Comments on: How To Make … Your Wife Happy http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/ A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:13:00 -0400 hourly 1 By: Kristin http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-20881 Kristin Thu, 22 May 2008 00:49:00 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/#comment-20881 I don't recall any lessons in Girl Scouts about this particular topic, though I do remember getting some advice from my grandmother (who does not, by the way, cook like you), the quintessential Southern belle. She told me that I should wear lipstick and let my husband think that every good idea is his. I didn't follow either of those suggestions, and yet managed to get married anyway. Then again, I bet my grandfather never expected my grandmother to mow the lawn, so maybe those Southern belles know a thing or two. <br/><br/>So no conspiracy, just a natural female talent for manipulation. What can I say? It's a gift. I don’t recall any lessons in Girl Scouts about this particular topic, though I do remember getting some advice from my grandmother (who does not, by the way, cook like you), the quintessential Southern belle. She told me that I should wear lipstick and let my husband think that every good idea is his. I didn’t follow either of those suggestions, and yet managed to get married anyway. Then again, I bet my grandfather never expected my grandmother to mow the lawn, so maybe those Southern belles know a thing or two.

So no conspiracy, just a natural female talent for manipulation. What can I say? It’s a gift.

]]> By: Drew http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-20880 Drew Wed, 21 May 2008 23:46:00 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/#comment-20880 Do they teach this stuff in Girl Scouts or something? Every time I tell this story women tell me, "Oh yeah, I do that all the time." It's a conspiracy, I tell ya. Do they teach this stuff in Girl Scouts or something? Every time I tell this story women tell me, “Oh yeah, I do that all the time.” It’s a conspiracy, I tell ya.

]]> By: Twilight http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-20879 Twilight Wed, 21 May 2008 21:28:00 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/#comment-20879 My mother also employs that tactic, damn her using my restaurant experience against me. <br/><br/>Nice Recipe Drew, I'm quite glad I subscribed. My mother also employs that tactic, damn her using my restaurant experience against me.

Nice Recipe Drew, I’m quite glad I subscribed.

]]> By: Kristin http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-20878 Kristin Wed, 21 May 2008 18:52:00 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-wife-happy/#comment-20878 Ah yes, "You make it so much better." I employ that to my advantage too. Usually for homemade hot chocolate and popcorn. Ah yes, “You make it so much better.” I employ that to my advantage too. Usually for homemade hot chocolate and popcorn.

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