The Happenstance: The Hidden Cost of Having a Husband
About this episode
Olivia reflects on the hidden costs of marriage and domestic inequity in her solo episode.
In this solo episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia reads a piece from her personal writing Substack, The Happenstance, called " The Hidden Cost of Having a Husband ." It's a reflection on domestic inequity — the invisible labor that piles up in a marriage even when a task only needs one person to do it. Olivia shares her own story, including the time she broke her foot and still had to keep the household running. It's honest, a little funny, and gets at something a lot of women feel but rarely say out loud. This piece originally ran on The Happenstance. Follow along at oliviahowell.substack.com for more essays like this one.
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