Why Your Wife Might Divorce You

Dude, she's not happy. What are you gonna do?

My wife and I have been married for going on 26 years. I haven't checked the Hallmark chart, but I think that might be "Purple Heart". Or is that uncommon valor, above and beyond the call of duty? I can never keep that straight.

There's a good possibility I'm letting her down. You might be letting your wife down, too.

The American Sociological Association has found that more women go for divorce than men. 69% of breakups that ended in divorce were started by women. Ladies also accounted for less marital bliss than men.

Why?

Study author Michael Rosenfeld, Ph.D., says that women are not as satisfied in marriage as men are. He's not talking about what you might be thinking about. He says that men enjoy "crucial privileges" in marriage that women do not.

He cites Pew Research that shows that in a dual-income marriage, the wife pulls double duty at the end of the day.

Yep. It all comes down to chores and housework.

Guys, we're enjoying 20% more leisure time at the end of the day that our wives are.

Okay, there are other factors involved in a woman's decision to start a divorce. Financial stress, discrepancies in life goals...

Binge-watching NCIS on Netflix while she's folding laundry, cooking dinner and helping the kids with homework is fixable. Put down the remote and back away slowly.

The best advice for a remedy is to be equal partners. Communication is the key. Evaluating the "his" and "hers" to-do list, with regular evaluations is an important step.

Check out more on the study here. What's your secret or key to a successful relationship? Share that in the comments.