Women who are married experience more stress than singles.
They have a giant workload consisting of their job, parenthood, and marriage.
Wives under stress are much more likely to suffer from headaches, fatigue, and anger. In addition, parenting can be really stressful as well. Husbands surprisingly contribute more to wives’ stress than children do, according to a study.
46% of responders have said that their children create less stress than their husbands and this is connected to neither abuse nor cheating.
The study’s findings suggested that 75% of women were responsible for both parenting and taking care of their households. It’s not difficult to understand why more of the blame might fall to the husband as opposed to the child when the case is such.
Wives who worked outside their home on top of handling the bigger share of parenting and household upkeep were feeling more overwhelmed and reported having higher levels of stress.
The interesting thing here is that many of the reasons women gave for feeling stressed related to the way their husbands resembled children more than adults in many regards.
Another reason for stress the women listed was feeling like they didn’t have enough time to do everything that needed to be done in the day, partly because of a lack of support from their husbands.
Stress can be caused by guilt.
When the responsibility for both children, household, and caring for her husband lies all at once in the woman’s feet, she may develop feelings of guilt when something goes wrong.
“I feel like I am figuring out a lot about parenting on my own without the input of my husband. This stresses me out because when something goes wrong, it is all my fault,” one responder said.
So what can be done about this?
The easiest and most obvious answer here is that a husband can help his wife by putting more effort into caring for the household. Housework responsibilities should be shared equally if the couple is to have a successful marriage.
Spouses should appreciate each other’s efforts because any work done is valuable, even if it doesn’t generate money. When chores are divided in half, they will get done more quickly so that the remaining time can be spent with each other.
Can you relate to this situation? What are your suggestions for a healthier and happier family life? Let us know in the comment section below.
