18 May 2022

My Cleaner Saved My Marriage

From Lately, 10:25 pm on 18 May 2022

Sharing the housework can be fraught. One person often feels like they're doing a little more than the others in the house and that feels unfair.

Why is it me always taking the rubbish out ? How come everytime i get home there's  dishes to wash? Am I the only one that hangs out the washing?

Thats how it was for mother of three, Erica Viedma. Cleaning the house became a feminist issue. Was she doing more than her husband or did it just feel like it? She says hiring a fortnightly cleaner saved her marriage.

Close-up of a woman in rubber gloves with cleaning supplies. (Photo by Tom Merton/CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PH / NEW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: TOM MERTON/CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PH