In communist Poland, both of my parents worked, and yet my mother cooked every day after work. Work + commute took her around 9 - 9.5 hours per day. On top of t

In communist Poland, both of my parents worked, and yet my mother cooked every day after work. Work + commute took her around 9 - 9.5 hours per day. On top of that, there were long queues to buy anything at the stores, so you were spending easily an extra hour shopping per day (not to mention spending time bartering with family and neighbors the goods you managed to buy, but didn't need for stuff you actually do need).