Summary
of ‘I Want a Wife’
This essay “I Want a Wife” comments satirically on the
demands placed on wives and mothers. The narrator is wife, and a mother. One of
her male friends recently got divorce and was looking for another wife. Then it
came to her mind that she also anted to have a wife. But why did she ant to
have a wife?
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She wants a wife to be economically free later, and
she ants to go back to school. The wife will work and send her to school. The wife
will also take care of the children. She will do everything necessary for the
children. Sometimes she may have to take leave from her job to manage the
children. A wife is necessary to satisfy physical needs, to look after the
clothes, and the kitchen. She is also needed to nurse the sick, and to express
sympathy in a painful condition. A wife is necessary while going out during the
vacation. A wife who will listen to but who will not tell unnecessary things is
needed. She will also type the paper written by the narrator.
She wants a wife who will entertain the school friends
by making them comfortable and by not interrupting them. The wife must
understand the narrator’s sexual needs, but she should demand more if the
husband does not like them. The husband may have extramarital affairs, but the wife
must remain faithful. If the husband gets another more suitable woman, he
should be free to leave her and the children to enjoy a new and fresh life. After
he completes his study and starts a job, the wife should remain at home doing a
wife’s duties completely.
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