Beautiful Homemakers

Hello, Beautiful Homemakers!  We are continuing chapter 13 of pamphlet 6 of the original 1922 Fascinating Womanhood pamphlets.     We had just discussed Mistakes That Drive Men Away and I want to delve into the last paragraph a bit more.  Let me recap the most relevant point: If he discovers that you are naturally appreciative of others, then he will not fear that you will ridicule him or show contempt when he confides his ideals and ambitions to you.  "If, on the contrary, he suspects that you are naturally critical and scornful , with an eye open for every fault you can find in those around you, he will be afraid to expose his own intimate feelings to your criticism and contempt." HOW are we going to to avoid the mistake of constant criticism? First, we have to decide what type of wife we are going to be.  Am I going to be the kind of wife that builds him up, or tears him down?  Proverbs 14:1 tells us that "The wise woman builds her hous...

Hello, Beautiful Homemakers!  We are in the middle of chapter 13 of the sixth pamphlet of the original Fascinating Womanhood pamphlets.  This subsection is called "What the Man Wants You to Appreciate."   Listen not so much to what the man is saying when he is showing off to you what he knows, but admire the man himself.   "Many girls at this point make the mistake of appreciating the wrong thing, admiring what is SAID, instead of the MAN who says it." He wants to be admired as a MAN.   "If you can't see anything manly in him - then he won't see anything womanly in you!" I mention the Masculine Virtues / Admirable Traits List found in the Secrets of Fascinating Womanhood book Chapter 4.  Here is a screenshot on how to get to that list.  On the left side of my blog, visit the link "Secrets of Fascinating Womanhood synopsis" link, and then scroll down in that post until you get to Chapter 4. Here is the link , just in case you can't fi...