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Partners are supposed to help each other, not piggyback off one another. You’d think we shouldn’t even be talking about it in 2026, but the personal story Reddit user CrisMaz shared on r/TwoXChromosomes proves otherwise.
In it, the woman reveals her husband has relied on her to manage almost all household chores for years, and it has gotten to the point where she simply could no longer take it. So, she pulled an UNO reverse card on him and showed what it’s like to be an adult around the house — refusing to cook, clean, or pick up after him, leaving him to deal with the consequences of his own laziness for once.
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Women continue to handle most household tasks in the US
Although women comprise nearly half of the American workforce (45%), they still take on a larger share of household responsibilities.
An NBC News analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that women did 40% more household work than men in 2024.
According to their numbers, the average woman spends 140.4 minutes per day doing chores such as laundry and cleaning while the average man spends just 100.2.
The gap is closing. In 2003, the first year of the survey, women worked an hour more than men on the home. The additional work from men is most apparent in food preparation and cleanup—men spent an average of 16 minutes per day cooking in 2003 and since then, the figure has jumped to 28 minutes.
However, at this rate, housework will be equal only sometime around 2066.
And people were appalled by such a blatant example of it
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Wow! I know she was 23 when she met her husband but it sounds like he groomed her to be the "perfect little housewife" I'm glad she got out and is getting help and has friends and family to support her.
LOL - I bailed out way before the end. I imagine there is still a generation that copies their ancestors when the mother did not go to work - but that really should have stopped a couple of generations ago. Here's a tip - one thing men may take to is vacuum cleaning, because it's physical and using a tool. If you're struggling to get them to pitch in, ladies, get them to do that, preferably at a regular time in the week. They should be able to handle that, and maybe even set their own acceptable standard that they aim to live up to - it then becomes a point of pride that they leave the place clean. Don't expect perfection to start with, and do not criticise, but a gentle hint later on may be effective. You're welcome :)
If a man refuses to do housework (that's woman's work, I work all day and am tired, I bring in the money, Mercury is in retrograde), then I highly doubt telling him, "Ooooh, look, a MACHINE! A big ol' TOOL with a MOTOR, won't that be fun?" is going to do a lick of good. Also, he's a grown-a*s adult; we don't WANT to have to "get them to do that," we want them to see it needs to be done and freakin' do it.
Wow! I know she was 23 when she met her husband but it sounds like he groomed her to be the "perfect little housewife" I'm glad she got out and is getting help and has friends and family to support her.
LOL - I bailed out way before the end. I imagine there is still a generation that copies their ancestors when the mother did not go to work - but that really should have stopped a couple of generations ago. Here's a tip - one thing men may take to is vacuum cleaning, because it's physical and using a tool. If you're struggling to get them to pitch in, ladies, get them to do that, preferably at a regular time in the week. They should be able to handle that, and maybe even set their own acceptable standard that they aim to live up to - it then becomes a point of pride that they leave the place clean. Don't expect perfection to start with, and do not criticise, but a gentle hint later on may be effective. You're welcome :)
If a man refuses to do housework (that's woman's work, I work all day and am tired, I bring in the money, Mercury is in retrograde), then I highly doubt telling him, "Ooooh, look, a MACHINE! A big ol' TOOL with a MOTOR, won't that be fun?" is going to do a lick of good. Also, he's a grown-a*s adult; we don't WANT to have to "get them to do that," we want them to see it needs to be done and freakin' do it.
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