After getting engaged, couples are generally inundated with a barrage of marital advice. And while it’s all delivered with good intentions, sometimes a tip slips in that’s questionable at best.
That’s certainly the case with the retro marriage advice below. We’ve rounded up some of the best (read: worst) little pearls of wisdom, dating from the ’20s to the early ’50s. Read ’em and weep:
1. First things first: Earn that ring.
“It is up to you to earn the proposal — by waging a dignified, common-sense campaign designed to help him see for himself that matrimony rather than bachelorhood is the keystone of a full and happy life.” — “How to Make Him Propose,” Coronet, 1951.
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10. Don’t be slovenly.
“Nothing destroys the happiness of married life more than the lazy, slovenly wife.” — “Bath Chronicle,” Dobbin Crawford, 1930.
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