Mark your wives: The 1930s marriage test

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | May 14, 2008 | Matthew Moore

[OB1kNOb]

American psychologists have unearthed a “marital rating scale” used by marriage counsellors in 1939 to assess the performance of wives – and the categories make interesting reading for modern couples brought up to believe in the equality of the sexes.

Women are awarded marks if they dress for breakfast, ask their husband’s opinions on important decisions and let their partners sleep late on Sundays and holidays.....

[OB1kNOb]

And let the discussion begin...........(snicker)

My wife gets double demerits for #9.

[kalee]

lol me too. I just tell hubby rmember cold feet means a warm heart.

Lets husband sleep in on Sunday but takes children to church herself? Doesn’t fly, we all belong in church TOGETHER!

[woollyone]

Now you’ve done it!

The FR man-haters will be here shortly.
You are SO in trouble.

[MEGoody]

I’d think most of these could be applied to husbands as well. (I’d say wearing red nail polish would be a really BIG demerit for a husband!)

[lesser_satan]

I lol’d at #9.

[ClearCase_guy]

Is this one of those LDS threads? “Mark your wives”?? I only got one!

[lesser_satan]

I really didn’t get that one. What’s the problem with red nail polish? What color is acceptable to them?

[posterchild]

My wife gets double demerits for #9.

She should only get double demerits if she is standing upright at the time.

[OB1kNOb]

Lets husband sleep in on Sunday but takes children to church herself? Doesn’t fly, we all belong in church TOGETHER!

I totally agree!

[MrB]

The man is, biblically, supposed to lead the family in religious matters, including discipleship and righteousness.

Ephesians 6

[ClearCase_guy]

My grandmother always said that women who wore lipstick were whores. I suspect it’s that kind of thing.

[geezerwheezer]

Gosh....I sure hope you ain’t married to my ex-wife! Does she have bad breath too? (if so, run like he.. the other way!) :0 )

[KarlInOhio]

#5 Dresses for breakfast.

How many points for "naked at breakfast"?

[Tired of Taxes]

My score is 3. I fail miserably as a 1939 wife.

I’d feel terrible about it, but yesterday, I chain-sawed down the overgrowth of bushes and trees and mowed the front and back yards. When my husband came home, I said, “Look what I did. Now you can relax.” I think I deserve extra points for that. :-)

[Politicalmom]

“Slow in coming to bed”.

Geeze. Maybe she’s cleaning the kitchen, making lunches, feeding animals, checking that everyone laid out their stuff for the next day, doing the load of laundry for the child that walked in at 9;30 and said “I don’t have any clean uniforms for tomorrow”, locking up the house, or actually sitting down with a cup of tea for the first time that day........

[cyborg]

I use my husband as a heating pad. I confess. I also confess to waking him up to take out the dog on many occasions and pestering him about consuming less beer.

OTOH, I do ask his opinion and yes even this enlightened day and age his opinion/permission before I spend extra money. For example, a new ipod nano :D

[lesser_satan]

Oh.

[NRA1995]

She gets points for being jolly and GAY?????

[TalonDJ]

Mine too

[bvw]

It’s only the 1st page of many. Not sure how many — maybe five or six.