Hello?! I would be TOTALLY lost without my husband. We both need to work full time and he is right in there being domestic. We both do laundry, clean house, change diapers, check homework, shop, cook, etc. My husband is a blessing and I pray I won't ever have to do it without him. We make an amazing team!
Therein lies the rub. Couples should act like a team because it's the best way to accomplish your goals. However, many women have never been exposed to team activities in their youth as most men are. It has taken me ten years to get my wife to understand the concept of team work. Sure she's been on a team at work, but it didn't prepare her for the close dependencies we share when we are equals.
She always thought of us as two - rather than one. Now, through some tough times, she has started to understand that the whole is bigger than the sum of the parts. The part is in the whole and the whole is in the part. Now that this is understood, our relationship has grown to proportions I had never imagined.
I feel the same way about mine! He is gem!