In Malaysia there is the Obedient Wives’ Club, with branches in Indonesia and Thailand. According to the Star newspaper, China now has the Good Wife Happy School and the Beijing Moral Education Center for Women.
These two are among the many that have sprouted to offer marriage guidance in view of the increasing divorce rates. The latest statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs reveal that 45 million couples divorced in 2010, an increase of 11% from 2009.
To help women to acquire the skills to manage a marriage, marriage management schools offer online and off line courses that teach women how to fix or prevent a broken marriage. According to a spokeswoman of the Good Wife Happy School, women will also learn how to get rid of a mistress!
The Moral Education Center in one of the districts in China offers a 30-hour course on how to snare a millionaire. It includes modules on conversational skills, personality development, make-up, and traditional tea-pouring techniques.
These marriage management schools have emerged to meet the need for relationship advice, especially among the women.
However, methinks here the onus has been placed mostly on the women to ensure that the marriage works whereas men too, play an important role in whether a marriage succeeds or fails. After all it takes two hands to clap.
Maybe someone should start a niche market by opening a school for aspiring husbands with tips on how not to begin on the wrong foot, the do’s and don’ts in a partnership which is meant to last for life. It's better to be prepared before inking on the dotted line than to be one of the statistics later down the matrimonial path.
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