Comments on: I’d have been an ideal wife in the 1930s…

By: bridgett

bridgett — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:21:18 +0000

Emily! Great news! I’m guessing…early October, yes?

By: Angela Gordon

Angela Gordon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:55:57 +0000

That should be “I’m.” I just finished teaching my last summer class.

By: Angela Gordon

Angela Gordon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:55:33 +0000

Oh, I’m not worried. I rather proud and would like to thank my alma mater, Russell Sage College.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:13:32 +0000

I got a 32 as a wife and a 72 as a husband. I dunno, I’m feeling really dude-ly lately, though, what with the preggers wife and all.

By: Gerald

Gerald — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:27:51 +0000

I took this – making assumptions about myself since I’m not married – and did quite well as a 30’s husband. I scored a 78.

Given that and the questions, I think the person who wrote this was using a movie version of 30s maariage as a guide.

By: bridgett

bridgett — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:46:10 +0000

Precisely, Penny. I sew because it’s fun. Kid is interested in sewing and neither of us is very self-conscious about wearing what I whip up. I also got credit for “being prepared,” though to me, that’s rewarding me for hoarding behaviors that are more akin to managed OCD than they are to domestic godhead.

By: pennylrichardsca

pennylrichardsca — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:08:58 +0000

I scored “superior”–I forget the number. Funny thing is, I think I got credit for sewing–but I shouldn’t, because I sew for fun, I make a mess in a house that’s already a disaster, and the wearability of my creations is questionable.

By: bridgett

bridgett — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:28:24 +0000

Demo — this test is not at all useful as an assessment of marital fitness. The ability to be a good friend is far more fundamental.

Angela, don’t sweat it. I think I would have preferred it if I scored really low…pretty much every woman I know who has taken it (all of whom I admire) has come out with scores between 20 and 40. I have this image of myself as having a very feminist, power-sharing healthy relationship and yet, I ace out on this patriarchal nightmare of a test. What does that mean, exactly?

Slarti, I always knew that you didn’t wear face cream and rollers to bed.
I bet if my husband took the wife test, he too would do well, too — although he hasn’t praised my strength and masculinity lately.

By: Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:36:22 +0000

129. Very superior

Then, on a lark, I took the wife test (switching gender when appropriate).

I’m a ‘96′ as a wife. Very Superior. I don’t know how I feel about that.

By: Angela Gordon

Angela Gordon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:36:27 +0000

Yeah, um, I scored a 22. I’m a poor 1930s wife. Perhaps it’s the speaking badly about my husband that I got wrong.