Translation from 1950s Norwegian Home Economics teaching book

Preach

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#1
this portion of the book was directed towards women. it was so good i decided to translate it and share it. people were a lot smarter back in the days.


The way to a happy love life

Get your work out of the way
Plan and schedule your tasks with accuracy, and always keep track of time. Complete all your tasks at least one hour before your husband comes home. A man doesn't exactly feel wanted when he surprises you by being home earlier than you had thought.

Have dinner ready
Plan a tasty and delicious meal the night in advance. This is a way of showing him you care for him and his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home from work, and a good dinner is necessary.

Prepare yourself
Spend some time resting so you are in shape for when he comes home. You will then be happy to see him as well, instead of being too tired to care. Forget all your worries, and be happy that the man who will be walking through the door shortly is yours to care for. While resting, you can plan appointsments to get out of his way, and uplift his spirit. When you get up, care for your appearance. Fix your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair, and try to look healthy and sharp. Try to be more cheerful and interesting than usual. He needs something to keep up his spirit after the long day at work.

Clean away the mess
Take a last stroll around the house before he comes home after work, gather books, toys, and other things, and put them in a box. Sort them later. Then, clean the dust from tables around the house. The man in your life needs to know he has a home that is a place of peace. Through keeping your home tidy, you also show your man how much you truly care about him.

Prepare the children
Spend a few minutes washing your childrens' hands and face (if they are little), cob their hair and change their clothes if they are dirty. The children are his treasures, and their appearance should reflect this.

Reduce all sound
Pay attention to whether your man has to struggle with the rush-hour traffic when he drives to and from work. When he comes home, eliminate all sounds from applications like the dish washer (this goes without saying if it is turned on). Encourage the chilrend to remain calm and quiet when he is home. If necessary, let them run free before he comes home, allowing them to get it out of their system.

Act happy to see him
Greet him with a warm smile, and act happy. Tell him it's nice to have him back home. This can give his day further value. He needs all the romance you can give him.

Don't!!!!!
Don't greet him with your own problems. Sovle them before he comes home. If you can't, save them for the evening. Also, don't complain if he comes home late from work. Think of this as a trivial problem compared to what he may have endured at work that day. Don't let the chilren flood him with their problems either. Only let them briefly greet their father.

Be nice to him
Give him the place on the couch, or suggest that maybe he rests his eyes in the bedroom for a little while. Have a hot or cold drink ready for him. Offer to massage his feet, but do not insist on this. Talk to him in a calm and soothing voice. Allow him to always be relaxed.
 

Flipmo

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I don't ... I hate women that I can walk all over. I get bored and toss them aside like a gypsy's corpse.
 

_carmi

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#7
Oh wow.. lol

Key word here:
Act happy to see him
Do not be happy to see him, only act like it. Because deep down you know you're stuck with an unworthy asshole.
 

S. Fourteen

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#8
Forget the images of being strapped down into a uncomfy torpedo bras and chained down to the cooking stove. This is about having a strong foundation and a strong supporting beam for your household.

I think there are good things written in there - especially in this day and age of both parents working so they can live in a house they can't afford and driving a car that they can barely make a payment on and families eating separate meals and parents not having enough time for their kids.

It's about taking on different roles in the household. Of course I'm being unrealistic here with single parent homes and all but what's being said makes sense to me.

June Clever > Peggy Bundy
 

Shadows

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#12
Oh wow.. lol Key word here:
Act happy to see him
Do not be happy to see him, only act like it. Because deep down you know you're stuck with an unworthy asshole.
No offense Carmi,...but no one is stuck with no one. But acting happy shows gratitude and that 'unworthy asshole' will show it back and actually mean it...Also, 'being stuck with an unworthy asshole' is like saying you are not equal to a man b/c he is in control since YOU are stuck...In a sense, women bring themselves down if that is the case.

Anyway,
I see it more and more, girls think they deserve everything. - I was just watching this show about weddings and the girl said to her fiance, 'no one can wear white but me, not even you.' WTF? Weddings are about 2 people. NOT one. (though I agree with the Bride to be, why the fuck would the Groom want to wear white?)

This friend of mine once said, 'why are you complaining? When Men had power they were the same.'

I can understand that SOME, maybe even most men where like that, but...now that women got power to be equal the general population of women say, "Now that we got power we should...blah blah blah." If women wanted to be respected more, they shouldn't call their own women bitches, just like black people shouldn't call themselves nigga's. - You don't see guys call themselves assholes.

They should also learn that they faught to be equal and I commend them for doing so, but remember, EQUAL is the key word, not more powerful.

Imagine if women actually had more power then men?...They are already doing things we did when we had more power, yet we are currently 'equal.'

So when I see things like 'unworthy asshole,' it kind of frustrates me that a lot of women are falling into society's idea of 'women need this or that, or that women give too much.'

*Though, Society is not all women, it is men too, so I don't know what those particular men are thinking by saying shit like that.

Anyway,
We give a lot too, we are not 'unworthy.'We tend to your everyday needs (just like you do for us) and bring flowers on occasional...

Why don't more women give blow jobs on occasion? It don't cost you. (okay, i just had to throw that in there. :p)

Anyway, we have to worry about V-Day too.

*When are women running around trying to get guy shit?

Most women rather get us what we want by asking us what we want rather then running around like us for a while and grab something we might think as thoughtful....

I was raised by 11 women and 1 man, so I understand where women are coming from, b/c you want to give your man the 'correct thing,' but then you are subtly saying that you don't want emotional and well thought out gifts in the relationship...which leads to well thought out acts in the relationship. (...but...we are unworthy).

If that is the case, then I guess, you don't want us to show your worthiness b/c you won't give us the same effort?

*You know, act like you are happy or that you tried, if you can't, b/c that is what we do.

Also, before a woman (or man) brings this up
I don't like to hear the argument 'but women cook,' ..pffft....guys cook too. Look @ Yeshua...not only that but have you guys noticed that fast food places are actually making MORE $ during this '$ crisis'? McDonalds is planning on opening 1000 more stores...and it is b/c women are cooking less now that they have to work....it's too hard or annoying isn't it?

So when men say, "that's how it should be, the good old days," it's because that is when people as a couple compensated more. So please, don't make it seem like we are asking for much and that we are unworthy assholes when you guys struggle to not only work and take care of things around the house too.

Now read the next post, more specificially in bold and thank the man b/c no one did.

Forget the images of being strapped down into a uncomfy torpedo bras and chained down to the cooking stove. This is about having a strong foundation and a strong supporting beam for your household.

I think there are good things written in there - especially in this day and age of both parents working so they can live in a house they can't afford and driving a car that they can barely make a payment on and families eating separate meals and parents not having enough time for their kids.

It's about taking on different roles in the household.
Of course I'm being unrealistic here with single parent homes and all but what's being said makes sense to me.

June Clever > Peggy Bundy
Nicely written.

Compensation.

Yet, women make it seem like it is about us being assholes.

This is all about compensation, since there is no mention of the woman having a job. ;)

Or June Cleaver getting what she deserves when the male can bring it, not Peggy Bundy bringing chaos to the house by wasting his $ and not cooking and shit. That is the exact reason why Al Bundy is sitting there with an attitude watching sports looking like an asshole.

okay, sorry. /Rant
 

keco52

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#13
It wasn't the "good old days" the divorce rates were lower because the wives were dependent on their husbands. They didn't have an education or work experience to leave even if they wanted to.

If you want to force us into the role as the housewife/maid then you better go be the breadwinner. Otherwise it should be equal...if you're both bringing in income then you both take care of the home.
 

Shadows

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#16
It wasn't the "good old days" the divorce rates were lower because the wives were dependent on their husbands. They didn't have an education or work experience to leave even if they wanted to.

If you want to force us into the role as the housewife/maid then you better go be the breadwinner. Otherwise it should be equal...if you're both bringing in income then you both take care of the home.
that is what i am saying, but a lot of women make it seem like they do more than the man and that it is not equal
 

keco52

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#18
and if you want someone to wipe your a.ss then stay at home with your mom.

I agree to a point about assuming your role in the household/family...some of that was common sense but some of that is WAY over the top. Put a ribbon in your hair?! Fu.ck off.
 

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