That pretty much proves my point doesn't it? Husbands only do about a half an hour less house work than wives....I'd bet they are away from the house more than the wife too. Probably a lot more than a half an hour/day on average. So as a percentage of their time at home, they are likely doing more work in the home, on average, than wives. (unless all of that is factored in, which I would doubt, but I'd be willing to be surprised...and they don't seem to even be counting "husband" chores at all...and aHA!, from the actual study
and that's just counting women and men that go to work, and since more men work than women....yeah. Women still clearly do more work around the house than men, but when you factor work NOT around the house in, the numbers swing the other way. Men are doing more around the house than ever, and more women are working outside the house than ever.....these are both good things (or at least, not necessarily bad things).
But at 22, nobody should be encouraging a person to have kids, man or woman....or settle down to a contract laden monogamous relationship. Enjoy yourself, you (likely) have plenty of time to have kids and get married. Between my 21 and 22 birthdays I got married, joined the Air Force and had a kid. I should have only done the middle of those things (if any of them). If it works for you (and it obviously does for many many people), that's great. For most of us, it doesn't.
(on the other hand, having kids young means they'll be out of the house while you still have a little tread on the tires.....this is a good thing too that I'm already starting to enjoy. My youngest is almost 15 and I'm only 43, he'll be out of the house before I turn 50. People that waited until their 30s to have kids don't get that luxury. My first wife is also 43 just had a kid with husband number 3 (one son with each husband..weird), I can't freaking imagine being the parent responsible for a newborn at this point in my life. She'll be 61 when he graduates HighSchool....that's nuts!)
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