How to Be a Good Husband
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1851243763 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Amusing trifle Carl Skutsch Originally published in 1936, this little handbook is incredibly datedly sexist, and pretty funny because of that. Lots of advice along the lines of "Even though you make all the money, you should still show her respect" and "don't forget that washing and cooking can be difficult too." Shows how times have changed.. Absolutely love these books Terri Absolutely love these books! Read this and learned a lot even though I am the wife!! Happy read and still good solid advice that I can apply myself. It will help me to be a better person and is good to see things from a man's perspective. Easy read and it doesn't take a real long time to complete, or would be good for a short daily read in sections.. Cute book, great for a gift Amazon Customer Definitely some decent advice and some a little more old school. I plan to give this as a wedding present. I also added little notes to some of these to personalize for my man. Quite adorable!
If you don’t tidy yourself up, don’t be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavorably with the typist at the office”—but many other pieces of advice are wholly applicable today. But long before Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, couples turned to self-help booklets such as How to Be a GoodHusband and How to Be a Good Wife, two historic advice books that are now delightfully reproduced by the Bodleian Library. The books, originally published in the 1930s for middle-class British couples, are filled with witty and charming aphorisms on how wives and husbands should treat each other. They include such insightful sayings as: “Don’t tell your wife terminological inexactitudes,
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