Staying on top of household chores is an endless task and one that leads to a lot of disagreements for couples. Most of us would rather do just about anything than clean the house, but we also don’t want to live in filth, so we suck it up and do the work. But when you live with your partner and they don’t pull their weight, that’s when frustration and fighting tend to take over.
A new survey finds that chores are such an issue, one in six people would actually end their relationship over them. But the biggest thing that makes couples fight about chores? Feeling like their partner doesn’t do their fair share. Of course, some tasks cause more arguments than others, and these are the chores that couples fight about most:
- General tidying of the house 55%
- Washing dishes 35%
- Cleaning the toilet 30%
- Taking the trash out 30%
- Cleaning the bathroom 24%
- Vacuuming 22%
- Loading and emptying the dishwasher 20%
- Doing the laundry 20%
- Changing the sheets on the bed 20%
Source: Metro