10 Bits of Patronising Marriage Advice From Another Era

5. In case you didn’t already know, you should probably wash yourself regularly, and you need this man to tell you:

“The wife, whether the bride of a day or the bride of thirty years, should be clean. Literally from the crown of her head to her very toes, she should be clean, so clean as to be able to stand inspection even in complete nudity.” – William Josephus Robinson, �”Married Life and Happiness” 1922.

6. So with that in mind, get off the couch and maybe put on a clean pair of yoga pants:

“Nothing destroys the happiness of married life more than the lazy, slovenly wife.” -�Dobbin Crawford, “Bath Chronicle” 1930.

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