Ashley Archambault next to her husband surrounded by greenery
The writer, left, and her husband, right, learned to work as a team to do chores.
  • When I got married, I thought it would just be easier to do all of the housework.
  • But then I got burned out, so my husband and I decided to split the chores.
  • When that didn't work, we decided to help each other out with everything and became a team.

When I first got married, I continued to do everything around the house that I did when I was single — which was basically all of the cooking and cleaning.

After a while, I began to wonder how and when things were supposed to change now that I had a partner.