7 tips for keeping your man (from the 1950s)

All you have to do is shed that pesky identity!

Ways to keep your man around
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Woman, you have no idea how lucky you are to have landed a man. But as the literature of the mid-century's greatest matrimonial minds tells us, he's one wrinkled shirt away from leaving you. Eyes open and mouth shut ladies. It's about to get real.

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Therese O'Neill

Therese O'Neill lives in Oregon and writes for The Atlantic, Mental Floss, Jezebel, and more. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Unmentionable: The Victorian Ladies Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners. Meet her at writerthereseoneill.com.