Seven hours you can't get back
Posted
Monday, April 07, 2008 8:25 PM
How much time do I waste a week cleaning up after my adorable but messy husband? Reuters says seven:
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"For married women who can't
figure out why they always have so much housework researchers
may have the answer -- husbands.
A new study from the University of Michigan shows that
having a husband creates an extra seven hours of extra
housework a week for women. But a wife saves her husband from
an hour of chores around the house each week."
I'm pretty sure the story isn't that far off. Several times this weekend I came into the living room and found a plate or bag and would ask my husband: Is this going to walk itself into the garbage? He would then tell me: I was about to throw it out.
About — in guy speak — can mean anywhere from one minute to seven hours.
Granted, I have my messy moments, too -- but they are far less frequent (probably because of that whole female nesting thing).
So how much of your week is spent cleaning up after each other?