31/08/2025
You want your wife to conceive your childrenâŚ
Carry them for nine monthsâŚ
Go through laborâŚ
BreastfeedâŚ
Be up all night with a newbornâŚ
Take care of the houseâŚ
Make sure everyoneâs fed, clean, clothed, emotionally supportedâŚ
And contribute half the household income?
But you think thatâs 50/50?
Let me break it to you gently⌠it will never be 50/50.
Because when a woman becomes a wife and a mother, she doesnât clock out. Her shift doesnât end. Her responsibilities arenât divided down the middle... they pile up. Sheâs expected to nurture, manage, multitask, sacrifice, and keep the whole household running⌠often while still trying to hold onto a piece of herself in the process.
Meanwhile, some men think because they pay half the bills and take the trash out once a week, theyâre doing their part. But they forget: thereâs no math that makes emotional, physical, and mental labor equal when itâs always falling on one person more than the other.
Itâs not just about finances. Itâs about effort.
Itâs about showing up.
Itâs about doing the dishes without being asked. Taking the kids for a few hours so she can breathe. Not treating childcare as âbabysitting.â Helping with laundry. Paying attention to her. Asking how sheâs doing... and actually listening.
A woman who works full-time, raises kids, and still tries to be present for her partner is carrying weight you donât even see. Sheâs tired, but she keeps going. Sheâs overwhelmed, but she still shows up. Sheâs emotionally drained, but still pouring into everyone else.
Thatâs not 50/50.
Thatâs her giving 100 while you call it even.
So donât talk about fairness if youâre not willing to step in when sheâs drowning. Donât talk about âequal partnershipâ if youâre just showing up halfway and calling it âbalance.â
Because the truth is, a real man doesnât let his wife carry it all. He doesnât hide behind the idea of 50/50 when he knows sheâs already giving everything.
Step up. Not just with your wallet... but with your presence, y
