SECRET OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE? HELP YOUR WIFE WITH THE CHORES

News on 1 Jan , 1990

Forget boxes of chocolates and romantic weekends away. The secret to a happy marriage is to  roll up your sleeves and help your wife with housework.
Research shows that marriages in which the men muck in with the chores and childcare are more likely to last the course.
And the more elbow grease a an puts in, the lower odds of him heading to the divorce courts.
The results of this British study will be music to millions of womens ears.
Researchers from the London School of Economics, normally usedto dealing with more weighty academic affairs have turned their minds to the hoovering and washing up.
Latest figures however show that single women put in 7 hours of housework every week, while wives and live-in girlfriends do more than 12 hours. Men however only put in four hours per week.