Do you have to have ALL the qualities...?

Nope I dont think so. What I know and what I have and what I am makes up 'me'. If I dont have a certain quality then that also makes me 'me'. If I know a certain skill or have a specific talent, then that's 'me'. Others also have their own talents and abilities. I dont have a husband but if he would not love me for who I am or more to the point who Im not, then why marry him in the first place..? Anyway, everyone is unique, our differences are kinda the things that makes us who we are. Then again, that just may be me.

Hi Maryam I think love is beyond perfection. No one is perfect and when two people tie the knot they accept each other with the short comings. Working hand in hand helps in eradicating the short comings and even if it doesn't a man or a woman should NOT leave their partners. I think we all have positive sides which over power the drawbacks. We must not frown over our crooked nose but appreciate how beautiful our eyes are. We can work on our crooked nose to make it look better. And if any person leaves his/her partner because of his/her inability to excel in certain areas in life, I think he/she would do a wrong thing.

Absolutely not. Having all the right qualities does not make you a perfect wife, love does that. No one is perfect and couple need to compliment each other in their short comings. So don't strive to be perfect.

If a man marries a woman just to get all that stuff done for him then I wouldn't consider that he loved her - he was just looking for unpaid labour. Frankly, if a husband didnt just love me for who I am, then he's wasted his and my time getting married and should give up and leave.

Hi, Mayam27! Will I don't need to be perfect for my husband..Does he loves me for what I am...Now If one of that qualities I don't have, I dont need to explain it to him just to love me more.. Love is just like accepting to one another. Happy Mylotting!

I think it's necessary for a wife to have all the quality required to be a good housewife, such as cooking, cleaning, entertaining guests, etc. Because wife's duty is to help her husband doing the chores around the house, while the husband is out there working hard to earn money for the family. That's natural I think. I think the essence of marriage is to work hand in hand in order to make the marriage succeed. So if a woman decides to stay at home, then she must be able to accept the responsibility to do the chores around the house. If wife can't cook, it's still tolerable. But if she can't do almost anything, except shopping and burdening her husband, then she's better to stay single :) I think husband will love the wife even more, if he comes home to a clean and tidy house, and smell the hot yummy meals on the table.

Cooking, cleaning, entertaining.... all very sexist stereotypes of what a woman should be, if you ask me. My husband and I don't believe in gender roles. We are married because we love eachother. He does all the cooking and cleaning, because he's better at it than i am, and I manage the money. We work very well together, not because of gender roles, but because of the way we are naturally.