Sydney Morning Herald: Husbands better second time around

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2008-12-08 22:24

Article here. Excerpt:

'New research reveals that many men in second marriages shape up, becoming the partners their first wives had probably wanted them to be. They share the domestic chores more equally with their second wife than they did with their first.

But for women in second marriages, the story is different - or rather it is the same old saga. They tend to carry an unchanged and unequal burden of domestic chores just as they had done the first time round.
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"Maybe these younger second wives are asking the men to do more, and the men have to do more to compete with younger males," Dr Solaz said. "Maybe the men have learnt from the mistakes of their first marriage."'

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Are wives better the second time around? Can I count the ways? Would it get published?

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Submitted by mcc99 on Tue, 2008-12-09 16:25

I still love the sharing of domestic chores as some kind of dipstick to the gauge of a good marriage. Women don't realize that men don't have this ever going to do list of stuff to do for no other reason than to do something, this releases stress in women to talk and do, men like to relax to release stress. Women just tend to have no compasion for the mechanics of stress release for guys and selfishly focus on memememememememememeememe.

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Submitted by Michael on Tue, 2008-12-09 17:24

manonthestreet

I thought second marriages was making the same mistake twice. Never a good policy.

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Submitted by trotter on Tue, 2008-12-09 18:01

It seems a mans worth is based on how many times he washes dishes. Ever notice men rarely complain when they're required to do traditional male chores? When its time to fix a leaky pipe, do husbands say: "Honey, equality means its your turn to take apart the bathroom sink and find the problem.."

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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2008-12-09 22:34

So if a couple hires a maid, does that mean the marriage is on auto pilot for success? Because that's all that matters, that and being a mommy, not a parent that would be sexist because it includes men, but a mommy.

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Submitted by Michael on Wed, 2008-12-10 01:59