What Percent Wife Material Are You?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
What Percent Wife Material Are You?
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About This Quiz

Marriage has been with us since pretty much the first time a group of nomads decided they really liked a particular spot and decided to invent something called a flag to plant on it. Once they had property, they had to figure out inheritance, and that meant formalizing their familial relationships. Until a few hundred years ago, marriage continued to be a version of this concept, where essentially two people would pool resources and forge alliances by putting a ring on it.

Of course, that's a pretty poor substitute for what marriage came to be, starting around the time of Jane Austen and the Romantic movement. The idea of a love match came into being, which means that you should look for a soulmate who completes you. Naturally, that's a little woolly when it comes to the practicalities of real life, and these days, with women pursuing degrees and careers and men freed from the concept of a repetitive manual job for life and no hope of advancement, marriage has evolved once more. 

Now, yes, it's about sharing resources and making a wise match, and yes, it's absolutely about love - but it's also about two individual people who don't need someone to complete them, but choose to share their life, their dreams, and their goals anyway. Being a good wife or husband is about supporting your partner while allowing them to enable your best self and fulfill your greatest potential, whatever that may be. So tell us how you approach a relationship, and we'll see if you're ready to wife it up!

Do you know how to maintain a boundary respectfully but firmly?
I am an expert at that.
I am good at that.
I am OK at that.
I suck at that.

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What's the first quality you require in a potential spouse?
Compassion
Integrity
Sense of humor
Hotness

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Do you mind the idea of putting up with in-laws?
I have them and I love them.
I have them and they are fine.
I guess I could handle that.
I hear the bars of a cage closing.

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Which famous couple is your idea of major relationship goals?
Barack and Michelle
Harry and Meghan
Kim and Kanye
Taylor Swift and whoever

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Do you like organizing family events?
I love it!
I like it.
I do it then I complain all the time and martyr myself.
I hate it and will not do it.

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What's the first relationship dealbreaker that pops into your head?
Cruelty
Grudge-bearing
Laziness
Being boring

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How petty are you?
Sometimes I have those thoughts, but I never let them turn to action.
Once in a while the beast gets the better of me!
I can be, I admit it.
Extremely

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Do you know where you want to be in ten years?
I have a few scenarios that would be great.
I have a plan.
I have an idea.
Alive and kicking, anything else is too much detail.

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Do you spend less than you earn?
Yes, I am very careful and overpay my debts too.
Yes
Most months
I'm still racking up debt.

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What small thing could someone do on date one to guarantee date two?
Be nice to the waiter
Be genuinely listening when I talk
Make me laugh until it hurts
Kiss me really well

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Do you see marriage in financial terms?
You have to at least a little.
I guess, but I prefer not to.
No, that's not romantic.
That is all it is.

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Is marriage just a piece of paper?
No, it is a public declaration of commitment.
Yes, but that paper is important in the same way as your passport, it protects you.
Yes, mostly, but it's also fun.
Of course, that is all it is.

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Do you believe in The One?
I believe in the few.
I rationally know there's probably more than one but emotionally, yes, I believe.
Yes, there's definitely a One.
I believe in the many.

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Do opposites attract?
Temperamentally, sure, but not when it comes to values
I think up to a point, yes.
They sure can but not always.
Yes, that's just like wisdom.

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Have you completed your education?
Yes, I take courses and stuff but I have finished college.
I might go back to school but for now, yes.
I am still studying.
I haven't started school yet.

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How do you feel about pre-nups?
I have one, it's just sensible.
They're unromantic but I see why people do them.
They're something you get if you don't trust your spouse.
They're only for rich people.

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Do you hold grudges?
No, I work hard not to.
Once in a while
Yeah, a few
So many

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Are you someone who keeps their word?
I always do my best.
I try but not always.
Usually, yes
When it's convenient, yes.

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Do you often suffer from unrealistic expectations?
Not really
Once in a while, I indulge.
I can do, yeah.
Yes, they keep me sane.

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Do you see kids in the future?
I already have them.
I see a couple.
Maybe someday
Probably not

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Do you know when to turn a tactful blind eye?
I sure do.
I usually do.
I try to.
I just can't help it, I never do.

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Do you like who you are?
Yes, actually
Mostly
Kinda
I don't want to go there, thanks.

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Do you have a good marital role model in your life?
Pretty much all the couples in my family were great.
My parents were always solid.
My parents were rocky but I had grandparents and other relatives who were great.
I had neighbors and my pastor to look up to there.

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Do you like the idea of being someone's cheerleader forever?
Yes please!
I mostly like that idea.
It's a little scary.
It horrifies me.

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Do you know who you would like to become?
Yes, the feasible and the stretch goal versions!
I think so.
Wow, I never thought about it like that.
I have no idea.

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Do you have a will drawn up?
Yes
Yes, but it might be a little out of date.
I should really do that.
No, I don't own anything.

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Do you know how to put others first?
Of course
Yes, to a fault
Sometimes
No

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Could you use a cheerleader yourself?
Yes, please!
Wow, that sounds so nice.
Huh, what an interesting idea.
That's weird.

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Are you able to assume the best motives about someone even when you are mad at them?
Usually yes
About half the time
Not in the moment but later, yes
No, people are not that good you know.

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If you become a wife and it all goes perfectly... one day you'll be a widow. How do you feel about that?
I sort of hope we'll die within minutes of each other, 70 years from now - but I recognize one day widowhood is possible and that's just the price you pay for years of joy.
It feels really far off.
That's scary.
No thanks!

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