A fun little blast from the past sent via email to me by my husband this morning (if this is any kind of a hint–which I’m sure it’s NOT–see how quickly my fingers stick in my ears while I close my eyes and sing-song "La la la…I can’t hear you!").
You’ve GOT to embiggen this to fully appreciate it.
"Be a little gay and more interesting to him"???? Ummm, what a difference 50 years makes in interpretation…. For the record, he didn’t make the notes….
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On a different but related note, during morning drive time, I heard about this challenge on the radio. I didn’t believe it was true. After a bit of web-surfing……… it looks like it’s legit.
Anybody signing up?
I tell ya, between that challenge and my WW post, there sure are some whacky Christians out there (then again, I’ve always confessed to being a freak myself 😉 ).
(and if you didn’t click the challenge link (and you’d like some good great stimulating provocative imaginative marriage advice) this is one time you need to go back and do so…you won’t believe it!)
The challenge is hilarious, but has some good points, huh?
The 50’s housewive guide doesn’t have all AWFUL points (like don’t scream at him the second he comes home–my hubs freaks out at that one…give him 5 min. and he can handle anything), but definately taken out of context…every time I have seen that I’ve always wondered “where is the husbands guide?”
What about us? We need some respect too!! LOL! I’m not sure i will put a ribbon in my hair and be happy when he comes home. All I want to do is relax and let him take the kids for a few minutes(hours).
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My husband leave our parish and join that church and become a deacon if he saw the challenge. Dang.
omg, I was so almost posting this today! SO Glad I didn’t or we’d look like we wore the same dress to prom.
Wow.
I mean, wow.
I wonder if there’s a Good husband guide?
15 minutes of rest–um, sure. When?
That’s the only one that sounded good.
As far as the challenge–I think it’s a good thing. Too many marriages forget how fun it is! And too many singles don’t know how much more fun it’ll be if they wait.
That’s really funny. No wonder the magazine’s defunct. Gay became the word we know it as after Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby.
Contest? Is whack. Check this place out tho: http://www.book22.com/merchant2/ (found on another blog)
Well…the ad is a little outdated, but the sentiments are probably pretty good. I think sometimes I get too “forward-thinking” for my own good and it’s only when I treat my husband with respect and give without expecting something in return that I find he really responds in the way I like.
The 30-day thing? That’s a challenge I’m not willing to take up after 7 years of marriage and 3 kids…hello? Don’t let my husband see that…Lord help us.
I had heard about that ‘challenge.’
Sorry, been there, done that.
Give me a REAL challenge!
Alex, I’m wondering why they want us to cut our activity in half! ;).
And, actually, on the other thing, I LOVE the concept of “other-mindedness” expressed here, but some of the rhetoric is disturbing. Ok, a lot of it.
Tiff, sounds fun to me :).
SHB, hmmmm, why not bring it to YOUR parish? That way y’all don’t have to move! 🙂
SisSass, maybe, but our hair and shoes would’ve been different ;).
Heather, again, I think there were some merited points amidst the 1950s INSANITY…the scale tips toward the latter side (imo).
The challenge evokes a wide range of response. It IS a good thing (how could you be that consistent and NOT be getting along?? And drawn into an intimacy beyond the physical…). But…I’m thinking about Karen’s comment below yours…there are seasons in a marriage where that pressure (rules for sex?) does more damage than good. Mates definitely have to be award and on guard about losing that connection…the concept of Oneness, far beyond ONLY the physical, still has a beauty in the physical image.
oOOPS! Headed out…I’ll be back with more response later :).
LOL that was brilliant I couldn’t stop laughing. I am obviously a terrible wife!!! I may take up the idea of removing his shoes though then he wouldn’t tramp dirt through my lovely clean house! Or I may just continue to screan “shoes!” if he forgets – LOL
My fave: Don’t ask him questions, even if he stays out all night. Ha! That’s priceless. If George stays out all night without calling, and then he comes home clearly not dead or unconscious, questions won’t be necessary. I’ll drop kick Mr. Master to the moon before he can get his work-weary self into my clutter-free, recently dusted, quiet house.
I guess I could probably abstain for thirty days…or more.
hmmph.
I’ve seen the good wife guide before and I do remember my gran and mum adhering to some of that back then~ as a rebellious 50’s teenager I always thought it was a load of **** maybe that’s why I am on my second marriage~ I’ve never learned when to keep my mouth shut!!
Okay, that challenge is a little scary. I mean, Hubby and I have a fantastic sex life that I think most people would be thrilled with, and we still don’t do it every day! But I do agree with the point that this could help marriages where that’s an issue. But every day?!?!?
I’ve seen the old ad before, it’s hillarious. Except that it’s real, so it’s a little scary! How the world has changed! 😉
The challenge? I could comment on how as a single person I have no issues with my side of the challenge…but I won’t! 😉
A friend of mine once sent me this list with the contemporary version-I wish i still had it. The juxtaposition was hysterical!!
I like that challenge…I hope you take full advantage of it! 😉
Are you signing up…lol =)????
I just posted the video on my blog and posted what you said about it!!!! HOLY COW…THAT CRACKS ME UP!!!!!
Oh My Word..I opened that at work!
I admit defeat right now. I am NOT up for that challenge
AFF, I’ve seen that site before. It has merit, I suppose, but I’d sure do it differently if it were mine….
Karen, I remember those days (I had 3 kids in less than five years). While we did a decent job of keepin’ things “spicy”, that is a difficult season of life for the daily thing…. I totally agree with what you said, thought, about respect and other mindedness (good thoughts!).
Lisa, two-a-days?? 😉 🙂
Alix, and YOUR comment made ME lol!
Jeanne, yeah…I don’t think either one of those things is happenin’ at your house!!
Min & Pamela (y’all have me snickerin’….)
Chris, I have the feeling you’re a pretty good wife in spite of all that….
Jana, I bet your thoughts mirror what a lot of people are thinkin’….
Karina, hmmmmm………..;)
Claudia, a) wish I could see that, too; b) no comment.
Jeannie, see (b) above.
CPA Mom, you’re not the one who has to be “up” for the challenge (did I just say that???) :).
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Awesome post!
The challenges can be taken but the outcome may not always be positive.
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