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Is commuting the fast lane to divorce court?

I have blamed long commutes for ruining evening plans, stripping my budget of extra money to pay for all that gas and contributing to my lack of sleep. But a new Swedish study claims longer rides to and from work may also help destroy marriages.

The report collected 10 years of data for more than 2 million couples in Sweden. Of those couples, those that had at least one partner traveling more than 18.6 miles a day, each way, were 40 percent more likely to separate. As you might guess, the divorces happened in the first few years of marriage.

It’s no honeymoon when your honey is stuck in the slow lane for two hours every day, right? But the authors of the study say the rifts were caused by more than a perpetual tendency to be late to dinner. It all boiled down to gender equality.

The report says that women who commuted were more stressed because they still felt responsible for the housework when they returned home. If the man commuted, his absence forced the couple to adhere to traditional gender roles that the woman may not have been happy with.

Come to think of it, whenever I get home from work, my husband is watching tv and the dirty dishes are still in the sink. Maybe this study is on to something.

Check out the report at:

http://www.theworkbuzz.com/worklife/is-your-commute-ruining-your-marriage/?cobrand=msn&utm_source=MSN&utm_medium=MSNHP&utm_campaign=MSNCareers?ocid=xnetr3-2

 

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