# "How To Be A Good Wife" - Snopes says "undetermined" but isn't it just over the top?

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**Created:** [February 10, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-a-good-wife-snopes-says-undetermined-but-isnt-it-just-over-the-top/343935 "2006-02-10T23:26:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-a-good-wife-snopes-says-undetermined-but-isnt-it-just-over-the-top/343935/61 "2006-02-23T19:50:11Z")

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> [@eleanorigby](#):
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> Huh. I’ve got no problem with the “be considerate” portion of this message, but the whole “the person who stays at home doesn’t work” mentality is BS. Major BS-no matter who is doing the staying at home.

I have to disagree with you on this issue. Personally I think staying at home, taking care of the kids/house/dinner is far, far easier than going to a stressful job like mine. I’ve done both. I might get bored staying at home but I can’t agree that its as difficult as working in a position that requires a high degree of stress.

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**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-a-good-wife-snopes-says-undetermined-but-isnt-it-just-over-the-top/343935/62 "2006-02-23T20:04:03Z")

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(From **Swashing of Bucklers** ’s link:)

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> The book is written in chapters, each addressing the source of their **disklikes** , resentments, and dissatisfaction.

Oh thank goodness. Long have I yearned for understanding about the source of my disklikes.

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-a-good-wife-snopes-says-undetermined-but-isnt-it-just-over-the-top/343935/63 "2006-02-23T20:58:09Z")

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> It’s not cut into bullet points as the OP’s article is, but it gives very similar advice. It ends with the advice that when a woman feels like complaining, she should instead thank God she managed to get herself a husband.

I wish I could see this. Is it out of copyright?

At the motel I stayed at a few weeks ago they had some random books, one of which was an etiquitte guide from the 50s. It included such gems as “It doesn’t matter if a man is 102 years old, missing all his faculties, and broke, there is always some women willing to take a chance and marry him.” Bachelor men were treated as a rare prize and told that there was no reason for them to stay at home, ever, since they woud have invitations to parties every day. It recommended that men wash their hair once a week so their hair oil wouldn’t go rancid, while women were advisied to bathe and change clothes twice every day.

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