What she is saying is that married women/mothers can't "Have it all". If we want to do justice to being a wife/mother we must tend to our homes/children, and not work outside or away from the home. She feels that men really want a woman who takes care of their home and family. ALSO they are BETTER OFF if they stay home, not just for the husbands, but that they (the wife)will be happier and more fulfilled. I agree, but I am sure many nowadays do not. It's a good but old fashioned idea. The stranger also indicates that the family will prosper if the wife is home and the husband works.
Originally Posted by
ptquilts
I didn't really get it, except as a kind of historical curiousity. Sort of like the advice given to housewives in the 1950's.