Family life can be a struggle, especially when it feels as though one person is doing most of the hard work around the house.
And one fed-up wife has claimed that "every woman" she knows is facing the same problem with their husbands - that they are "pretty useless" at home, and don't do their fair share of childcare and housework.
Taking to the social media site Mumsnet, the woman posted an anonymous rant about her husband's failure to look after their children and their house, meaning most of the work falls to her - and she's fed up with it.
She described married life as "rubbish" and doesn't believe that getting divorced will help, as "every woman she knows" is currently in the same situation.
The Mirror reports that posting on the forum and looking for some advice, the woman said: "All women I know are in my situation. Pretty useless husband. They're left to look after the kids and called nags if they complain. It mostly falls on them. The marriages are pretty rubbish.
"I've posted here so many times about my issues with my husband and my lifestyle with small kids. I always get told I need to divorce. I get told that there are other men out there who aren't as useless with their children."
"In real life, every woman I know faces something similar. Mainly responsible for everything to do with kids and house, works full time most of the time too," she continued.
"The husband works hard but doesn't contribute to looking after the kids or the household. He complains of not having enough sex."
Feeling disheartened, the woman says she feels like she's been "lied to" about what it it was like to be married.
She concluded: "What happened to the men our parents raised? For them to expect women to still be like their mothers? Doing everything for kids and family. Mothers and mothers-in-law in general (even though they raised us to be successful career women with choices) don't have a whole lot of sympathy as it seems a raise to the bottom and 'how much harder' it was for them."
In the comments, opinions were fairly split, with some women able to sympathise thanks to sadly being in the same situation with their husbands.
One said: "This is why I split & am not looking for another useless waste of oxygen - single life is infinitely better & you get some weekend off!
Another wrote: "It’s all too common a tale. The bar for men is incredibly low.
"All you have to do to be considered ‘a great father’ is physically be in the house some of the time and have a job. Take the kids to the park for half an hour and you’ve reached superdad proportions.
"Same with housework. Man puts on a load of his own laundry and people tell you that you should be grateful for it. Depressing."
However, for some women this wasn't their reality at all, with one person writing: "This is not my experience, nor that of the manjority of my friends. I know a few useless husbands/dads but they're very much the minority."
And another said: "I have an amazing husband who probably actually does more than I do with regards to parenting. We both work really hard in our jobs and both contribute to housework and bills equally. Many of my friends are in a similar relationship.
"A couple of my friends have married complete gits, but they would have known that before marrying them and choosing to have children with them. I'm sorry you picked a poor choice of a husband."
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