Q Dear Miss Abigail: How do I deal with my evil mother-in-law without ruining my marriage? Signed, Lovely Wife A Dear Lovely: Honey! Sweetie! Darling! Don’t fret. Miss Abigail is here to help. 1954: Try a Little Empathy Empathy, which is the ability to put yourself in the other person’s place, is of tremendous value […]
Tag: 1950s
Making Him Popular
Q Dear Miss Abigail: My problem is my fiancé. I love him dearly but it seems that his work colleagues feel quite differently. This all came out on a recent training weekend when they were all a bit worse for wear. His job means everything to him and he is good at it, so I […]
Go Hubby! Get a Job! Go Hubby! Ra Ra Ra!
Q Dear Miss Abigail: My husband lost his job. Any suggestions for how to be supportive and not be a nag. i.e. “so, what did you do today, dear?” Obviously not a good thing to say. Signed, Debbie A Dear Debbie: Yeah, I guess that would be a little awkward, particularly when the job market […]
How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead
This week I bring you something a little different. What follows is the complete table of contents of Mrs. Dale Carnegie’s, um, intertesting book titled How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead, which shows quite clearly how warped some of this stuff can be. This one is definitely a keeper. Only after the introduction is the […]
Does Your Career Conflict with His Interests?
This selection is written by Mrs. Dale Carnegie. In her introduction to this somewhat disturbing book with a very long title, How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead in His Social and Business Life, Mrs. Carnegie states: “I wish I could guarantee that, by following the rules in this book, you would slowly but surely help […]
Woman: Waster of Energy
With so much going on in my life these days, I don’t know how I’m keeping it all together. How did women juggle it all in the past? Peter Steincrohn reminded me in his book How to Stop Killing Yourself. 1950: Woman: Waster of Energy There are career women who want to have two jobs ~ because […]
Spotting Soulmates
Q Dear Miss Abigail: Is it true, that if we know ourselves well enough, we’ll be able to spot our soulmates at first sight? Signed, Searching A Dear Searching: Gee, I was kinda hoping this answer would be more positive. You know ~ love at first sight, everything happy-go-lucky, those wonderful movie endings with soulmates […]
Should a Boy Toy?
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I’m a twenty-two year old male from India. I have this habit of masturbating, very regularly. I started it three years back, after my first girlfriend ditched me. I never had sex with her. I used to feel guilty, but now I don’t. But I don’t want to go about telling […]
Oh, Miss Ab, He’s So Fine, He’s So Fine He Blows My Mind
Q Dear Miss Abigail: There is this really fine kid who wants to have sex with me. What should I do? Signed, Linguica A Dear Linguica: The question is, what do you want to do? Here’s a bit of advice, not surprisingly from the fifties, to help guide you as you make up your mind. 1956: […]
Putting on the Moves
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I like this man, but he keeps putting, you know, the “moves” on me. For example, when we are together in front of the folks he will grab my butt or say, “Got any fries with that shake?” Is he like other guys? Or have I found a diamond in the […]