"I put laundry in the machine, forget about it — wet, unspun — and find it dried and folded in the basket. The dishwasher gets unloaded before I even notice it is on. Sometimes one of us has a hard day and disappears while the other two pick up the slack. Sometimes two of us are down and there’s still one left to make beans on toast for dinner. These are not spectacular acts, but they are the glue."
A personal essay by @kristiedegaris: https://archive.ph/AgiTR#selection-1953.113-1953.513
#parenting #cohabiting #domesticLabour #houseWork #unpaid #care #Scotland #feminism #family #home #logistics #ADHD
⏱️ Short on time? Read an overview in the latest CPC-CG Policy Briefing.
It shows the need to address the unique #socioeconomic needs of #married and #cohabiting couples and to acknowledge that #economic uncertainty hinders #marriage and increases break-up risks:
https://www.cpc.ac.uk/docs/PB81_Living_in_precarious_partnerships.pdf
"Have More Sex" - Hey, the New York Times says so. And we all know that #married / #cohabiting people have more #sex than single people (studies prove)... so basically, get married/cohabited. I don't make the #rules I just report them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/opinion/have-more-sex-please.html
Cohabitation has plateaued among young adults – it no longer offsets the decline in marriage. This stall in cohabitation portends a shift to lower levels of overall union formation during young adulthood. In the U.S., if current trends among young adults continue across age groups, cohabitation will no longer supplant marriage.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35058737
#NICHDimpact #Cohabitation #MarriageTrends #Marriage #Relationships #Cohabiting
Estelle Platini
Centre for Population Change
Miles
CPIPR