I had to explain things like, vacuuming actually does involve moving furniture. Cleaning up the spilled milk You don't have to be part of a couple, of course, to suffer cleaning clashes. College roommates and mismatched housemates have similar struggles. And it's not always the guys who shirk the housework. Sometimes, the fairer sex are slobs, too.
Carton recalls counseling one such couple.
In addition to his job, however, this husband also found himself working a second shift at home, as the one-man cleanup crew. One day, the husband came home to find the usual mess, as well as sour, dried milk all over the floor. It was final straw. They headed for counseling. First, Carton says, he asked them to make lists of their regular household responsibilities.