In other words, HELL NO! I'm glad I didn't live then! The best a wife can do that stays at home or is a stay-at-home mother is be respectful to each other. Listen to each other. Give each other room to breathe. Take care of each others wants and needs. Never be physically violent or tolerate being on the receiving end of violence. Do not ever let a man dominate you! Do not ever try to dominate your man either!
- Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal (especially his favourite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.
- Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you’ll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
- Be a little gay and little more interesting for him. HIs boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
- Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives.
- Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc, and run a dust cloth over the tables.
- Over the the cooler months you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, providing for his personal comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
- Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children’s hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing their part. Minimize all noise. At this time of his arrival. Eliminate all noises from the washer, dryer or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet.
- Be happy to see him.
- Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
- Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first – remember his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
- Make the evening his, never complain if he comes home late, or goes out to dinner, or other places of entertainment without you. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his very real need to be home and relax.
- Your goal: Try to make your home a place of peace, order and tranquility where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
- Don’t greet him with complaints and problems.
- Don’t complain if he’s home late or if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he has gone through during the day.
- Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair and lay down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.
- Arrange his pillow and offer to take his shoes off. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
- Don’t ask him questions about his actions or question his judgement or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.