Mmmmmmm, trouble is, we were taught to salute wives-of as a matter of curtesy. Some no doubt believed it.
Now one senior wife-of was quite snooty. However when she became ex-wife-of became a shelf stacker at the local supermarket. She seemed far more real and relaxed on her knees (litteral) with former junior wives-of stepping over and around.
Think she was getting at VSO ex-husband.