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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You split it so everyone is working roughly the same, irrespective of earnings. I say that as the person who’s earned between 90 and 100 percent of the household income for many years. When I’m earning 100 percent of the income, as I am now, I don’t think I should get a pass in any household chores. [/quote]

Generally, your viewpoint makes no sense.  It's as if you read some dusty feminist political tract or women's studies text book that said all chores should be split equally 50/50 and due to an utter lack of understanding of basic economics, never questioned whether the mantra you regurgitate makes any sense.

If my spouse earns 100% of the income for the family and I earn none, then the spouses time is usually going to be far more valuably spent on economic activities.  To the extent off time is used to relax and rejuvenate and continue to work the next day, then when we are talking about high earners certainly,I want the spouse to be well rested.

Frankly it is insane for high income spouses to be arguing over this stuff for silly political or feminist influenced reasons.

If you are good at making lots of money why on earth do you think your time is better spent doing menial household chores?

If you insist on spending hours per day doing extra work, stay in the damn office or WFH at your high paying job, thank you.  If I am your zero earning spouse I will be more than happy to clean dishes and fold laundry since that is the best use of MY time.  But if it is not I will try to spend my time doing something that is the best use of my time.

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I am a man and a high earner, so I don’t really follow your point. I don’t make an hourly wage, and working more hours doesn’t necessarily make me more money. That’s how most high earner jobs go. You get paid for something other than hours worked. Nor do I really need more money.

But I don’t think my wife should do 100% of the house work. She certainly does most of it. But if I’m home and not working, I’m not going to sit with my feet up while she does all the house work.

It isn’t about using my time in the highest earning way possible. If that were the case, my wife would work too. It’s about having a nice home life, and that means no one relaxes until everyone does. And it teaches the kids to be contributors, too. [/quote]

If you are truly a high earner why is your wife doing any housework?  Just hire a full time housekeeper and your wife gets to do other stuff.  Maybe work that earns money or maybe something else entirely.

"No one relaxes until everyone does"?  Are you kidding me?

I have no idea what you do or how much money you make but you sound crazy.  You can't be very good at what ever it is you do [/quote]

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