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"While I&amp;amp;#8217;m not a huge fan of housework, I do appreciate having a tidy home. And if you live with someone&amp;amp;#8212;a romantic partner, roommate or even family members&amp;amp;#8212;it&amp;amp;#8217;s usually a good idea to share household chores, right? A recent study suggests that divvying up those cleaning duties stresses out men and women in really different ways&amp;amp;#133;Earlier this afternoon, USA Today shared findings from a new study put out by researchers at UCLA. Scientists looked at stress levels in married couples, especially when it came to housework. After measuring levels of cortisol (an indicator of stress) in saliva samples taken from participants, the researchers discovered some rather interesting news. The married men who participated in the study had lower levels of cortisol while they relaxed and their wives took care of household chores. Women, on the other hand, had lower levels of cortisol when their husbands lent a hand around the house. According to USA Today, this indicates that &amp;amp;#8220;wives&amp;amp;#8217; stress levels drop when their husbands are helping them with chores, for men it&amp;#x27;s the opposite: stress levels fall when their wives are busy while they&amp;amp;#8217;re relaxing.&amp;amp;#8221; I think I&amp;amp;#8217;d be plenty relaxed if someone did all the housework for me! But, because that&amp;amp;#8217;s not exactly fair, my husband and I try our best to share the housework. Does this study surprise you? Why do you think the men in the study were totally chill while their wives were busy with the household chores? If you live with your guy, how do you two split the housework? More couples news you can use&amp;amp;#133; * Relationships: How Our Inner Clocks Are Different from Our Boyfriends&amp;amp;#8217; * In Marriage, Having Shared Political Attitudes is More Common Than Similar Looks or Personality * How Your DVR Affects Romantic Time With Your Boyfriend More Ways to Get Glamour: Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. Photo: Jupiter Images, Brand X Pictures"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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