Marriage — from whatever angle you take it — is very nearly the most popular topic of conversation among women, married or unmarried. The wonder is that the majority of women are ignorant of the truth of this captivating subject, and set claims and mistaken opinions in the place of its facts. For example — do not most of us believe that a young wife is better able to adapt herself than one older than she? I was one of those who held this opinion, but I came to see my error, and that the opposite is the truth. Here follow some statements, confirmed or contradicted by those who know this subject at close range among the scholars of sociology, statistics, education, and psychology.
(1) The conservative class of girls make the happiest and worthiest wives.
True. Statistics have shown that wives who keep the traditions, and whose morals are of the old style, are far happier than others of modernizing views.
(2) The son who is utterly devoted in his attention to his parents is the ideal husband.
False. We do not deny that a son ought to be tender toward his parents — but when a grown, sensible man goes to excess in pleasing his mother, for instance, he is a man not fully mature, who staggers under the responsibilities of marriage, which require independence from his first ties.
(3) When the wife is older than her husband, her marriage's share of success is smaller.
False. The older wife pampers her husband and is tender toward him, for she surpasses the young
one in wisdom and is less selfish than she.
(4) The marriage whose origin goes back to companionship since childhood is usually the happiest marriage.
False. These two spouses may well be of the kind who find it hard to mix with others, their attachment springing from a dread of people and an immaturity of feeling.
(5) Men cease to love their wives because the wives neglect their appearance.
False. The scientists say that the image of that girl he once fell in love with never leaves a man's imagination, even if her present appearance differs from that image. The real reason for his turning away from her is that she neglects to point out his greatness and to magnify him in his own eyes as she used to do before.
(6) The older a man grows, the greater his desire for a young, fresh wife.
True. And this is what makes girls past the age of thirty-five hard to marry — not for any lack of husbands suited to them in age, but because of older men's infatuation with young girls.
(7) The young man asks for his sweetheart's hand after some enchanting, captivating scene.
False. Most often a man surprises his girl with a proposal at home, or in the car, or on the road, or in a restaurant. And the average time it takes is a minute and a half!
(8) Most people come upon their better half in their own surroundings.
True. And the distance between the two does not exceed a single
mile. This is a fact well worth the notice of those who deliberately go hunting for husbands in Western countries.
(9) When a man chooses a second wife for himself, he prefers her unmarried.
True. A man looks upon the woman who wishes to marry a second time as a makeshift step, or a second choice made on the margin of custom.
(10) Tastes in women are subject to change.
True. At the close of the last century men flocked to the weak, dependent woman who resembled the clinging vine. Now, however, the capable, competent woman has become the woman sought after — for the first is ruled by her moods, and the second by her mind.
(11) The stout man picks a stout woman.
True. And the thin man picks a thin woman. In the matter of shortness and tallness, however, it is the other way round.
(12) The fewer the relatives of the man or the woman who meddle in the couple's affairs, the greater the couple's share of happiness.
True. And it goes without saying that the easiest relative to get along with is the man's father, and the hardest his mother.
(13) Most marital disputes revolve around money.
True. And most often they
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