Cosmopolitan Magazine - Circa 1990's

Cosmopolitan Magazine! The bible of my youth How to be a ‘modern girl’ In this brave new modern world Pages of ‘recipes’ for how to live my life How to be a bright young thing And for later, How it would be when I became a wife Because you see According to ‘Cosmo’ It wasn’t going to be Just how it had always been For generations of women from the North It promised a new dawn Where men would be Sensitive to emotions Active in childcare Attentive around the home They wouldn’t just come in Flop in front of the TV Expecting everything to be done ‘Cosmo’ promised me a modern kind of man Believing it (every word) To be true I proudly showed my Nan And declared! Nan! This is what husbands are going to be like When I have one! Nan just sighed Shook her head and said “Not round here they’re not!”