article · Issue No. 7, July 1950 · p. 19

Man's Faults in Woman's Eyes / Woman's Faults in Man's Eyes

أخطاء الرجل في نظر المرأة / أخطاء المرأة في نظر الرجل

Marriage is lasting happiness and continual bliss, but naturally it is not free of vexations — and what happiness or bliss is free of vexations? Recently the Gallup Institute conducted a survey covering an ample number of the inhabitants of America, men and women, on the faults that husbands see in their wives and the faults that wives see in their husbands, and it arrived at the two following lists, in which the faults are arranged in order of importance:

Man's Faults in Woman's Eyes

1 - Drinking liquor.
2 - Inattention to his wife.
3 - Selfishness.
4 - Love of domination.
5 - Other women.
6 - Stinginess and penny-pinching.
7 - Neglect of household affairs.
8 - Taking his wife for granted.
9 - Complaining and criticizing.
10 - Gambling and smoking.

Woman's Faults in Man's Eyes

1 - Grumbling and fretting.
2 - Extravagance.
3 - Neglect of household affairs.
4 - Devotion to evening parties and drinking.
5 - A bent for chatter and tale-bearing.
6 - Selfishness.
7 - Interest in many matters outside the home.
8 - Love of domination.
9 - Failing to care for her appearance and neglecting it.
10 - Other men.

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