 60's -anyone else here old enuff to remember? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wxchic Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I printed it out so I can study, LOL! Here's a movie on archive.org you might enjoy: http://www.archive.org/details/DateWith1950 Heehee. I saw that video once on Mystery Science Theater. Oh my gosh!! MST! I MISS that show so much. I still have them all on tape. I must pull out my collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kle-Karen Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 okay, the last point was clearly over the edge. But -- and don't get me wrong here. I certainly don't live like that list and don't know anyone that does. But the underlying tone I heard is really of respect. Just respect your husband. Now, he should be respectful back, which I didn't necessarily hear from the article. In fact I heard "he can be as crappy as he wants toward you, and you should still smile and kiss him". But I do respect my husband.. and if there are things I can do to make his life happier/easier, I usually want to do them because I WANT to and LOVE him. not out of duty. and he does the same in return. but it's funny to see what was "expected" from women 50 years ago, eh? yeesh! I don't know what I would have done having those expectations of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneymom Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Can we add this to the "My DH is driving me crazy" thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momentousangel Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 ROFL! As If! ROFL! I just can't stop laughing sorry, ROFL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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