ETIQUETTE FOR HUSBANDS AND WIVES
The following advice from the 1890’s is as good today as then: Let the rebuke be preceded by a kiss. Do not require a request to be repeated. Never should both be angry at the same time. Never neglect the other. Let each strive to always accommodate the other. Let the angry word be answered only with a kiss. Bestow your warmest sympathies in each other’s trials. Make your criticism in the most loving manner possible. Make no display of the sacrifices you make for each other. Never make a remark calculated to bring ridicule upon the other. Never deceive; confidence, once lost, can never be wholly regained. Always use the most gentle and loving words when addressing each other. Always leave home with a tender good-bye and loving words. They may be the last. Consult and advise together in all that comes within the experience sphere of each individually. Never reproach the other for an error which was…
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