Are You Considered A Good Husband or Wife By 1939 Standards?

An old marriage test from 1939 is starting to make its rounds on the internet, and it's supposed to tell you if you're a good husband or a good wife. It would seem that back then, men had it easier being husbands than women did being wives. I know, shocker.

How do you stack up?

Good Husbands:

• Give wife allowance or turns paycheck over to her
• Courteous to wife's friends
• Frequently compliments wife on cooking, housekeeping, and looks
• Remembers birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
• Helps with dishes and taking care of children
• Polite and mannerly, even when alone with wife
• Consults wife on business and social occurrences
• Has a date with wife at least once a week
• Reads newspaper, books, or magazines aloud to wife
• A good conversationalist
• Steady worker and good provider
• Leaves car for wife on days she may need it

Some things that make husband lose points:

• Belches without apology or blows nose at table
• Leaves dresser drawers open
• Leaves shoes in living room
• Snores
• Fails to come to table promptly when dinner is ready
• Compares his wife unfavorably to his mother or other women
• Reads newspaper at table

Good Wives:

• A good hostess, even to unexpected guests
• Has meals on time
• Can carry on an interesting conversation
• Can play an instrument
• Dresses for breakfast
• Neat housekeeper
• Personally puts children to bed
• Never goes to bed angry, always makes up first
• Asks husbands opinion regarding important decisions and big purchases
• Good sense of humor
• Religious; sends kids to church or Sunday school and attends herself
• Lets husband sleep late on Sundays and holidays

Some things that make wives lose points:

• Slow in coming to bed, delays until husband is nearly asleep
• Doesn't like children
• Fails to sew on buttons or fix socks regularly
• Wears soiled or ragged dresses and aprons around the house
• Wears red nail polish
• Seams in pantyhose often crooked
• Puts her cold feet on husband at night
• Is suspicious or jealous
• Is a backseat driver

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