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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are being real a-holes on this thread. You’re all so cool mocking the examples people are sharing. I get it, it’s mentally tiring. No one task is hard. Not at all, but having to think of it all and deal with it can add up. [/quote]

People sharing clearly add up everything they do (I had to wipe my ass today) and discount everything their partner does. Couldn’t be more obvious.[/quote]

Did you know that actual research demonstrate men do less domestic labour?[/quote]

Pfffffft.

My perspective on that -- women ignore or discount anything men do.

My wife thinks I am a selfish pig who only does stuff for myself. She shows no awareness of, or appreciation for, the fact that I schedule (and take kids to) pediatric visits, sport practices and games, music class, birthday parties; pick up kids every day from day care; schedule summer camps well ahead of time; schedule and pay for before/after-care; pay the mortgage; pay the auto insurance and taxes; do our annual taxes; cook dinner for the kids every day; do my own laundry and the kids laundry.

I believe that if I called all this to her attention, she'd acknowledge it and then quickly go back to her basic attitude that I am a lazy selfish pig.

I also think that if I divorced her, there would be a whole lot of stuff that simply didn't get done, because I wasn't there to do it.[/quote]

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