What Makes for the Perfect Wife
What qualities should a man look for in the perfect wife?
I was minded to think of this by an offhand and somewhat glib sound bite which is actually really quite incisive, this is not a quote, rather my take on it.
If you are looking for a woman to spend, hopefully, the rest of your life with you should avoid all the things you look for in a girlfriend !
This certainly makes sense, at least it does to me though whether that says more about me than the sagacity of the saying I am not sure.
I believe much of what we seek is directly attributable to our cavemen ancestors. Little has changed in principal. The cave has changed to a detached house and bringing home a wild boar has changed to a second car and a 42 inch plasma TV.
We still rely on women to ‘make’ a family home, though for many a large part of that will be to provide a double income - things don’t so much change as shift as society, in theory, advances.
So, most men and women are simply time adjusted Neanderthals looking for the same things they always have.
What I am interested in knowing is:
What qualities do both men and women think make for a good female life partner ?
Lest anyone think this sexist, if there is any interest in this subject I shall repeat this post later this week but for an ideal husband.
Rather than put too much in the initial post I thought it may benefit from being expanded via comments - all interest and opinion welcomed - especially from new commenters
Little Brother said,
January 16, 2007 @ 10:28 pm
Rod,
If either of us knew, we’d both have one!
My ideal wife would be someone who could see into the future. That way, when she got itchy feet and fell for a knight in shining armour stood on a patch of grass seemingly much greener than her own she could see that after the honeymoon period wore off he’d be the same as all the rest of us.
LB (dismounting from his high horse)
Rod said,
January 17, 2007 @ 9:35 am
LB
If either of us knew, we’d both have one!
It’s one thing knowing the qualities and quite another finding them in someone, never mind them reciprocating.
Sadly, one issue is reliability, would you really want to rely on one?
Remember the third Goldeneye maxim
Everybody Lets You Down
A Retired Bookdealer said,
January 17, 2007 @ 10:50 am
What qualities should a man look for in the perfect wife?
Difficult one this , I suppose the following would fit the bill ,
1 - Must be able to keep a clean house .
2 - Cook.
3 - Able to solve ones own daily minor problems.
4 - Not especially good looking - this would help stop interest from third parties,
thus enabling one to keep her for a length of time, should you so wish.
Should all else fail you could always restrict her movements with five or six children,
this in turn would keep her busy and help restrict interest from third parties.
A Retired Bookdealer said,
January 17, 2007 @ 10:54 am
Ps -
Am i allowed to mention No 6
The Hair thing - or would that get edited out ?
Witches of Eastwick said,
January 17, 2007 @ 11:01 am
…… and the Lord said to a man ….. “I am wasting my time trying to find you a perfect wife when you yourself are not perfect. My time would be better spent making those qualities in you and then you will recognize them in a wife.” ….. something along those lines anyway. Just to be on the safe side we googled this subject and found a fabulous fifties account which we suspect would suit many a modern day man.
WoE
Rod said,
January 17, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
ARB
a touch of Rod Damon in your first comment - I’m sure he would approve!
The Hair thing - or would that get edited out ?
I’ll not repeat the full phrase you coined, it’s embedded in my mind and I have already voiced it several times when perhaps, given those around me, I should not have.
I try to avoid it now in the interests of harmony and avoiding embarrassing silences
Rod said,
January 17, 2007 @ 12:26 pm
WoE
erudite and eloquent as ever, you bring a touch of much needed class to the site. Being a long way short of perfect myself it perhaps would have been better to leave out the word perfect in the title.
I realised this at the time but the title is important for other reasons.
A natural affinity, an ability to talk to each other and trust would rank pretty high amongst the wines and spirits for me
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
January 18, 2007 @ 2:22 pm
Rod,
The perfect book for all of us …..’Simply Irresistible - The Phychology of Seduction - How to Catch and Keep your Perfect Partner’, by Dr Raj Persaud, 12.99 in paperback.
WoE
Witches of Eastwick said,
January 18, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
Dear All,
A timely reminder that Seville oranges are available this month for home made marmalade. The Witches have cooked up a double cauldron quantity, some without shreds. Get those crystal preserve pots out and on the table ….. standards are slipping, it’s time to smarten up the breakfast table. Cartons and plastic milk containers out; in with the milk jug.
Don’t you agree LB?
WoE
Rod said,
January 18, 2007 @ 2:41 pm
WoE
thanks for that, I’ll put it on my xmas list. Personally though I think there would be more chance of success in spending the £12.99 on buying girls blue wkd in a bar!
I may write a companion volume
Simply Irresistible - The Phychology of Seduction - How Your Attractiveness to Women is Directly Proportional to the Size of Your ………………….Wallet
:)
edit
home made marmalade
That sounds fabulous and extremely wifely, I’d be happy with a girl that just cleaned the bathroom to the same standard that I myself do - not much to ask !
Little Brother said,
January 18, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
Woe,
Seville oranges make a fine tart or bread and butter pudding, I’m making the most of the last of the blood oranges-a splendid fruit.
A well set breakfast table speaks volumes about the person, and, as I tell my staff on a daily basis it’s all about standards. You either have them or you don’t.
LB
A Retired Bookdealer said,
January 22, 2007 @ 11:53 pm
A Wise Old man in Lincolnshire once said ,
” Once You Learn How to Drive a Tractor, Why Plough the Same Field ” !
Rod said,
January 23, 2007 @ 8:23 am
ARB
The ever sagacious Rod Damon aka The Coxeman, counter spy and legendary swordsman said:
What use is a bull that serves only one cow