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68 Questions on How to Tell If Your Marriage or Relationship is a True Partnership
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By:theresawiza

Does it feel as if you are contributing more to household chores than your spouse or partner? Want to see in black and white who truly contributes the most to the relationship? 

Take this quiz, print it out, and show it to your partner. Have your partner take the quiz as well. And if you have children who complain that you are giving them too much work, give the quiz to your children as well.

Some questions are broken down into components. Laundry, for instance is a many-step process. The person who sorts the laundry may not be the same person as the one who hangs up the clothes. And what about folding the clothes? Or putting them away? 68 questions answered truthfully will put the arguments to rest. And it will open the doorway to communication when you discuss the results.

If you work outside the home and are the only one working inside the home as well, this quiz will give you the impetus to ask for help. Nobody can dispute the facts, and this quiz gives you an opportunity to discuss with your partner equality in the relationship.

So how can you tell if your marriage or relationship is a true partnership? Take the quiz and find out. 

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theresawiza Sep 27, 2009
Sandy T., perception always plays a role in how people respond to these types of articles. Maybe it comes down to how much time each task takes. At least this article has opened a dialog between partners.
Sandy T. Sep 27, 2009
I agree Carl. My husband said he did the landscaping because he mows the lawn but I said I did because I weed wack, clean up after the dogs, buy the supplies, trim the hedges, rake, plant and keep up with the garden, etc. There definately was a difference of opinion.
theresawiza Sep 24, 2009
Carl P. Good point! For those who handle their own yard work and don't pay others to do it, add those questions to the list.
Carl P. Sep 24, 2009
I love how laundry and cleaning the house is broken up into a hundred steps but landscaping/gardening, lawn care, and cleaning the garage are one step each. Landscaping; Who Plans the garden? Who Buys the supplies? Who Digs through rocks and bad soil? Who Lifts 20-50 pound bags of dirt/fertilizer? Who plants? Who waters/takes care of the plants? Who trims them when required? Mow the Lawn. Who gets gas for the lawn mower? Who maintains the lawn mower? Who bags the clippings and gets rid of them? Who picks up sticks and objects so they don't lose an eye? Who weed wacks? You can really tell that this article was written from a woman's perspective.
Kate S. Sep 24, 2009
This should be a quiz every family takes! It puts everything on the table. I know I will forward it to every family I know! Would love to be a fly on the wall for the get together afterward!!!
theresawiza Sep 20, 2009
Jesmom, that's great! That means the quiz is working!
jesmom Sep 20, 2009
OMG, I looked at the quiz, and it appears I need to buy my husband a huge gift, if you get my drift!!!
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