We at The (real) Stepford Wives believe completely and dedicate ourselves to our husbands authority. We exist in the role of help meet to them. We are happily subservient to their wishes. We are of various religious backgrounds and even have an atheist member. We all agree the Bible is chock full good advice, however it is not our guide. Our guide, at least to us, comes from common sense.
Our husbands control, and we're grateful they take such interest, in just about everything in our lives. We dress for them, the way we do our hair and the makeup we wear. If our nails are neatly manicured (toes too). One girl in our group made the mistake of being talked into having a flower painted on her big toes. Her husband wasn't pleased and let her know in no uncertain terms that would never happen again. What did she do? Why she apologized, of course! She didn't argue they were her toes and she could do whatever she wished with them. No she showed contrition and admitted that he was right. It wasn't worth starting an argument over.
When after witnessing an argument between her husband and their 18 year old son, another one of the girl's didn't interfere. After the argument, the son went to her complaining what a jerk his father was to his mom. She told him in no uncertain terms that his father cares and any good father hates to see his children make mistakes. His dad was head was head of the house and deserved some respect. After that she just turned and walked away, assured the chain of command was reinforced. The boy later went to his father, apologized and the matter was discussed in an adult way. Our friend likes to think her son learned a valuable lesson in conflict resolution, a skill that will do him well for the rest of his life.
Our submission is important not only to our husbands, but us and our families.
