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How to Be a Good Wife
How to Be a Good Wife | Bodleian Library
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The art of being a good wife is not an easy one. This little guide was written for the middle classes of the 1930s who were reading one of the first modern self-help books. Illustrated with contemporary line-drawings, it contains advice by turns delightfully arcane and timelessly true, for example:It is a wifes duty to look her best. If you dont tidy yourself up, when you have done the bulk of the days work, dont be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavourably with the typist at the office.Dont forget that a wife can always set the standard of behaviour for the home. If she allows laxities of dress or conversation at the table she will soon find that they become a fixed procedure.Dont forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the stuff to hold him.Dont criticise the food at your own table when you are entertaining and especially refrain from doing so before the servants.After all is said and done, husbands are not terribly difficult to manage.
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arlenefinnigan
How to Be a Good Wife | Bodleian Library
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We weren't even living together when he gave me this. #GroundsForDivorce #RedRoseSeptember @Cinfhen

BarbaraBB 😂😂 5y
Cinfhen Uh oh!!! What was Andy thinking???? 5y
arlenefinnigan @Cinfhen he likes to wind me up. He likes to be an arsehole. 5y
marleed Haha. I first saw your post and thought it was for CoverCrush! (edited) 5y
LeahBergen 😆😆😆 5y
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MrsSpencer
How to Be a Good Wife | Bodleian Library
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What‘s your favorite love story? Is it your own? Have you read this book?!

Alfoster Love that tattoo!😍😍😍 6y
MrsSpencer Thank you! 6y
epsitawithane It's beautiful 6y
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BethM Beautiful! 6y
MrsSpencer @BethM thank you!! 6y
ladym30 Stunning! 6y
MrsSpencer @ladym30 thank you so much! I love it! 6y
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Magpiegem
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One book I won‘t be reading this year! All The books in the world that I want AND THIS IS WHAT MY HUSBAND GOT ME FOR CHRISTMAS!!! 😩

Alfoster 😂😂😂😂 6y
Wife I would‘ve been so irritated!😠 6y
Magpiegem Oh I was @Wife I was! He is lucky it was Christmas Day and it‘s not in the festive spirit to murder your husband! 6y
Wife 🤣🤣🤣Yes. So lucky 🍀! 6y
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arlenefinnigan
How to Be a Good Wife | Bodleian Library
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#TinyBooks #riotgrams
My husband is a dick.
@bookriot

aloslibrary lol 😂 7y
Mdargusch 😂😂😂 7y
Nebklvr 😳 7y
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Nebklvr Paybacks.... 7y
arlenefinnigan I was up at 9.30am this morning and had an infuriating trip to the bank to attempt to sort out an issue with our bank account before going into work. He got out of bed several hours later, watched shit TV before meeting me in the pub, and just retired to bed - leaving me to clear up the kitchen and do the dishes alone - cos he's 'tired'. Dick. But hey! #LitsyPartyOfOne 7y
arlenefinnigan He missed Foo Fighters doing Under Pressure. Hahahahahaha. Dick. 7y
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