This came out of a 1950's textbook and then was later published in Good Housekeeping:
1.Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal on the table-on time. This is a way of letting your husband know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs.
2. Prepare yourself. Take fifteen minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when your husband arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair , and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.
3. Clear away the clutter . Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dustcloth over the tables. Your husband will feel like he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too.
4. Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces. If they are small, comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them play the part.
5. Minimize the noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him.
6. Some don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as Minor compared with what he might have gone through during the day.
7. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing, and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.
8. Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.
9. Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment; instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his need to be home and relax.
10. The goal: try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can feel refreshed.
Wow, have things ever changed!
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6 comments:
My Grandmother Whitver always said, "be sure and have the table set even if supper wasn't ready because if the table was set that meant supper wasn't far behind." Too bad we can't go back to those times!!
hmmmm.... I think in these days the husband opened the door, mowed the lawn in kahkis and polos and read the daily news while sipping coffee....
Times have changed all around!!
(Sorry about the deleted one... had to add)
That is exactly what goes on in my house daily.....with a little twist....no ribbon in the hair, but I do try to at least shower before he walks in the door...and declutter is more like picking up the house and all the toys before he gets here!
If things were just that simple these days?!?!?!?
Thank goodness times have changed!
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