Yeah, that's much more reasonable. Basically, "Show your partner you care that they're there".

In the 1920s... moms were not "stay at home moms" they were "housewives." There is a difference. Men were not expected to assist in the house... nor in the parenting unless there was discipline to be meted out.

I was a young child in the 1960s and was put to bed right after we had a family dinner at 7 pm. My contact with my father involved welcoming him home (literally jumping from the top of the stairs in our split level) and having dinner in my nightgown at the kids table and kissing every one goodnight and going to sleep... and that was on the the nights he came home at a decent hour.

My mother was responsible for the house upkeep, laundry, meals, food and she did extra little jobs for such luxuries as a new wash machine, a piece of furniture, our doctor and dentist bills and keeping the home in cigarettes and scotch. Because if they were not there.... she had hell to pay from Dad. Occasionally, she would have to write a check for them for which he berated her for.

I just want to know... who does not greet their partner when they return home? I take the advice there as a more servile action... like bringing slippers and a cocktail dressed up with heels and full make up? I mean, in the 1920s, many women worked. So maybe this is advice for the upper middle class that hire housemaids?

It doesn't say "greet". It says "listen for the latchkey and meet him on the threshold". That's demented. And I already agreed with bizarroland, so not really sure what your point is here.

Yeah, maybe just word it different, like "Say hello to each other," and it has a less condescending tone. I read that first one and expected some terrible advice to follow, and it all ended up being good advice; maybe worded a little of-the-time, but still good.

I work from home and if I'm able to right when my wife gets home I'll meet her at the door.

Same here. I missed her, I want to hug her, tell her something interesting that happened, ask about her day, etc.

Working for pay from home is different than working without pay from home in the power dynamic. Especially in a time when women could not legally have their own bank account without their husband cosigning and having access.