Wilma Flintstone - Marriage

Marriage

Wilma loves Fred very much, but he isn't easy to get along with. She knows his heart is in the right place and he tries his hardest to be a loving husband and father to the family.

In the first few episodes of the series, particularly the series' first episode "The Flintstone Flyer," Wilma (as is Betty) is portrayed as a domestically abusive wife, throwing a tantrum and physically assaulting her husband (or at least attempting to do so) upon discovering that he and Barney had fooled her and Betty so that they could go bowling, despite the fact that Fred had a bandaged head injury. Also, in the same episode, she and Betty are shown to be willing to assault their husbands violently in public without second thoughts, demonstrated when they bash Fred and Barney over the heads with their heavy handbags in the bowling alley in front of their teammates and several other players. In subsequent episodes, she is shown to get angry but never harms Fred seriously, often lecturing him or slapping him for his exceptionally bad behaviour. For example, in the 23rd episode of season 2, Wilma can be seen biting Fred's finger when he points at her.

While generally a foil to Fred's poor behavior, Wilma is not immune to it herself. She, usually along with Betty Rubble, will occasionally rack up large bills on a charge account or spend her husband's money with reckless abandon. Wilma and Betty will also occasionally plot acts of revenge on their husbands for their oafishness.

She and Fred argue often because of Fred's behavior, and because Fred sometimes flirts with other women. In the 1994 live-action film The Flintstones, Fred's gorgeous secretary attempts to come onto Fred, upon which Wilma walks in. In the 1994 special A Flintstones Christmas Carol, Wilma gets upset at Fred for forgetting Pebbles and behaving obnoxiously, but forgives him by the end. In the 2001 TV movie The Flintstones: On the Rocks, her and Fred's marriage is not working out and they consider a divorce, but they reconcile at the end.