17 Shocking Bits Of Relationship Advice From The Good Old Days

Listen up, girls. The '40s just called with some unmissable tips.

17. On alcohol.

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From Click Parade magazine (1938).

16. On the art of keeping schtum.

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From Edward Podolsky's Sex Today in Wedded Life (1943).

15. On ego maintenance.

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From Edward Podolsky's Sex Today in Wedded Life (1943).

14. On listening.

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From Edward Podolsky's Sex Today in Wedded Life (1943).

13. On discreetness.

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From Click Parade magazine (1938).

12. On dinner.

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From Reverend Alfred Henry Tyrer's Sex Satisfaction and Happy Marriage (1951).

11. On the inner man.

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From Edward Podolsky's Sex Today in Wedded Life (1943).

10. On sitting.

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From Click Parade magazine (1938).

9. On the consequences of nagging.

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From Reverend Alfred Henry Tyrer's Sex Satisfaction and Happy Marriage (1951).

8. On cooking.

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By Dr. William Josephus Robinson.

7. On banal conversation.

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From Click Parade magazine (1938).

6. On secrecy.

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By Dr. William Josephus Robinson.

5. On make up.

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From Click Parade magazine (1938).

4. On underwear.

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By Dr. William Josephus Robinson.

3. On widening your interests.

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From Reverend Alfred Henry Tyrer's Sex Satisfaction and Happy Marriage in 1951.

2. On infidelity.

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By Dr. William Josephus Robinson.

1. On vitality sucking.

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By Dr. William Josephus Robinson.

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