Healthy Living by Kirstie_McIntosh

Hooray - yet another scientific equation to quantify or control human nature. Yes, gentleman if you are finding it difficult to find the 'one', you know the perfect woman for you to marry, you'll be pleased to know there's now a formula you can follow to find the perfect wife.

Here it is...

"A bride should be five years younger than her groom, should come from the same cultural background, and be the more intelligent of the pair if couples are to have a successful marriage".

Obviously, on the flipside, us girlies can use the equation in reverse, so I am looking for a 40 year old male, from the same cultural background as myself. I am thinking maybe Kelly Slater. Well, he and I grew up by the sea, granted Coco beach Florida and Pendeen, Cornwall aren't quite on the same page, and he's (give or take a year or too) five years my senior. Hold on, not sure about the intelligence part he could be pretty sharp, as well as a pro-surf master.

Anyway, I'll stop thinking about being Mrs Slater, Sex Wax and the smell of wetsuits and get on with the rest of the post. This formula got me thinking about a feature I had read a while back, not how to find the perfect wife, but how to be one.

The following excerpt was taken from Helen B. Andelin's Fascinating Womanhood, published by Pacific Press in 1965. The course was designed to teach women how to be happy in marriage. Now, I have only added a few to the page here, but you can read more here.

Warning - ladies, take this with a pinch of male-chauvinist salt.

GET YOUR WORK DONE
Plan your tasks with an eye on the clock. Finish or interrupt them an hour before he is expected. Your anguished cry, "Are you home already?" is not exactly a warm welcome.

HAVE DINNER READY
Plan ahead, even the night before to have a delicious meal, on time. 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 prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.

PREPARE YOURSELF
Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. This will also make you happy to see him instead of too tired to care. Turn off the worry and be glad to be alive and grateful for the man who is going to walk in. While you are resting you can be thinking about your Fascinating Womanhood assignment and all you can do to make him happy and give his spirits a lift. When you arise, take care of your appearance. Touch up your makeup, 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 a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.

MAKE HIM COMFORTABLE
Have him lean back into a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to massage his neck and shoulders and take off his shoes. Don't insist on this however. Turn on music if it is one of his pleasures. Speak in a soft, soothing, pleasant voice. Allow him to relax - to unwind.

I think I'll leave it there....