How The Wives Were Not Special in the 1950s

This video starts off with a woman doing a montage of picking out her clothes, making dinner, and trying to bring in the audience's attention.

She starts off with getting her husband's newspapers, books, and other things he likes to enjoy when he gets home from work.

Many women nowadays would not go this extreme for their husbands but there are still some of them out there.

It seems sweet that the women back in the 1950's wanted to do these sweet gestures for their partners.

What does surprise me is the amount of cleaning the ladies did while their husbands were at work and did not seem to do much else.

I would have expected that women took a break within the day and read a book or gardened. Then again, people in the 1950's wanted to have their perfect lives shown to others and be represented to their husbands as well.

This is not to sound mean or rude but this is what their words and actions showed the public. The lady in this film then moved onto setting the table and it looks so cozy and comfy.

The roses that were shown were so beautiful but it is fun to imagine what the people in the 50's would talk about during their meals.

It made me curious was it family problems, cleaning problems, or what? I admire how husbands and wives worked together to make stable homes for themselves.

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