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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does he outearn you? or are you equal?
Lower income spouse should do more[/quote]

Incorrect. Spouse who has more time at home does more. If you are both away from the house 9 hours a day then you both do equal chores. Just because I make more than my spouse doesn't make my free time more valuable than theirs.[/quote]

Agreed! There were stretches where I took time off (after birth of children) and even went part time to help manage a kid’s medical issues while DH was new in his job. Now that we work / commute the same amount of time it wouldn’t be fair to say that I have to do more since I earn less. Why should my DH get to go to the gym or read or play video games while I make dinner and clean the kitchen and stay up super late?

It’s hard for me to tell in my marriage how well we’re doing at dividing things - I do the things above, we don’t have home maintenance (rent an apartment), and I do a lot of the mental labor (planning vacations, birthday parties, scheduling appointments etc). But my husband manages most household laundry and almost all driving (attending appointments, school/ camp drop offs; soccer drop offs etc) because his leave time is more flexible than mine. [/quote]

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