From a grateful student: “Fascinating Womanhood has helped me so much in my 11 years of marriage. I found it as a newlywed and thank God I did, as it could only have been by divine intervention. I was raised by a stay-at-home mother who resented staying at home. It was the seventies and eighties and she thought that motherhood and being a good wife were not important, yet she still stayed home.

“Our home was always dirty. She never washed floors; bathrooms were cleaned every couple of months; she never changed our sheets and meals were haphazard. My parents had a very rocky relationship since my dad worked from 5:30 am to 6:00pm every night. Even with plenty of money and time, my mother managed neither one well. My dad started to stay out very late and we children hardly ever saw him. Could I blame him for not wanting to come home to a messy home with nothing to eat and a wife still in her sweat pants each night?

“I married a US Marine Corps officer at age 21 and loved my husband more than most. I wanted to be a great wife. I was determined to change my family's heritage and be the best homemaker that I could be. I had no clue as to how to do it, since I was never taught how to cook, clean, sew, decorate or even keep myself clean. Then I found Fascinating Womanhood. What a blessing! I had always had a great faith in God and I had finally found a book that showed me how important keeping a home was and that is what God had in mind for me. I still struggle with my mother’s voice in my head and get down sometimes about taking care of our home but I never let it stop me from doing my job. Thank you so much.”

Helping Him Become a Bigger and Better Man

From a Fascinating Womanhood Teacher: “I was having a rushed day, missed lunch, was very tired and had a FW class to teach that evening. While driving home I called my husband and asked him if he would call the health food store restaurant and have them make a certain sandwich for me to pick up on the way home. I could tell from his unenthusiastic response that he was going to do it a bit unwillingly. This alerted me to the fact that he might be suffering from stress and fatigue that day.

“When I arrived home I had only a little time to eat and make last minute preparations to teach the class, yet he expected me to feed the dogs before I left. His mood was stern and unpleasant but I bravely said, “Couldn’t you help me, John. I am starved and have only a little time to get ready for the class tonight. His angry response was, “I knew that if I worked at home you were going to start asking me to do things.” I was startled by his reply, as I am not a person who gives my husband a honeydo list.

“So, I said to him, ‘Gosh, John, I help you out when you are in a pinch. Couldn’t you do the same for me this evening?’ He was sitting there reading a book so I felt a bit annoyed at the entire situation. Then I said, ‘Besides, John, I expect more from a man of your caliber.’ Then I turned away and walked upstairs to eat my sandwich. About five minutes later to my happy surprise he appeared in the kitchen and said, “Susan, I have come to apologize. I know you are right. I will fix the food for the dogs. I gave him a happy thanks. Then I saw my husband’s entire mood change. He became sort of playful and fun. He even lingered around talking to me in a fun manner. It was a wonderful eye opener for me. It proves that when you see your husband fall beneath his potential, if you kindly remind him that he is a better man than he is acting at the moment, he will become that better man.”

“If you treat a man as he is he will stay as he is, but if you

treat him as if he were what he ought to be, and could be,

he will become that bigger and better man.”

Quote from the German author Goethe, FW page 64.