The Reasons Victorian Women Rejected Their Lovers Are Bizarre and Hilarious

There are plenty of reasons why a woman might not want to date someone. For starters, being single in today’s world can be really fun. You have all the time in the world to focus on yourself, your hobbies, your friends, and your career.

But during Victorian times, women had one role in life and that was to get married to an outstanding man.

But despite the pressure of finding a worthy man to marry, Victorian women had some pretty high standards when choosing a partner and sometimes they even rejected their suiters for all sorts of bizarre reasons, at least, according to a popular column of the time titled “Why Am I A Spinster?”

She Didn’t Fancy His Face

Lizzie Moore confessed to the column “Why Am I a Spinster?” that she judged her lovers by how pleasant their faces were. She was only attracted to men who had the perfect face.

So, from her perspective, if the guy’s face wasn’t doing it for her, he wasn’t worth her time.

He Was Too Poor

Miss E. Jones also told the column, “Why Am I a Spinster?” that the reason the relationship between her and her husband didn’t work out was because he had lost his job.

Seeing as to how women of the time could solely rely on men for financial support, love just wasn’t enough to keep them together.

Marriage Just Wasn’t For Her

When Miss A. Wood Smith read an ad in the paper from a man looking for “a sort of angel and housewife combined,” she realized that marriage wasn’t something she wanted in her life.

So, she decided to stay happily single for the rest of her natural life. Sounds like this gal was ahead of the times!

Working Was Better Than Marriage

Florence Watts felt that getting a paying job was better than having a thankless job like being a housewife. “The hours are shorter, the work more agreeable, and the pay possibly better,” she explained in the column.