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A Marital Rating Scale

By The Daily Dish
May 14 2008, 9:24 AM ET

From the 1930s. Among the possible failings of a wife:

Puts her cold feet on husband at night to warm them.

Fails to sew on buttons or darn socks regularly.

And no scale for husbands. (Hat tip: Mind Hacks.)



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