June 7, 2011
I Became a "Stepford Wife"

I listened to the call of the day - in which you advised a woman to be a "Stepford Wife" for two weeks and then call you back. It came at PRECISELY the right time in my life, and I realized I have the exact same problem as your caller. So I decided to try your advice myself. Good grief! It worked INSTANTLY. I thought somehow my husband would see through my, "Can I do anything else for you, Sweetie?" smiling pleasantness and get suspicious, feel manipulated -- something -- but he didn't. He was just HAPPY. It was ridiculously easy, and unbelievably successful. And it continues! The trick for me, as with your caller, was to allow myself to be sweet and accommodating without seeing myself as weak and irrelevant. Maybe it's because I'm older and don't feel the need to constantly prove my "importance" or insist my 75 opinions about things are critical to the progress of humanity... But, whatever... this is hilarious and delightful. I think I may have hope of being a "girl" after all.

L.

Posted by Staff at 6:00 AM