{"id":179,"date":"2025-09-15T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/15\/should-i-divorce-my-selfish-husband-ex1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:11:00","slug":"should-i-divorce-my-selfish-husband-ex1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/15\/should-i-divorce-my-selfish-husband-ex1\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;You deserve better&#8221;: Mom leaves her husband after he refuses to clean up for 6 days straight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Household inequity is getting better in some households. In others, it&#8217;s completely out of control. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/tiktok\" target=\"_blank\">viral TikTok video<\/a> highlights an extreme version of inequality that many wives and mothers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/heterosexuality\" target=\"_blank\">heterosexual relationships<\/a> face. However, the mom in this story hit her limit and won\u2019t deal with it anymore. Lynalice Bandy, who goes by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids5catssomedogstoo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@5kids5catssomedogstoo<\/a> on TikTok, posted a video that showed her home <a href=\"\/lazy-mom-of-four-shares-video-of-her-incredibly-messy-home-and-parents-love-her-for-it-ex1\" target=\"_self\">looking like a disaster<\/a> after she worked six 10-hour days straight while her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/husbands\" target=\"_blank\">husband<\/a> did nothing to help.<\/p><p>Her time-lapse video shows every room in the house<a href=\"https:\/\/scoop.upworthy.com\/mom-of-four-shares-honest-photos-of-what-her-house-looks-like-after-four-days-of-not-cleaning-569336\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> completely trashed, <\/a>with toys, food, and laundry scattered everywhere. &#8220;Shampoo on the carpets in the girls&#8217; room, nail polish all over nugget covers, hair, and carpet. Scissors were used to cut hair, the down comforter, the mattress cover, and two nugget covers,&#8221; wrote the mom. \u201cI\u2019ve worked six, ten-hour days in a row with only one day off being a sick day,\u201d she captioned the video. \u201cI\u2019d like to pretend I\u2019m not the only person who cleans here, but as you can see\u2026These rooms don\u2019t get<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/ex-hoarder-life-changing-hacks\" target=\"_blank\"> much attention<\/a> when I\u2019m not here.&#8221;<\/p><p><br \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids2catsandsomechaos\/video\/7130449237816429866\" data-video-id=\"7130449237816429866\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@5kids2catsandsomechaos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids2catsandsomechaos?refer=embed\">@5kids2catsandsomechaos<\/a> <p><a title=\"divorce\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/divorce?refer=embed\">#divorce<\/a> <a title=\"parentingfail\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/parentingfail?refer=embed\">#parentingfail<\/a> <a title=\"messyhouse\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/messyhouse?refer=embed\">#messyhouse<\/a> <a title=\"whenwomen\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/whenwomen?refer=embed\">#whenwomen<\/a> <a title=\"depressionanxiety\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/depressionanxiety?refer=embed\">#depressionanxiety<\/a> <a title=\"clean\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/clean?refer=embed\">#clean<\/a> <a title=\"satifying\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/satifying?refer=embed\">#satifying<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c SUN GOES DOWN - Andreas Roehrig\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/SUN-GOES-DOWN-6768739971521054721?refer=embed\">\u266c SUN GOES DOWN &#8211; Andreas Roehrig<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p>She says her husband\u2019s excuse was that he was focused on doing his schoolwork and couldn\u2019t pay attention to the kids. &#8220;Now, that school is out for a break, he doesn&#8217;t have that excuse anymore,&#8221; Bandy says, noting that all of his attention has been focused on \u201cthe four vehicles in our driveway that he wants to work on continuously.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>In a follow-up video, Bandy announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids5catssomedogstoo\/video\/7130502294424276270\" target=\"_blank\">that she left her husband<\/a> after the debacle. <\/strong><\/p><p>The original video received over 17,000 comments, many of which were from supportive women. &#8220;You deserve much better, and he deserves to be alone. Much love to you from someone that left that life behind almost 20 yrs ago. You&#8217;ll get here, too,&#8221; Angela LaRoche wrote.<\/p><p>&#8220;Ma\u2019am, you are nothing short of amazing! Hang in there!&#8221; Japanese with Jenny wrote. &#8220;That home is beautiful because of YOU,&#8221; Hillary added. &#8220;You put in so much work, and it is not unseen by me and so many others. But, you DO deserve better. Proud of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids2catsandsomechaos\/video\/7130502294424276270\" data-video-id=\"7130502294424276270\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@5kids2catsandsomechaos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids2catsandsomechaos?refer=embed\">@5kids2catsandsomechaos<\/a> <p>Sounds about right\u2026<\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Fuck you by Lily Allan - Jess?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Fuck-you-by-Lily-Allan-7046499500759747333?refer=embed\">\u266c Fuck you by Lily Allan &#8211; Jess?<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p>Even though Bandy\u2019s experience with her husband is an extreme case of a couple whose domestic duties are way out of balance, it points to a problem that plagues many households. Even though it\u2019s 2025 and families are becoming more equal, women still do significantly more housework than men.<\/p><p>A study utilizing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/iwpr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IWPR-Providing-Unpaid-Household-and-Care-Work-in-the-United-States-Uncovering-Inequality.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">American Time Use Survey<\/a> found that women 15 years and older spend 5.7 hours daily doing housework and looking after kids and elders. Men in the same age group do an average of 3.6 hours of daily domestic work. That\u2019s a 37% difference in time spent on household responsibilities.<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-34757.png\" alt=\" domestic duties, marriage inequality, lazy husbands, messy houses, household chores, upset woman, tired woman\" \/><figcaption>A woman who is upset that she has to do chores again.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Canva\/Photos<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p><p>Further, women who work an average of 35 hours a week spend 4.9 hours a day on household chores and child care, while men who work the same amount spend an average of 3.8 hours.<\/p><p>The comments show that many women are frustrated with their husbands for not doing their fair share. Hopefully, this video will encourage more people to speak out about domestic inequality and for more men to step up and do their part.<\/p><p>Nearly two years after Lynalice left her husband, she and her five children are living together in a new home. Her recent videos show that she&#8217;s having difficulty keeping it clean because she&#8217;s been working 60-plus hours a week and suffers from ADHD. Being the single mother of five has to be tough, so she has developed a new motto: &#8220;Progress, not perfection.&#8221; In November 2024, she shared a video of her and her family getting things together in their new home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids2catsandsomechaos\/video\/7433701773774212382\" data-video-id=\"7433701773774212382\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@5kids2catsandsomechaos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@5kids2catsandsomechaos?refer=embed\">@5kids2catsandsomechaos<\/a> <p>Can you spot how many times Winky sits in a box or plops for belly rubs? <a title=\"cleaning\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cleaning?refer=embed\">#cleaning<\/a> <a title=\"messyhouse\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/messyhouse?refer=embed\">#messyhouse<\/a> <a title=\"clean\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/clean?refer=embed\">#clean<\/a> <a title=\"timelapse\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/timelapse?refer=embed\">#timelapse<\/a> <a title=\"oddlysatisfying\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/oddlysatisfying?refer=embed\">#oddlysatisfying<\/a> <a title=\"grwm\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/grwm?refer=embed\">#grwm<\/a> <a title=\"carpetcleaning\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/carpetcleaning?refer=embed\">#carpetcleaning<\/a> <a title=\"cattok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cattok?refer=embed\">#cattok<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c If I Go, I'm Goin - Gregory Alan Isakov\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/If-I-Go-I'm-Goin-6787563735843096577?refer=embed\">\u266c If I Go, I&#8217;m Goin &#8211; Gregory Alan Isakov<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared two years ago. It has been updated.<\/em><br \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s the sound of women everywhere applauding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":187825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,382,146],"tags":[135,1881,1882,1883,934,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,605,1889,1890,614,1891,1892],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[215,216],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-modern-families","category-popular","tag-popular_source-pageview","tag-adhd","tag-bad-husbands","tag-clean-housem-lazy-dads","tag-divorce","tag-domestic-duties","tag-house-cleaning-videos","tag-household-chores","tag-lazy-husbands","tag-lynalice-bandy","tag-marriage","tag-marriage-inequality","tag-messy-houses","tag-moms","tag-mothers-of-five","tag-tidy-up"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":215,"name":"Tazreena Sajjad","display_name":"Tazreena Sajjad","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","description":"","slug":"tazreena-sajjad","avatar_urls":[],"email":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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