Paige Connell
Appearances
The Megyn Kelly Show
Maher's White House Visit, and Senseless High School Student Stabbing, with Michael Knowles and Ana Kasparian
My husband and I had four kids. We both worked full time. We had been together for 16 years at this point. And on paper, I have an amazing husband. But I was incredibly frustrated and burnt out from our marriage and from motherhood. And when we have kids, women tend to carry a disproportionate amount of the work in the home, the work of raising kids, and the mental load.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Maher's White House Visit, and Senseless High School Student Stabbing, with Michael Knowles and Ana Kasparian
And about three months after my fourth baby was born, I remember looking at my husband and saying, I need more. I need you to do more. And I said, OK. You know, something that would make my life easier is if in the mornings when I came downstairs with the four kids, because I do mornings by myself, the dishwasher was emptied, the dishes were put away, and the trash was taken out.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Maher's White House Visit, and Senseless High School Student Stabbing, with Michael Knowles and Ana Kasparian
And so, of course, he does it, but then I have to remind him, and then he forgets. I felt so disrespected and unseen and unvalued at that point in time. So we did the work to figure out what equity looked like in our relationship. It can hurt your relationship. It can ruin your marriage if you do not participate in an equitable way in your home.