How To Be A Good Wife - Week 2

Last week I started a series for how to be a good wife 1955 style vs. 2010 style.  For a recap of Week 1's lesson, if you missed it, click here

This week's lesson is all about beauty! So listen up ladies!

**************************************1955 Rule #2

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.

Be fresh-looking.

He has just been with a lot of work-weary people

2010 Lesson #2

During the kid's naptime, wish that you could take a nap to feel refreshed.  Sigh with longing as you remember that the last time you took a nap was on your honeymoon after a night of binge drinking in New Orleans (just because it was happy hour and you had to indulge in the buy 1, get two free Hurricane drink specials).

Fifteen minutes before he comes home, toss the kids in front of Sesame Street with a bowl of goldfish and run up the stairs to change out of the bathrobe and pajamas that you've been wearing all day.

Never mind that the jeans and sweatshirt you picked off the floor was sitting in the pile of laundry to be washed and smells vaguely of the dog.

Run to the bathroom to brush your teeth.  Find dog hair in your toothbrush and realize the kids have been using your toothbrush to brush the dog's teeth again.

Toss the toothbrush in the trash and opt for a quick rinse of Listerine. 

Touch up your makeup.  That is if you're wearing any.  Either way, be sure to wash off the pureed peaches the baby threw at you during breakfast.

Brush the Cheerios out of your hair and opt for the ever popular sexy stay home mom uptwist.  For a little extra something, add a sparkly barrette to hold those "they're not grey, they're blond" strands of hair in place.

For an even more fresh feel, don't forget to do a quick swipe of deoderant.

Or a spritz of his favorite perfume - you know, the perfume that he bought you for your first Valentine's Day - the bottle of Love's Baby Soft that's been sitting on your dresser for the past 10 years because it makes you sneeze and break out in hives every time you use it.

Just remember ladies - it's the small gestures that count the most in his eyes.

Next week's lesson.....The Good Wife's Guide To Raising Happy, Well-Behaved Children