If it were 1939, I'd be screwed!

The other day when I was dinking around on the internet instead of working, I stumbled upon this awesome Marital Rating Scale from 1939. There is a link on that posting which has the entire scanned in test and so I printed it off and took it home. I gave Dave the wife's chart and I took the husband's and we rated each other. Dave's score was a 97, so 'Very Superior', mine was a 41 'Poor'. Hahahahahahahaha!

The thing we discovered after exchanging charts and reviewing our own scores is that what made a "good husband" in 1939 are things that would still be valid and appropriate today. For instance Dave got merits for

things like:

• Being a steady worker/good provider
• Remembering birthdays
• Making guests feel welcome

Dave got demerits for things like:

• Snoring (HAHA!)
• Not shaving on Sundays

Now, I on the other hand got merits for things like:

• Being a neat housekeeper
• Letting the husband sleep late on Sundays or HolidaysB
• Being faithful

And demerits for things like:

• Wearing pajamas while cooking
• Wearing pajamas instead of a nightgown
• Walking around in stocking feet in the house
• Talking too long on the phone

So if I lived in 1939, I would be a terrible wife! Haha, it's just funny to see how roles of women in the home have changed so drastically. Dave says, it all started to go downhill on ce they gave us the right to vote. Don't worry I have smacked him for that comment more than once!

So, we thought it was pretty entertaining and good for a laugh!

It's nice that Dave is back from Chicago. It was good to have my sister out here but it's always nice to have him back home. We have recently started to try and utilize our Netflix account a little bit more than we have in the past few months. Before we had Carson we watched movies ALL the time and just haven't been renting them from there as often. But hopefully we'll start getting our uses out of it!

Carson has his 18 month check up on Friday. I can't believe he's just getting so big so fast! I'll make sure and update pictures of him soon!