By Jane Doe
What any Wife Knows but
Never Tells
·
That
all her rose leaves have turned to tea leaves.
·
That
married life has not proved so wonderful after all.
·
That
she would give anything to live her life all over again.
·
That
it isn’t so easy to be a successful, loving and interesting wife.
·
That
she is no longer so pretty as she was.
·
That
she knew her husband was going to propose long before he knew it himself.
·
That
she went halfway to meet him over it.
·
That
her courtship was the most ordinary, matter-of-fact affair under the sun.
·
That
her husband does not love her quite so ardently and passionately as of yore.
·
That
her children are really perfectly ordinary.
·
That
she is disappointed her husband has gone bald.
·
That
she regrets her youth and hates to grow old.
·
That
she wishes she had no “in-laws.”
·
That
she cherishes his first letter to her.
·
That
she wishes he had a more prepossessing appearance.
·
That
she is disappointed in some of her brood.
·
That
she longs for a holiday all by herself.
·
That
she wishes she’d never married.
·
That
she envies young and pretty girls.
·
That
she would give ten years of her life to be as pretty as Lillian Russell.
·
That
her husband frequently shows signs of boredom.
·
That
she would rather be an independent worker.
·
That
she will always love her husband, whatever happens.
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(Copyright
1922 by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate)
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