What is a Wife’s role: moneymaker or homemaker?
February 24, 2008
Tricky question, isn’t it. I’m sure most folks would say that the roles should be shared by partners. At least, that’s the PC thing to say. But I wonder if that’s true in actual practice.
According to a study by two sociologists at the University of Virginia, the happiest wives are the ones who have breadwinner husbands. The National Survey of Families and Households queried 5000 couples to see what made for a happy marriage.
Turns out that when a wife feels her husband is emotionally engaged (read: pays attention and listens, fellas) that she is happier. So happy, in fact, that that long list of Saturday chores doesn’t have to be split 50-50% The happiest wivves expect a little less housework in exchange for more ‘breadwinning’.
Truly, I don’t know how this sits with my feminist nature. We started with equal responsibilities and somehow things changed. Even though my swubby and I both run profitable businesses, I still end of doing most of the home stuff like grocery shopping, cooking, laundry, social scheduling, etc. It just works better this way, and I’m not really sure why.
Are you happier to do housework and let your husband worry about the money?
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