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I sometimes think about how other people have less happy relationships than mine, and that makes me sad for them

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[–] zarkanian 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

But you consume twice as much food, have twice as much laundry, and so on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but then zero of many things.

I may do double dishes. But zero baking and I'm rewarded with cookies randomly.

I may do double cleaning. But zero when it comes to buying gifts and cards for people, because she loves doing that. And I get to reap all the benefits.

[–] WolfLink 2 points 7 hours ago

Absolutely this. I suck at cooking but my wife is great at it. She hates doing dishes but I really don’t mind.

[–] explodicle 10 points 9 hours ago

Economies of scale

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

That's because I'm getting fat because I only have to do half the work I did before.