AIBU for thinking this a little over the top?

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Sorry it's not posting .....

I wonder if this will work - I hope so, but I'm an IT idiot.

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I bought a sewing machine from Lidl about five years ago and still don’t feel glamorous enough to start any sewing.

You are not an idiot, that worked fine! If I had to follow those instructions, I don't think I would ever sew anything!

My GOSH. What a lot of palaver! I usually sit and sew (cross stitch) while I'm watching telly. I don't think I am ever that put together when I sew! Hubby does not mind.

Ha Ha Brilliant
so that's where I've been going wrong....

I'm sure if you could be bothered to read some of the C* in recent magazines the advice would seem just as weird.

I don't understand.
Surely everyone does this.... [confused}

Priceless!
I have a couple of jobs waiting to be done on my sewing machine but they'll just have to wait till lockdown is over and I can get to the hairdresser's and be suitably coiffed...

Oh that’s hilarious.

‘Put on a clean dress ...’

Classic! I must pass that on to dds, to give them a good laugh!

I do remember some ‘advice to newly married women’ in a magazine ages ago, probably in the 60s.
Among other things they were told to ‘Line all your drawers with fresh paper every week.’ !

Aside from any ‘knickers’ hilarity, was such lining of drawers ever a thing? No wonder Fablon was popular - who else remembers that?

So funny! Imagine your DH seeing you without putting in such effort with your appearance!!

Brilliant . Sent it to my DD . She’ll love it . Thank you for sharing ExD

That’s been my problem then, I’m too lackadaisical ...........sigh

I don’t think I have ever been “neatly put together” am I doomed?

I'll give the powder and lipstick a miss when I make face masks.

I must admit I couldn't settle to sewing, knitting etc if there was a sinkful of dirty dishes.
Hooray for dishwashers!

All is now clear - the reason I was never any good at sewing!

Do I have to buy a dress before I get my sewing machine out?

Oh yes Callistemon, sounds like a dress in mandatory!
Imagine living like that!
Although to be frank, I did get a bit of a pep talk from Mum before I got married along those lines! Her favourite was to always have the evening meal ready to serve and a cup of tea waiting for DH when he came home! Really! And she was serious.

Waiting for some baking to finish I was amused to read a whole list of hilarious similar articles on here
www.littlethings.com/marriage-tips-from-the-1950s
This should keep me smiling for the rest of the afternoon, and you too I hope!!!!

I can't make myself a dress because I have no dress to wear whilst I'm sewing!

Catch 22

Balderdash ! Hermione

So if I do the dishes, make the beds, do my hair, put on makeup and my best frock, buy some French chalk and ensure that my DH doesn't seem me in the raw then I'll be able to sew. Wow is that all it takes.

Just looked around my house and realised that, if I had done all that before sitting at sewing machine, there would not have been a pile of face masks ready for my nephew to collect yesterday.