How to keep your man home

GET YOUR WORK DONE
Plan your tasks with
an eye on the clock.
Finish or interrupt
the man hour before he
is expected. Your
anguished cry, "Are
you home already?" is
not exactly a warm
welcome.
HAVED INNER 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 15minutes 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.
CLEARAWAY THE CLUTTER
Makeone last trip
through the main part
ofthe house just
before your husband
arrives, gathering up
school books, toys,
paper, etc.in a
bucket or waste basket
and put them in the
back bedroom for
sorting later. Then
run a dust cloth over
the tables. Your
husband will feel he
has reached a haven of
restand order and it
will give you a lift
too. Having the house
in order is an other
way of letting him
know that you care and
have planned for this
homecoming.
PREPARE THE CHILDREN
Take just a few
minutes to wash the
children's hands and
faces (iftheyare
small) comb their
hair, and if necessary
change their clothes.
They are little
treasure sand he would
like to see them look
the part.
MINIMIZE ALL NOISE
Especially give heed
to this if your
husband has to join
rush hour traffic. At
the time of his
arrival eliminate
noise of washer,
dryer, dishwasher or
vacuum. Try to
encourage the children
to be quiet at the
time of their father's
arrival. Let them be a
little noisy
before hand to get it
out of their system.
BE HAPPY TO SEE HIM
Greet him with a warm
smile and act glad to
see him.Tell him that
it is good to have him
home. This may make
his day worth while. If
there is any romance
left in you, he needs
it now.
SOMEDON'TS
Don't greet him
with problems
and complaints.
Solve the
problems you can
before he gets
home and save
those you must
discuss with him
until later in
the evening.
Also, don't
complain if he
is late for
dinner. Count
this as a minor
problem when
compared with
what he might
have gone
through that
day.
Don't allow the
children to rush
at him with
problems or
requests. Allow
them to briefly
greet their
father but save
demands for
later.
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.
LISTEN TO HIM
You may have a dozen
things to tell him,
but the moment of his
arrival is not the
time.Let him talk
first,then he will be
a more responsive
listener later.
MAKE THE EVENING HIS
Never complain if he
does not take you out
to dinner or to other
places of
entertainment.
Instead, try to
understand his world
of strain and
pressure,his need to
be home and to relax.
If he is crossor
irritable, neverfight
back. Again,try to
understand his world
of strain.
THE GOAL
Try to make your home
aplace of peace and
order where your
husband can renew
himself in body and
spirit.The nadd to
this the application
of all the principles
of Fascinating
Womanhood and your
husband will want to
come home.He will
rather be with you
than with anyone else
in the world and will
spend whatever time he
can possibly spare
with you.Try living
all of the serules for
his home coming and see
what happens.This is
the way to bring a man
home to your side,not
by pressure,
persuasion or moral
obligation.
( Helen B. Andelin's Fascinating
Womanhood, published by Pacific Press in
1965)