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'I Stopped Doing Chores After 1 Comment From My Boyfriend's Mum. Was I Wrong?'

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22.04.2025

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Though attitudes towards gender roles have changed since the ’80s, responses to a 2023 British Social Attitudes Survey suggest our actions have not.

Though only 9% agreed with the statement “a man’s job is to earn money and a woman’s to look after the home,” 65% of women said they do more than their fair share of housework.

Redditor u/avabeast counts herself among them.

In a recent post shared to (Am I The Asshole Here), the site user said: “We both work full-time, but I also cook, clean, do laundry, grocery shop, handle bills, take care of our cat.”

Following a comment from her partner’s mother, though, she’s stopped doing all that ― so we spoke to Dr Mosun, a consultant psychiatrist at Cassiobury Court, about how to handle your partner using their parent as “backup.”

The poster has been with her partner........

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