espousing my virtues and foibles

I too make a much better husband than wife, interestingly. May have to do with the delight in marital congress! While chewing radishes! No wonder the lines in my stockings are often awry!
I think it turns out we ALL need a wife. Someone to keep the fridge stocked with snacks. But tell me, is it a + or - to wear red nail polish?

The red polish must be a minus--it leaves red flecks on pretty white walls. At least this is what I noticed after my mother-in-law had been allowed to clean while I was in the States helping out my mother several years ago.

I, too, think the red polish is likely to register as a minus, but for a different reason: red polish is for hussies!

Uh, in the 1930s, of course, and with all respect to Elli's mother-in-law.
Related: Ladies pinch. Whores use rouge.

Geez, that reminds me of the book we read one summer when the word "whore" suddenly made a marked appearance in our vocabulary. That and "little chippy". What was that? The only thing coming to me is "red" and "summer of..."