The Modern Husband Should Be…
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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guys
10:15AM, Wednesday June 10th 2009
Perhaps you’ve seen this little test for husbands making the rounds on the web? It was written in 1933 as a companion to a test for women about being good wives, with a list of merits and demerits for appropriate and inappropriate husband behavior. It was a bit antiquated to give the fellas in 2009, so we updated it….
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CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 10:29 am: [report]
Unrealistic “test”. However if it were applied, I think most men would come out even.
jojo32
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 10:34 am: [report]
Not that I have a husband…uh, anymore…but my ex would be all demerits. My boyfriend now, however…I just might have to print this out for him, he is all about the merits!
I feel so lucky after reading this!
(Ew, sorry for gushing. I have shamed myself)
GreenAura
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 10:42 am: [report]
I just don’t agree with this list at all. On the demerits side #‘s 3, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20 dont bother me at all. And I think the Merits side is totally unrealistic for the most part (save for a few). C’mon, does any guy REALLY walk down the hall to fart?? Half the time, I get the “dutch oven” done to me and I love my hubby all the same!
Jessica Wakeman
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 11:01 am: [report]
Why only one merit for massages of all kinds? That should be, like, 10 merits!
badjuju
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 11:26 am: [report]
I completely disagree with #3’s designation as a demerit. Since when did making a (potentially, if done correctly) healthy/environmentally conscious/empathetic diet shift become something worthy of docking points?
Erin G
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 11:44 am: [report]
Sorry, but #10’s thing about Heidi and Spencer is just dumb. I wouldn’t ever want to even date a man who took interest in these things. Ugh.
Arty
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 11:48 am: [report]
The demerits make sense, but I think if a guy did everything in the merits column it would be a bit suffocating. Some things just seem a bit much, like tweeting only about couple activities? Reading my horoscope outloud every morning?
EastCoastMale
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 12:25 pm: [report]
You receive merits from going to gay bars with your wife? and having a facebook pic from your wedding?....very odd in my opinion. I also unfortunately know who Heidi and Spencer are from non-stop media coverage and am already trying to forget. I think there are valid and invalid points on each list so overall I would not pay attention to it.
Queen Frostine
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 01:31 pm: [report]
All the “merits” added together seem more like a gay room mate than a husband.
annasbetter
wrote on June 10 2009 @ 08:41 pm: [report]
it’s at least chuckle worthy. i dont read us weekly, give a #&@$% about heidi and spencer (kinda hope they fall off a cliff), and i don’t read magazines with sex advice. because…i’m not 17 anymore. oh, and i have a team and so does he.
bethylane
wrote on June 11 2009 @ 08:03 am: [report]
AMEN, annasbetter.
I’m a sports fan and so is my guy, and I like how much he gets into it and I am the same way when it comes to my teams. The merit for “Doesn’t have a team” is completely lame, as are most of these, but yeah it’s funny I guess.
Screw US Weekly! Screw Cosmo, too. Every issue is the same. On the cover: “581 New Tricks In Bed!” or “1,000 New Styles For Summer!” groooan…