I filled it out too.
filled out. God, I had no idea I felt that way.
I did it, too.
Moi, aussi!
For those of us who are not wives nor intend to change that situation, what were some of the questions?
Stuff like: what do you complain most about being a wife? What do you like about being a wife? How many times have you been married? Do you have kids? Do you - suffer, tolerate, enjoy, can’t live without - your husband. Lots of multiple choice along those lines. Age group. Do you think you’re a good mother, scale of 1-10. Why did you pick that choice? How’s your sex life?
Stuff like that.
You can follow the link and read the questions without filling them out. Being a guy, I didn’t take the survey, but I thought they were asking good questions, by and large.
I filled it out. I feel a lot like Faruiza, I’m so happy in my relationship that I love sharing about it. I really do have to work at keeping my mouth shut around newlyweds because I want to spout all sorts of advice that most likely has no bearing on their relationship.
Anyone in a long-term relationship can participate. You don’t have to be formally married.
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We’ve had a few lesbians fill out the survey and more than a handful of wives who were in love with other women.
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I filled it out this morning and signed up for updates, and got an interesting email back asking for more detail about one of the questions, so I sent a bit of a ramble back in return. Hope some of it is useful!
Done! I always think these kinds of things are cool. I look forward to hearing the results.
I found myself torn with the “How do you feel about your husband” question. I love him, and can’t imagine my life without him (and don’t WANT to imagine my life without him), but I can’t say “I can’t live without him,” because…well, I would live, it would just suck. It would sound like I’m dependent on him for my survival. Still, I understood the typical meaning assigned the phrase…and you know, I’m not sure I remember what my exact response was to that one. One of those two.
Yeah, me too. I mean, I love my husband a lot, but I wouldn’t die without him, I’d just be very very sad. So I did the same thing. And I sent an email ramble too; the question they were asking about hadn’t made a lot of sense to me in the first place, so I was interested to see what they meant by it.
Submitted. Although I wish I hadn’t now. I don’t think my responses (I didn’t fill out any explanations either) are indicative of my true feelings about my marriage, but more a product of depression.
In the past, I have been very confident about my marriage and thought I had one of the best. I actually rated my husband much higher than myself, although I seem to be relatively indifferent about my marriage these days. That tells me that no matter how good you have it, depression just sours life experiences.
In case anyone was wondering, Wife Research is my friend doing the study so feel free to ask questions. She is very happy with the wide variety of resposes so far.
I think it’s cool to see others who found themselves giving more thought to their relationship after taking the survey. I know I did.
I answered, but I thought many of the questions were phrased very strangely. “If you had the opportunity, do you think you would ever cheat on your spouse?” So…cheating is merely a matter of opportunity?
In the context of this survey, I think I would have asked, “Have you ever considered cheating on your spouse?” But it would be even less finger-wagging to ask, “Have you ever been, or thought about being, physically or emotionally involved with someone outside your marriage?”
“Do you have a secret in your closet that your husband can never find out about?” My interpretation was, “Do you have a secret you’ve hidden so well that your husband can never discover it?” The question that followed made it clear my interpretation was not correct. I think I would have phrased the question “Is there anything you’ve kept from your husband out of concern for what would happen if he found out?”
freckafree, you bring up a good point. I’ve always had issues with polls and profiles tat are either too yes/no or weighted to one end of the scale. I didn’t find that so much with this one but I’m sure your comments will be helpful and taken in to consideration.
I thought this was odd, too. I have every faith that I could certainly *make *opportunity if I wanted… but the fact is that I love my husband and I just wouldn’t betray him like that!
We have very little control over where our emotional attachments form, but I refuse to believe we don’t have any control over what we do about those attachments. Being attracted to another man isn’t cheating. Having the *opportunity *to flirt with that man isn’t cheating. Acting on it? That’s cheating.
YMMV, of course. I’m not naturally flirty (though I’m playful) so flirting automatically goes hand-in-hand with intent for me. I know plenty of girls who flirt quite innocently; their margin for where ‘cheating’ comes in is quite different to mine, as it should be.
ETA: I also had some trouble with the ‘how would you rate yourself as a wife’ bit. As far as traditional wives go, I suck. I’d admit that. If the question were phrased more like ‘How well do you think you meet your husband’s requirements as a life partner’, I’d do a *lot *better. He doesn’t want a stereotypical wife.
Ah, see, and I was very pleased with the way they worded it, because it takes individual marriage contracts into account. No, I would never and have never “cheated” on my husband - as he and I define cheating. I’ve been physically and emotionally involved with people outside of my marriage, but since we’ve agreed that’s okay and even desirable, I don’t (and he doesn’t) consider that “cheating”.
I’m not married… or even female, I just came here to say two things.
First, I clicked on that link and watched the pictures of those women scroll through out twice. Those women are beautiful. That one in the red top, hot! I needs to get me one of those, er what you call em, wives!
Also I just wanted to let Brown Eyed Girl know that I was hoping she was having a better day. Turn on your PM’s, I was gonna send you one.