Julie just sent a link to “The Marriage Rating Scale” from boingboing. Written by George W. Crane, MD, he was a marriage counselor and wrote a syndicated national newspaper column called “The Worry Clinic.” He developed a test in the late 1930s called the Marital Rating Scale — Wife’s Chart.
Here is the chart:
I think Dr Crane has some over compensation issues and was very very lonely. And on the side note, he can go DEMERIT himself.
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I cannot for the life of me figure out the scoring… 18 demerits vs. 5 merits equals what? Negative 13? COLOSSAL FAIL!!
On the other hand, my other half has 10 demerits and no merits. ROFLMAO!
Nowhere does it talk about the coffee! What if wife makes crappy coffee rather than serve instant!
Raw Score: 1…but at least she doesn’t wear red nail polish like a tramp!
Now on a serious note isn’t it interesting that no Husband rating scale comes up on a search for the esteemed Dr. Crane.
Hey, wonder if that’s where they got the idea for the name of Batman’s “Scarecrow” villain!
I do hope you and your readers realize that you have only 12 of the 50 questions for the wife chart and that here is a series for husbands also. If you want to see the husband and the wife chart’s it has been posted on Flikr: http://flickr.com/photos/tiabla/2491839696/in/set-72157605047200616/
Thanks kem!
Love the pic of Dr Crane as well.
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