I’m a divorce lawyer, here’s the mistake men need to stop making if they want to stay married

A lawyer has revealed the number one mistake that men make in marriage that can lead to a divorce, and it’s got nothing to do with cheating. 

Sara Corcoran, a divorce lawyer from the US, has said that husbands who fail to do their share of housework could be at risk of alienating their partners over time.

‘A spouse who never participates in household chores often breeds resentment in the other spouse,’ Ms Corcoran said. 

‘There’s not going to be one incident that results in some extreme fight that ends the marriage, it’s a slow burn.

‘So my advice to you guys out there if you want to stay married, empty the dishwasher once in a while.’

The controversial topic of cleaning led to a fiery debate, with many women agreeing that a man who does not do his fair share of the housework is hurting his marriage.  

‘So true! I work 8-12 hours a day, pay half the bills and I’m expected to do all the chores and cook a three course meal, make it make sense. I’m exhausted,’ one said. 

‘Men, act like you live there and aren’t a guest,’ another added.

‘Say it louder for the men in the back, we have jobs too! I will trade dishes for sitting on the lawnmower anytime!’ a third chimed in.

Many women argued that men often got married expecting to be taken care of, but that it was an expectation that needed to go both ways. 

Many wives said the resentment was worse for working woman who contribute to the home financially and often carry more of the added burden of cleaning as well. 

But some said that the idea that woman are the ones who do all the cleaning isn’t accurate when it comes to every marriage.  

Some husbands complained that they were the wage earners and also the ones to clean the home, and that their ‘lazy’ wives were the cause of their own building resentment.

And others said that trying to make a woman happy was an ‘endless’ task, because even if they helped it never ended up being enough.  

One woman who was already living in the middle of some ‘slow burning’ resentment of her own said that helping out every now and then wasn’t good enough for her. 

‘Better be more than every once in a while,’ she said.