The Time Clock in the Kitchen: Why the Dishes Are Never Just About Dishes (opens in new tab)

Most couples do not arrive in therapy arguing about capitalism. They arrive arguing about dishes. One partner says, "I can't keep doing everything." The other says, "Nothing I do is ever enough." Then they look at each other with the exhausted bewilderment of two life partners who once promised to protect one another and now find themselves negotiating who forgot to buy toothpaste. The presenting problem sounds ordinary. The dishwasher. The budget. The in-laws. The soccer schedule. Who was su...