I love 50s fashion, but 1950s gender politics? Not so much. As much as we’ve come to evolve beyond the “old” way of being a housewife, I have to admit I found myself still thinking about it; there were actually some really great points that we seem to have forgotten about what it’s really like to be a wife. Am I saying women need to transform into retro wives and harken back to the days of the little happy homemaker? No, not at all, but I do think some of that retro advice can up the happiness factor in your marriage now, if you add a modern twist to it. Here’s the advice I love, and how to update it for modern-day marriages. Here are the 4 things 1950s housewives understood about happy marriages that today’s couples foolishly ignore: 1. How to plan dinner Stokkete / Shutterstock, Canva Ever wonder why they call that chunk of time before dinner the Arsenic Hour? Well, it’s because everyone in the family is transitioning between work, school, and home, and not only are …