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leftyladyfrommo

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35. that was my mother. She bought that hook, line and sinker

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 01:09 PM

Mar 2018

There was a wildly popular book out in the 1970's called The Total Woman by Marabel Morgan. It was just chock full of ideas on how to keep your marriage alive. If you really want a good laugh read this book.

My mother would change clothes every day about a half an hour before my dad got home. She always wore a dress. And put makeup on.

Right up to the time my dad died she would always come home at noon to fix his lunch. He couldn't even fix a sandwich.

And people wonder why I never married.

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Tips to Look After Your Husband (1950s) [View all] kpete Mar 2018 OP

my head just exploded.... samnsara Mar 2018 #1

I store pots and pans in my oven. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #12

Me, too. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #43

I store Tupperware in mine. Hazard warnng: always check before preheating oven! Hekate Mar 2018 #67

I never use the oven, so it's no problem for me. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #68

What the heck do all of you eat? B2G Mar 2018 #71

I love cooking and baking malaise Mar 2018 #85

I don't remember any articles about "How to look after your wife"!!!!! northoftheborder Mar 2018 #2

Oh yes Ohiogal Mar 2018 #6

We men know that instinctively, as long as my little Stepford girl has followed the rules brewens Mar 2018 #34

I can't believe any woman Ohiogal Mar 2018 #3

You must be delightfully young! This was absolutely standard fare during the 50s enough Mar 2018 #13

I'm not THAT young Ohiogal Mar 2018 #16

My mom had to finish my apron for me Madam Mossfern Mar 2018 #64

We also had home ec - in junior high Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #95

We had home ec/shop in 8th grade treestar Mar 2018 #99

That's the one year that we had home ec - 8th grade Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #100

You were born in 1957 -- by the time you were growing up RandomAccess Mar 2018 #105

In home ec we learned how to sew an apron!! samnsara Mar 2018 #38

I made a really pretty apron. It was pink gingham with leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #45

Sadly, lots of articles like that, early '60s as well -- and a hit song with that message: highplainsdem Mar 2018 #14

The one that made me barf Ohiogal Mar 2018 #17

"For Better or For Worse" (first ?) comic sl8 Mar 2018 #25

Sooo good! Lucinda Mar 2018 #70

The Mad Men music was great. My fav song from the show was... samnsara Mar 2018 #39

A man like that would never be faithful. n/t rainin Mar 2018 #101

In the 1970s, one advice columnist recommended the wife wear nothing but Saran wrap Bluepinky Mar 2018 #23

That was Phyllis Schlafly eleny Mar 2018 #41

It was the norm. Think "Leave it to Beaver", "Father Knows Best" Arkansas Granny Mar 2018 #27

Not a lecture, Ark Ohiogal Mar 2018 #30

I graduated high school and college in the 60's. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #37

Same here Madam Mossfern Mar 2018 #65

I had a degree in Anthropology. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #75

The New York Times Ohiogal Mar 2018 #78

Because it's ridiculous and horrible? renate Mar 2018 #94

I completely agree with this statement: Ilsa Mar 2018 #102

That was the '50s. That was how a lot of us were brought up. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #52

My mother made sure dinner was on the table when my dad got home, too Ohiogal Mar 2018 #79

They missed the most important one Yupster Mar 2018 #4

And it better be cold! subterranean Mar 2018 #54

republicans want to bring back "the good old days." pangaia Mar 2018 #5

they really do. barbtries Mar 2018 #33

You know what? Glamrock Mar 2018 #7

My father did all of the cooking/cleaning/etc. CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #10

Hilarious about the Avon Lady spreading gossip! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #18

This one was bald CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #32

Love your post, Glamrock! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #20

Grassy ass! Glamrock Mar 2018 #24

Thank you! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #28

I work in Ohio. Glamrock Mar 2018 #31

This MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #56

LOL! MoonRiver Mar 2018 #8

How quaint! smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #9

aaaand now you know what 'Valley of the Dolls" was about back then. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #19

I completely understand why. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #42

"Be a little gay ..." sl8 Mar 2018 #11

The best advice in the entire article. Crunchy Frog Mar 2018 #26

Great catch underpants Mar 2018 #36

Only decent advice in the column grantcart Mar 2018 #49

"Be a little gay ..." left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #53

"Gay" did not have the common meaning in the '50s that it does now. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #55

A girl named Gay Cartoonist Mar 2018 #57

Riiight. Next you'll be telling me I've been donning the wrong kind of apparel every Christmas. sl8 Mar 2018 #60

Well you can put yourself in mortal peril crazycatlady Mar 2018 #98

Ha! sl8 Mar 2018 #106

How many of those men are fooling around with/sexually harassing their secretaries while at work? oberliner Mar 2018 #15

My wildly intelligent, highly educated mother, with five children Shanti Mama Mar 2018 #21

How to look after your wife and children, Billy Graham-style: dalton99a Mar 2018 #22

Our neighbor required his wife to be wearing a dress when he got home from work. jalan48 Mar 2018 #29

that was my mother. She bought that hook, line and sinker leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #35

The Total Woman: How to Make Your Marriage Come Alive - Marabel Morgan mia Mar 2018 #44

Yes. Or meet your man at the door wrapped in saran wrap. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #47

I guess she never read ... CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #46

She claimed she had a great sex life. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #48

I never asked either CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #74

I just never married. I was lucky. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #76

..... pamela Mar 2018 #40

+ struggle4progress Mar 2018 #50

. Takket Mar 2018 #51

I failed these rules miserably Lebam in LA Mar 2018 #58

Good grief MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #59

Hence, that primal scream from the kitchen, as women Pathwalker Mar 2018 #61

Wow, that's rediculous. Afromania Mar 2018 #62

You'd be surprised how many ppl STILL believe this today. MariaCSR Mar 2018 #63

Yikes! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #80

This was for those who aspired to the Post WW II bourgeoisie ideal in the cities and suburbs FarCenter Mar 2018 #66

Definitely not for farms also not for city suburb married cleaning ladies , cooks, seamstress etc. lunasun Mar 2018 #92

A half century earlier, a majority lived on farms FarCenter Mar 2018 #93

It works! WE do these things FOR EACH OTHER all the time. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #69

I thought I was going to be the only one who answered this way! Lucinda Mar 2018 #72

Teamwork! Give and take. What goes around comes around. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #89

Absolutely! Lucinda Mar 2018 #90

or as my mother used to say..... sunonmars Mar 2018 #73

My mom, soon to be 96, remembers... 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #77

Probably an unpopular opinion from an old woman Runningdawg Mar 2018 #81

If it works for both of you then it works. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #87

This is the World the Republicans and Trumpers want to Return to dlk Mar 2018 #82

"his world of strain and pressure" Skittles Mar 2018 #83

ROFL malaise Mar 2018 #84

This Feminist just shuddered! williesgirl Mar 2018 #86

That is sickening treestar Mar 2018 #88

Got that, Melania? Blue Owl Mar 2018 #91

I do the cooking, clean the floors, dust the furniture and generally straighten the place up. GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #96

My deal with my husband - I cook, he does the clean up csziggy Mar 2018 #97

This was soooo my mother. Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #103

I think this is a more modern write-up, satirizing the Cleaver era. n/t Beartracks Mar 2018 #104