Eve Penman: An Empowered Housewife in Rural America

My 10-star review on IMDb.com of ‘Smarty’ from 1934 , starring Joan Blondell, Warren William, Edward Everett Horton, Frank McHugh, and Claire Dodd:  Kinky Kicks, Disgraceful Dames, & Hollywood Hypocrisy! Marriage and divorce lawyers take a bigger beating in this movie than Joan Blondell does, and if a single slap on the face equates to domestic violence then people don't know what domestic violence really is! There is more violence against women in modern movies than there is in this film, yet people are now programmed to believe that it's acceptable for women to get beaten so long as it isn't by their husbands! Please, go sit through 'True Romance' and watch Patricia Arquette take a bloody beating from James Gandolfini if you think 'Smarty' is violence against women. Even 'Goodfellas' has more marital violence, yet both AMC & IFC can't stop showing it which tells me that reckless violence against women is the status quo per th...

Q: What is marriage? A: Marriage is like the U.S. Marines -- it's not a rose garden! If Harry & Sally had an awkward multi-year courtship on the way to the altar, I would say that my husband and I had a completely catastrophic 19-year courtship on the way to the courthouse.    As of this writing, it is now the 21 st anniversary of the beginning of our long and unconventional relationship, which started with a chance meeting on Valentine’s night in 1999; and our two-year marriage anniversary is still a couple months away which took place on a Friday the 13 th in 2018 -- unconventional is putting it mildly! In fact, I’ve now known my husband for over half of my life and it didn’t happen without overcoming a lot of issues that rip many couples apart -- the funny thing is that we dealt with most of those issues before we ever got married, LOL! Needless to say, I put my time and tears into our relationship, and I totally earned the title of Wife just l...

Q: How can I save money and get ahead financially when I don’t know where my money goes or how much is spent each month? A: I can’t! While many politicians are busy making income inequality a red herring selling point in their campaigns for the 2020 election season, they all miss the crux of the problem -- financial management! For all the hot air that politicians let out, what they aren’t talking about to the American people is the importance of understanding how personal finances work and how to make finances work to a person’s advantage starting with what they have right now, which I believe is the fundamental basics of home economics and something all dedicated housewives should be fully aware of. I was never taught by anyone how to manage my finances and I had to learn it for myself when I discovered that the spending in my household far exceeded the income level and left me wondering how we were even surviving. FYI, giving kids money and telling them not t...