People talk about 50/50 like marriage is a fixed formula, but real partnership doesn’t work that way. When you’re with someone who is genuinely committed to you, it stops being about rigid splits and becomes about support.
Life shifts in pregnancy, work stress, health, kids, career changes and the balance shifts with it. Some seasons one person carries more, some seasons the other does and nobody is keeping score because you’re both invested in the same home, the same life, the same future. In a solid marriage, you naturally pick things up for each other.