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It's just easier for individuals to 'own' certain shared responsibilities, but inevitably the other can be prone to resent having lesser participation and acces
by arghnoname 2y ago
It's just easier for individuals to 'own' certain shared responsibilities, but inevitably the other can be prone to resent having lesser participation and access to the positives of the other's responsibility (e.g., time with children, career aspirations).
Since we now live in a time where there are fewer social constraints in how households are arranged, people really should be explicit in what they want and revisit the issue periodically to minimize resentment.
- shermantanktop 2y agoIt can change over time. The deal that makes sense in house with toddlers may not make sense when the kids are gone and the primary breadwinner has gained many responsibilities. Nobody anticipates this, because the patterns are set 20 years before. What I described is maybe stereotypical, but the point remains that relationships tend to stick to patterns even while conditions change.