Here's What Brits Eligible Bachelors Wanted In A Wife In 1972

A very young Sir Ian McKellan (who is now openly gay) said ‘I’ll know the right woman when I meet her. She’ll love the theatre but won’t be an actress, she’ll love to argue but won’t insist on winning.’
‘I can’t think of anything more important than a sense of humour’ said actor Simon Oates.
‘I want honesty, love plus the distance needed to maintain my independence,’ said a very reasonable Joachim Stein.
‘She’d have to be upbeat, punctual and independent,’ said actor John Hurt. ‘and positively, but positively anti-women’s lib,’ he adds. Oh.
‘Someone who wouldn’t mind the au pair girl rubbing my back in the bath,’ said entertainer Lance Percival. Charming.
‘Femininity is important,’ said actor Oliver Reed.
‘I hate the bull-d*ke Woman’s Lib type of bird. The best kinds of girls are the type who have plenty of drive but in the end like to be dominated. I like a girl who can understand and tolerate me, but most of all she must have good knockers.’
Thankfully, they are not all so awful. Do you have more to add in your home country?

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