Not Being a Wife in 1939

-

This handy little chart, written in 1939, helpfully calculates whether your wife is a success or a failure (click to enlarge). Red nail polish? Fail. Letting the nanny put the kids to bed? Fail. Eating breakfast naked? Fail. (Although the #8 demerit, that I agree with.) I took the test, based on what I think I'd do. I got 2 raw score points. Fail. Damn you naked breakfast!

And thanks to alert commenter Dal, here is a link to the full survey for both husbands and wives. Thanks Dal!

Comments

Anonymous said…
I think they mean percentage..but what do I know? I only teach grade 4/5 :P
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Anonymous said…
Actually maybe some of the questions have higher points than others? I dont know... I love double comment posts :)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Wayfaring Wanderer said…
Sheez......they really had their priorities straight in the 30's eh?!?!

That score card is wiggity whack!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rebex said…
That is hilarious! Where did you find it? I'd like to see the husband version. :)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Technodoll said…
I'd love to meet the misogynist who wrote this on a piece of toilet paper. I'd make him eat it!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
. . . . . . . . . said…
Well...uh. I guess it's a good thing I wasn't married in the 30s. The nail polish would have been the nail in my coffin...or was that being the one to apologize first? Hmm....
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rebecca Foster said…
Laurie: maybe %. Some do have higher points, but even you had no demerits and all merits, your raw score would be 25. Oh well. Doubles are great! :)

WW: No doubt! I like the churhc/sleeping in one. NICE.

Rebecca: I will try to find it, just for you. :)

Techno: pretty sure that would result in a DEMERIT. But yeah.

Sarah: oh you devil you. I love #1 demerit: translation: "doesn't put out."
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Matt said…
Here y'all go:

http://flickr.com/photos/tiabla/sets/72157605047200616/

I will bring your attention to the Husband's #38 Merit.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Anonymous said…
Hmmmm...Interesting.

By the way I am no longer 1218blog. I moved to wordpress. I am here now.
http://girlinterrupted1218.wordpress.com/
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Rebecca Foster said…
Dal: oooh thank you! I am moving it to the front page and giving you credit of course. AWESOME. And solves the math mystery...list much longer.

Thanks 1218, I will update my links. And yeah, interesting with a little bit of crazy on the side!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Matt said…
The good Dr. Crane's Obituary:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1D8153EF93AA25754C0A963958260

Yes, he was worthy of a full bore New York Times send off.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Jenn-n-n said…
hehehe, I do believe I'll be sharing this lil tidbit with the boys at work. Nothing like stirring up the pot I always say.

If I ain't gettin' any, no one else should be either *crossing arms*
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Unknown said…
Umm...All I can say is:

I love red lipstick. What's breakfast? People get dressed? The only musical instument I play is my ipod. Does that count? If one is not late for an appointment how can one be fashionably late? And I sleep in on Sundays and holidays...it's his turn to get up with the baby. I do it every other day.

Oh, thank goodness it's 2008!!!!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Quick Notes

-
I cut my hair today, it now looks like Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction. It took two hours, it was the most meticulous haircut I have ever received. He was amazing. I wish I could take him with me to Chongqing. Tomorrow I move into a hotel with the other volunteers in downtown Chengdu. We have a few days of meetings and then I move to Chongqing on Wednesday. It's about 4 hours away by train. Our new school helps us move, I am crossing my fingers they bring a car or some strong men to help! My suitcases are hella heavy. We had a banquet last night for our host families. The power went out so we ate in the dark, and then we decided to move to a restaurant next door where dinner started all over again. It was a very China evening. I will post pics asap.
Read more

This One Time I Thought I Was Really Hot (But It Was Just The HVAC Talking)

-
Back in San Antonio, my friend Stacey had asked me to pick her up from the airport. It was full summer, and for those of you who haven't been in San Antonio in the summertime, you know that expression 'hot as an oven'? Well, I like to say San Antonio summers are 'hot as downwind from an exhaust pipe.' (Which means when you actually are downwind from an exhaust pipe, things get really unpleasant.) It's quite common for there to be a temperature difference of 35-40 degrees between indoor and outdoor air during a San Antonio summer. True story: I had a small heater at my work desk and turned it on in the summer, not winter, because the air conditioning was on so high in our building I froze to death at my desk. So anyway, I go straight from the gym to the airport to pick up Stacey. It's 10 pm but still around 100 degrees outside. Inside, it's a balmy 60 or so. Gotta give those tourists a false sense of comfort! I'm pacing a bit in the baggage area wa...
Read more

Really?!?? AKA, Cultural Mishaps in China, They Will Happen

-
After judging a speech competition all morning at a school that is not my own, I was asked to hand out the second place prizes. They also asked some other teachers, but I missed the details because they only gave them in Chinese and I didn’t understand everything. I was only supposed to hand out 4 of 12 prizes. But the prize girl kept handing me certificates, so I kept handing them out, while the audience laughed at me. I didn’t know what was going on, so I just kept going until someone stopped me. Later, I was interviewed for the school news, on video, and the girl interviewing me asked me this question: Random Girl: “When you made the mistake and everyone was laughing at you, what did you feel inside?” Really, random girl? Really? On camera you ask me this? Really? Two years ago, this would have devastated me. Now, I just have to laugh and say, “Oh well! Such is life in China.” Cultural mistakes will be made. It happens. For the record, I told her I felt that it is maybe go...
Read more