Oh, sheesh! This demerits/merits chart for the beleaguered wife of 1939 is enough to make me burn my bra, start spelling woman with a "y," and wear "soiled and ragged dresses" around town. No wonder she was "slow in coming to bed." She was trying to figure out how to sneak out the window so she could "flirt with other men at parties or restaurants."
Vic Matiﾏ
Angie Gooderham
Minnetonka
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1why the heck is "wears red nail polish" a demerit? pretty trivial if you ask me.
2According to this, I'm like the worst wife EVER. I guess night-owl agnostics with cold feet and red nail polish aren't very good spouses?
3Can I have one of those for merits and demerits for what makes an acceptable husband? Hmm, should I include wearing red nail polish in the merits or demerits?
4According to this, I get a negative 6.
5This husband expects his wife to personally bring all of the children to church (presumably on Sunday morning), while he stays home and sleeps in late.
Classic values!
6HAHAHA duck duck goose
7Oh dear. I would make a very, very poor wife....
8Ha! I just realized that this was made up by a medical doctor with a PhD!! I wonder if this was his life's work...
9LOL! I got a -8
10Guess I'm a major failure with -11.
11"Good sense of humor - Jolly and gay"....wow.
12Red nail polish? Wow. How scandalous!
13I'll have to tell my husband he made a terrible choice in a wife! LOL!
14And for more entertainment, someone actually scanned a copy of the whole booklet! (This is just the first page!) Boy oh boy!
http://flickr.com/photos/tiabla/sets/72157605047200616/
15Sweet turkeyjerky! Thanks for sharing...
16I hope my husband doesn't see this. He seems to have the lists backwards!
17Actually now that a link was posted, there are merits and demerits for the husband too.
18I fail.
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I wonder how many husbands actually tried to use this? 
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