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Sunday May 19th 2013

Wife chart. Where do you rate?

Wife chart. Where do you rate?

OK, are you a good wife? Well would be be a good wife in 1939. Check out the marital rating scale and see what sort of a wife you’d be if you were married to say Errol Flynn. Or someone really dapper from the 30’s.

Demerits

  • Slow in coming to bed (that to bed, not in bed)
  • Doesn’t like children
  • Fails to sew on buttons
  • Wears soiled or ragged dresses and aprons
  • Wears red nail polish
  • Often late for appointments
  • Seams in hose are crooked
  • Goes to be with curlers in her hair

Merits

  • A good hostess
  • Has meals on time
  • Can carry on a interesting conversation
  • Can play a musical instrument
  • Dresses for breakfast
  • Neat housekeeper
  • Personally puts children to bed
  • Never goes to be angry
  • Asks husband’s opinions regarding important purchases
  • Good sense of humour
  • Religious

So, do you make the cut? Image

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