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[ricevermicelli]

16 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

danceboy on the other hand:

101 As a 1930s husband, I am Very Superior Take the test!

I lose points for being grouchy in the mornings, schlompfing around the house in pajamas, failing to cook breakfast, using my spouse as a footwarmer, cussing, and eschewing membership in religious or women's organizations. danceboy, by contrast, picks up points for not complaining when the newspaper is disarranged, failing to monopolize the radio when he wants to listen to baseball, and not writing on the tablecloth in pencil. For bonus points, discuss how these standards fail to apply to modern life and/or my family, and why disarrangement of newspapers is almost never an issue in 2008.

Comments

[nonnihil.livejournal.com]

I disarranged my RSS feeds the other day, and it really sucked. But I didn't complain, because I totally rock at 1930s.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

You're a pretty decent husband for 2008s, too.

[chalgaryn.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww :-)

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using my spouse as a footwarmer

... but he makes a very good footwarmer!

[beah.livejournal.com]

I thought that was what spouses were *for*!

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Well, space heaters in general, not necessarily just footwarmers. It's how we've survived all these eons; women need men for heat. ;)

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

I was only "poor," although I sort of doubt that radical feminist organizations are the "women's organizations" they had in mind...

[thenotoriousphd.livejournal.com]

I got a 16 too. I curse, I don't like to get up and make breakfast, I cry and sulk, I don't wash the top of the milk bottle before opening it, I'm a back seat driver, and I gave myself the check mark for having crooked stocking seams because when I try to hem my pants it comes out unevenly.

[percussivebunny.livejournal.com]

i got a poor score too. i think my favorite line was:

Reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress.

that totally made me giggle.

[chalgaryn.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed to say that I am a poor 1930's wife rather than a total failure. At 34 points, I was even disturbingly close to average...*shudder*

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, 34 for me as well.