An article titled “The Good Wife’s Guide,” purportedly from a 1955 edition of Housekeeping Monthly, has made its way into e-mail lore more than 50 years after it was written.

The piece offers tips to wives’ on how to satisfy their husbands, such as “have dinner ready,” “greet him with a warm smile” and “make the evening his.”

The graphic accompanying the list has been exposed as a fake, and the list itself is suspect, but it continues to inspire commentary. It even inspired a video spoof back in 2006.

The latest response, which assumes the list is real, offers a counterpoint “Good Husband’s Guide” that theoretically could have been written during the same era. The tips include:

• Always make getting and keeping a full-time job with regular raises, benefits, bonuses and the potential for prestigious advancement your number one priority in life.
• Be prepared to help with household chores when you get home. Let your wife relax or talk on the phone.
• Do not bore your wife with stories of the troubles you faced at work today. Remember that you are lucky to have a job.
• Listen avidly to your wife’s complaints. She leads a hectic life and needs to feel listened to and appreciated.
• Always be prepared to take over in caring for the children when you get home from work. Your wife has been busy all day and deserves some quiet time.

The moral to the story: “The first list is outdated and laughable in its attitudes toward women; the second list, however, could be printed today since every single sentiment expressed in it is practiced, believed and upheld by modern wives and by the culture at large.”