'You are literally working yourself into an early grave': Burnt-out husband works 70 hours a week in construction, freeloading wife refuses to work part-time to contribute to household

It's hard to determine what an 'equal share' really means. For some couples, it means both working full-time jobs and splitting the household duties. For others, it means dividing up the moneymaking and the homemaking. For a lot more, it's somewhere in between. But how do you determine what's fair and what's not? There is no reliable, quantitative way to figure out who is contributing more. Sure, you can quantify jobs in hours and pay, but housework and child-rearing are more nebulous but no less demanding. The solution is usually just trust and communication. As long as you and your partner are happy, then everything is hunky-dory. 

But that's easier said than done. One couple found themselves in a situation where one of them was clearly contributing a lot more, but the other one refused to acknowledge it. But commenters were sure to set them straight. Read on for the story.