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Mark your wives: The 1930s marriage test
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | May 14, 2008 | Matthew Moore

Posted on 05/14/2008 11:09:56 AM PDT by 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.....


(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 1939; bitterwomen; freepun; goodoldays; manhatersclub; mannhatersclub; marriage; rateurwife; stenchoffeminism; trouble; verybitter; wife; women
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To: OB1kNOb

I do not understanding the scoring; it appears even if the wife gets all merits and no demerits she still only gets 25 points = Poor


21 posted on 05/14/2008 11:28:36 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: Politicalmom

I read that as a euphemism for “Doesn’t put out for hubby”.


22 posted on 05/14/2008 11:29:22 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: OB1kNOb; cyborg

I’ve been known to pester my wife about posting on FR during class. ;OP


23 posted on 05/14/2008 11:29:41 AM PDT by Petronski (When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth, voting for Hillary.)
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To: OB1kNOb

Now that’s psychology one can’t disagree with! LOL


24 posted on 05/14/2008 11:33:48 AM PDT by Red6 (Come and take it.)
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To: OB1kNOb

Okay apparently I don’t know how to properly score or something. Instructions say 1 point unless weighted specifically. I figure that means the max score would be 25 if no demerits.


25 posted on 05/14/2008 11:34:10 AM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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To: OB1kNOb

Ah, the good old days! :)


26 posted on 05/14/2008 11:34:37 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 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. :-)

Yeah, but did you greet him at the door with a cold refreshment as you were telling him that? (I'm kiddin', I'm kiddin')

27 posted on 05/14/2008 11:34:44 AM PDT by OB1kNOb ("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
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To: KarlInOhio

I’d subtract all the other demerits if my wife came to BF undressed! lol.


28 posted on 05/14/2008 11:36:08 AM PDT by righting-wrongs
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To: kalee

Furthermore, according to Judeo-Christian belief, the husband/father is supposed to be the spiritual head of the household and responsible for the religious training of his children. I guess the 1939 man got to punt the ball on that one. :)


29 posted on 05/14/2008 11:37:20 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: KarlInOhio

“How many points for “naked at breakfast”?”

That would get a one in most households.

The rest of my comment was pulled by the Admin Mod.


30 posted on 05/14/2008 11:38:20 AM PDT by poobear (tagline is on a coffee break!)
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To: MEGoody
I’d say wearing red nail polish would be a really BIG demerit for a husband!

Unless he's Penn Jillette.

31 posted on 05/14/2008 11:40:17 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: OB1kNOb

LOL!
My score is 3,
erm a negative 3 at that!

I love being a hostess though! For my friends :)


32 posted on 05/14/2008 11:40:39 AM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: woollyone

But darlin’,
there must be something alkaline to neutralize the acid of the womenbashers-—

I mean,
otherwise, without strong minded females,
FR just becomes a boys locker room, with living pin-ups...and ya wouldn’t want that, now would ya hunny bunny ;)


33 posted on 05/14/2008 11:42:51 AM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: lesser_satan

LOL
BAD Girls where red nailpolish

(Golly, isn’t there a group that thinks red is evil??)


34 posted on 05/14/2008 11:45:03 AM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: OB1kNOb
"Puts her cold feet on her husband at night to warm them."

I like that.

35 posted on 05/14/2008 11:46:09 AM PDT by Sax
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To: SF Republican

I would prefer, for the humor involved, to think it was built to purposely make that the highest score, but I would imagine there are more pages to it.


36 posted on 05/14/2008 11:47:29 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: Politicalmom

LOL!
Same here-— I used to work 12 hour days and yeah, all I wanted was about 30 minutes to read my mail before bed.....


37 posted on 05/14/2008 11:47:46 AM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: OB1kNOb

He did one for husbands too.

Both of the tests are at http://flickr.com/photos/tiabla/2491839794/in/set-72157605047200616/


38 posted on 05/14/2008 11:52:07 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo
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To: OB1kNOb
These lists are retarded. All most husbands really want is a nice woman who will give him lots of sex.

Men are wonderfully simple (and I don't mean stupid, I mean not complex) and easy to please.

39 posted on 05/14/2008 11:52:53 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: lesser_satan

Any nail polish on a woman, along with makeup in general, is a negative.

The more makeup she uses and the longer her nails—polished or not—the less attractive I find her.


40 posted on 05/14/2008 11:53:43 AM PDT by Age of Reason
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