It’s no surprise that moms typically bear the brunt of the load when it comes to household chores. It’s also no surprise that when household duties are shared between partners, the quality of their relationship increases. However, a new study found that not all chores give an equal boost to your romantic life.

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This husband's "sexts" are exactly what a woman wants
According to this upcoming study from the Council on Contemporary Families, splitting the after-dinner clean up duties makes women more likely to report high satisfaction, low conflict and better sex with their partner. Who knew doing the dishes could be so hot" Well actually, it isn’t. “Doing dishes is gross,” the lead author of the study Dan Carlson said to The Atlantic. “There is old, mouldy food sitting in the sink. If you have kids, there is curdled milk in sippy cups that smells disgusting.” On top of that, those gross dishes need to be washed pretty much on a nightly basis (that is, unless you’re using disposable dinnerware every meal?which in our current ecological climate, you should probably stop doing). Being the only person in the house to scrub away at those nasty food scraps is a surefire way to build resent...