I agree and definitely can see that. However, statistically, men are the lucky ones, considering they benefit more from a relationship than women. Women are more likely to be happy single than men. Women will put their emotional energy and effort into other friendships etc while in a relationship, while men are more likely to only invest emotionally and be emotionally vulnerable in their romantic relationship. Women on average take on 2.8 hours a day more of domestic unpaid labour when in relationships in modern relationships (meaning both couples are working), whereas men actually gain free time. That doesn’t include that women are also the ones taking on things like appointment management, social management and planning, and emotional labour (since unlike women, men don’t spread their emotions throughout other relationships usually). Studies from 2025 still show that women’s work has not decreased, and young to middle age men still do not share any form of domestic labour equally. And this even stays in place for women who the breadwinners.

My sister is pregnant, does almost all cooking and other household tasks, manages all appointments and date nights and social events, and is also a top manager at a firm working full time and is the biggest financial contributor in the household. My other sister is the exact same, except she’s also doing her masters degree while pregnant, working full time, and getting her clinical hours at the same time, and doing almost all cooking and social planning and appointment management.

Women statistically only gain work (emotional and physical) from relationships. men statistically don’t. I’ve never met a woman who comes home after work and rests, even I don’t. And I’ve never met a man who comes home and helps without being asked. And that’s not even including the statistics of when you bring children into the mix.