The bride's guide for young marrieds

Betty Rolston

ISBN 10: 0448020297 / ISBN 13: 9780448020297

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1972

About this Item

[A Remarkably Period Piece Describing the Proper Role of a Married Woman] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. x, 306 pages illustrations 26 cm. The book concludes with a long list of how to please your husband. Quite fun from a modern perspective!

Seller Inventory # 2509240036

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The bride's guide for young marrieds
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0448020297
• ISBN 13: 9780448020297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 30 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women's Studies

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Synopsis

This book is designed to help you and your new husband learn to live together happily and constructively. It is not easy for two spirited individuals, no matter how much they love each other, to make the change-over from privacy to togetherness. There is the fear of losing personal independence, the acceptance of the responsibilities that come with acquiring a partner, and the need to become less self-centered. The answers are all here. Planning your The type of home. Location, city, suburb, small town, or country. Renting or buying. What to look for if this is to be your permanent home. Furnishing your Inventory of your wedding gifts. Basic furniture and how to choose and buy it. Buying appliances, linens, dishes, rugs and silver. Financial Your income, investments, and how to budget your money. Insurance and the various kinds of policies. Making a will. Credit cards and different kinds or mortgages. Home The kind of home you want, casual or formal. How to budget your time, whether you will have help or a car. Actual housework—cleaning, care of clothes and linens, laundry, food for the family, cooking, organizing your errands, handling emergencies in the house. Your philosophy of guests. Preparing ahead. How to handle guest while serving lunch or dinner outdoors or in. While you are getting used to becoming "Mrs." And learning to run your very own household smoothly and wisely, never neglect yourself as a person—for your husband's sake as well as your own. This book shows you how to budget your time, for chores, recreation with or without your husband, rest, exercise and good grooming. It shows you how to handle gracefully the social and community obligations of a wife, to combine your career with home-making, and how to keep from going stale intellectually. Let this book help you become a full partner in the fascinating game of life that "Mr. and Mrs." are going to play together.