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Most people believe that the biggest for divorce are either or arguments over money. However, a new report from British law firm Gateley suggests . According to its analysis of 350 divorce cases, seven out of ten divorces occur because of over who does what household chores. Twenty per cent of divorces are to unfaithfulness. Gateley says gone are the days when the wife did all the cooking and cleaning. income marriages now mean responsibilities for vacuuming, doing the dishes and tidying. Gateley couples to discuss who does what before walking down the . A spokeswoman said that, "going into a marriage blind could be a for disaster".

, a study in Norway suggests that couples who share household chores are more to split up. Thomas Hansen, co-author of the report 'Equality in the Home,' said the divorce among couples who shared housework was 50 per cent higher than for those where women did all the work. Mr Hansen said that in Norway women did most of the housework in 70 per cent of marriages, and were " happy" to do so. An adverse side of marital discord is that many families are now "too poor to split up". The U.K. Relate said that in many -income families, couples stay together because they can't to divorce. Relate says this results in a "" home environment.

 


 
 

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