 | 49 As a 1930s wife, I am |
I'm surprised I did this well, actually. . . In this area, I aspire to "average"! Heck, I aspire to "barely passable" in some of these categories!!
The test felt biased as I was taking it, as if it were trying to make some kind of feminist point while being cute. But really, I'm not so sure it isn't sort of accurate. At any rate, I can't complain. What do you think (all of you)? How did you score? There's a test for husbands, too, incidently. . .
The test felt biased as I was taking it, as if it were trying to make some kind of feminist point while being cute. But really, I'm not so sure it isn't sort of accurate. At any rate, I can't complain. What do you think (all of you)? How did you score? There's a test for husbands, too, incidently. . .
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me, 52. PH, 97. He's nearly perfect or would have been in 1935. apparently.
I thought it was an odd test, too. I couldn't figure it.
We're neck-in-neck! Cool! Fellow-averages!
My husband is better-than-perfect... He scored a 127! Not sure HOW that's possible but hey... Now, I think he scores pretty well by today's standard, but with the way some of the questions were phrased, one wonders what the correlation would be between very good on a "2000s Marital Scale" and very good on a "1930s Marital Scale"... Wonder what questions would look like for this decade?
I got a 59, which just barely tipped me into 'superior'. I've seen this before - not as a quiz, but I've seen scanned pages of the original, which was a sort of booklet from the 30s that's been floating around the internet for a few years.
That's interesting! I thought it had the feel of those "public service" clips (but with some sarcasm perhaps?) that Nick-at-Nite would show between shows back in the days when they were good and not stoooopid. You know, how to be the kid who got a date to the prom or whatever--probably by using Axe or not smelling like... what was the quote? oh! "Don't go around reeking like a billy goat." *snicker, chortle, snort*
I scored 48 (average) which I found surprising considering I do very little cooking. But, who knows? I do know my gradnmother was a 1930s wife, worked full-time and had a maid. Her husband was district attorney so her work (at a local air force base) was considered superfluous and risque but she didn't much seem to care. BUT, she was an excellent hostess and made all meals somehow. Ah, those were the days. Hee-hee.
-LilyBug
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As a 1930s wife, I am Superior
Not sure how that happened.
How do I answer questions like whether my stocking seams are crooked when I don't wear stockings? Do I check it because if I did I'm sure they would be crooked? Or do I leave it unchecked because I can't remember the last time I wore stockings, much less ones with seams?
I've also seen the scanned pages of the original booklet. Or, rather Dom read it to me one night and we laughed about how poorly I'd score.
My husband scored a 151 (very superior). Again, quite ironic since I am often criticized for "wearing the pants" in the family. I honestly don't know whether this is a ocmplement for him or not. Hmm... I'm thinking of having him take the "wife" test.
-LilyBug
There were some things that were more appropriate to me on the "husband" side of things, I admit. I actually think that if we looked at the ideal husband of the 1930s, we would find a number of things that we would NOT necessarily consider ideal today. I mean, would a husband be expected to give his wife some of the authority that I have over management of the household? Probably not. It might have been seen as putting too much burden on her, actually. And you know, sometimes it does feel that ay. But I think that we need to do the tasks within the family that we're best suited for. So if he does the dishes and I manage bills, well, that's what makes our world go round smoothly! Except when one of us needs the help, and then the other steps in, but you get the idea. This is when it might be interesting to read that book & see what the criteria are. Anyone have that link? Wait... Don't give it to me yet. I've got a BIG deadline to meet on Friday. Just give me a summary! ;)
That is so cool, thanks for sharing.
I got 102 and Darwin got 147, so we're totally prepared to fall into a time warp and get sucked back to the Depression.
Impressive!
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