So are you a good wife (or husband) 1930's style?

[Aoife]

I don't know about the scoring of this little test. I answered truthfully and came out with a -3. Then I went back and selected all of the "good" wifely answers, and only got a 9. Still a failure.

Is it even possible to get a high score??? Or, am I that clueless as to what makes a good 30's style wife?

Good question. I have no idea if it's possible. Let me put on my best Stepford Wife mode and see if I can do "better."

Edited to add:

Nope, I got a 10. Perhaps in 1930's terms even being willing think enough to take the test automatically docks you 50 points?

 

[Maria D]

Nope, I got a 10. Perhaps in 1930's terms even being willing think enough to take the test automatically docks you 50 points?

haha, that must be it! I thought I answered pretty nicely and got a negative eight. Maybe "Reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress." is a *bad* thing? Save that for the mistress????

 

[movie zombie]

-2.

is it possible to not be "crabby" first thing in the morning?!

 

[Tacori E-ring]

I got a 4!

 

[April20]

Ha ha ha. I got a 1!

 

[Enerchi]

I'm not sure I could live within the 'rules' of 1930's "wifedom". It just sounds so subservient -ugh. Women have come WAY to far and I'm thrilled! Wonder how our grandparents would score on this?

We should remake the list for 2012 - things that make a good wife (or husband) 2012 style! This is what I'd recommend:

1 - sense of humour
2 - listen listen listen to your other half
3 - see #1 - sense of humour

(repeat as needed)

 

[lyra]

I'm a zero 0. Oh well. It's our 30th anniversary next year, so I guess for an 80's wife I was okay.

 

[HollyS]

Too many of those questions were answerable only with a "WTH, get real!" comment . . . not a mere click of a button.

I didn't answer any that didn't pertain to me (kids) or the current day standards (writing to the hubby and your inlaws?)

So, skipping the non-Hollyish questions, I still got a 3. Thank God it's 2012 and my husband thinks I hung the moon!

 

[NOYFB]

Ha! I got a -12 Very Poor (Failure)

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I got a +6 Failure. But I didn't read it as what makes a "good" wife of the 30's so much as it was "typical" wife of the 30's. I think some of the negative things were typical, not necessarily even good at that time.

 

[isaku5]

A big fat 0...speaks volumes

 

[iheartscience]

Ha, I got:

-14

As a 1930s wife, I am
Very Poor (Failure)

I think I win!

 

[Amys Bling]

-5

 

[Black Jade]

Much of the test just seemed like common courtesy or common sense, except things that are outdated (we all have heat, so no need to warm cold feet on husband--and who writes letters to anybody--it's phone calls. Also, no longer necessary to know how to darn socks when they cost nothing at Walmart).
However, I believe there is something wrong with the scoring. How did people manage to get negative scores? that shouldn't be possible. It looks as if 0 should be the lowest score.

 

[Jennifer W]

Well, I already know how good the 2012 Jen would be as a 1930s wife, but if I'd been an adult in the 1930s, perhaps I would have had a different mindset. Who knows.

The 2012 me didn't take the test, because I don't value the value set against which it would measure me.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I'm a SAHM - which I would guess makes me a 1930s mom/wife?

I got a -16! lol Must be the swearing & lotto tickets "gambling."

 

[ame]

-1

As a 1930s wife, I am
Very Poor (Failure)

Wow, I did better than I expected.

 

[jaysonsmom]

I think I'm pretty traditional, despite being a career mom, in a demanding job....but I got a 1!

At least the score wasn't in the negative! I guess I better start learning how to make my own clothes, or start darning some socks (instead of heading out to the nearest target to get brand new socks!)

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I think I'm pretty traditional, despite being a career mom, in a demanding job....but I got a 1!

At least the score wasn't in the negative! I guess I better start learning how to make my own clothes, or start darning some socks (instead of heading out to the nearest target to get brand new socks!)

I didn't even know what 'darning socks' meant...but that said, I have a huge sock fetish and had a fav. pair of socks that had a hole in the bottom and I loved them so much that I DID try mending them and thus had a LUMP on the bottom of the sock so every time I took a step, if felt like I had a little pepple in my sock!!! lol Guess I should buy back-ups of fun socks I like.

 

[lulu]

I got a zero too. It didn't help that they equated drinking with using dope. And the swearing thing hurt.

 

[Maria D]

I think I'm pretty traditional, despite being a career mom, in a demanding job....but I got a 1!

At least the score wasn't in the negative! I guess I better start learning how to make my own clothes, or start darning some socks (instead of heading out to the nearest target to get brand new socks!)

But I do sew a lot of my own clothes and will darn quality socks (SmartWool, expensive tights, not cheap white athletic tube socks) and I still got -8.

Was it that dinner isn't always "on time." I do *make* the dinner dammit! (but hubby always cleans up my big mess, great guy that he is)

Maybe it was the cold feet thing...

 

[Begonia]

When I stop laughing at the questions, I'll try to take the test! (I think I may have peed my pants at a few of them)