Love for Life Podcast
The podcast for modern couples who want real connection that lasts.
Hosted by relationship and family coach Nichole Farrow and her husband Ben, this show is for couples trying to stay close while raising kids, building careers, and handling the stress of everyday life. Each week, they unpack the real issues behind modern relationships—intimacy, emotional connection, mental load, conflict, communication, and the quiet resentments no one talks about.
With a mix of expert insight and raw honesty, Nichole and Ben give you practical tools to strengthen your relationship, raise emotionally secure kids, and create a life you both actually want. Because working on your relationship isn’t just for when things go wrong—it’s a lifestyle choice that impacts everything. Research shows couples who invest in their connection are 6x more successful and live 4 years longer.
If you’re ready to break generational cycles, ditch the surface-level advice, and do the real work of love—this is your podcast.
Love for Life Podcast
#67: The Housework Recession: Why Smart Women Are Opting Out of Marriage
Divorce improves women's lives when it comes to housework. Marriage improves men's.
Female breadwinners do MORE housework than their unemployed male partners. After divorce, women's domestic workload drops. Men's increases.
One economist looked at these numbers, did the math on her own marriage, and made a shocking decision: stop dating men entirely. Not out of anger. Out of economics.
Dr. Corinne Low's research on gender economics is forcing us to ask a question nobody wants to answer: are heterosexual relationships actually worth it for women anymore?
In this episode Nichole & Ben discuss:
- The divorce paradox that reveals what men are really capable of
- Why the "mental load" is actually a structural problem, not a communication issue
- What same-sex couples do differently (and why it matters)
- The motherhood trap that's making women feel like failures no matter what they do
- Why "heteropessimism" is rising among smart, successful women
- What needs to change if heterosexual partnerships are going to survive
The data is brutal. The conversation is necessary. And if you're in a relationship where someone's doing more than their fair share, you already know exactly what we're talking about.
Are you ready to hear what the numbers really say? Listen now.
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