How do you manage compromise in a marriage?

As a general thing, I find that the women who bitch and complain the loudest about the division of household labor tend to do the least household labor.

Admittedly, every couple will be different. So, it's hard to find universal truths with this. But as a general thing, as above, women seem to think that doing any amount of chores around the house at all is Double Plus Ungood.

On an anecdotal level, my ex was horrible at that. We had a division of labor that I thought made sense. I did the stuff involving manual labor or heavy lifting. She did the stuff that involved little or none of that. It worked for a while. But then, she realized that she did more chores by numbers than I did. Even after I pointed out that my chores (1) were more physically demanding and (2) took longer than hers, she just couldn't get over the fact that she had five or six or whatever whereas I had three or four.

It was like trying to explain reality to a five year old child in the middle of a tantrum.

This is why I tell men not to get married or live with women. Because whatever you do, it'll probably never be enough for Ms. Perfect and there's nothing to be gained from committing to a woman to the point where you live under the same roof full-time.

For men, esp affluent men, it simply makes more sense to hire a cook, a maid and a hooker instead of getting married.

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