Couples argue for 40 mins a day over household chores
Arguing about who does the washing up takes up 264 mins a week and 10 days a year, a survey has claimed
The average couple spend 40 minutes a day (the equivalent of 264 mins a week) feuding over household chores, a survey by eSure have discovered.
With 13% of the 1,000 couples who took part admitting falling out on a daily basis over simple tasks like the washing up, a further 20% spent one day refusing to speak to their other half after seeing red.
The domestic rows are usually caused by a partner's irritation of bad habits, such as clothes being strewn across the house (35% rated this as their biggest bugbear), and 28% hated their partners putting off DIY home improvements. Interestingly, only 10% got cross with the toilet seat not being put down and strangely, not admitting to unidentified stains on furniture fared high!
Mike Pickard, eSure's head of risk and underwriting, said: 'Forgetting to take the rubbish out or making a shoddy DIY attempt may not seem like serious crimes but, as the research shows, domestic chores and household responsibilities can cause arguments in even the most stable of relationships."
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