Stop complaining about your husband on Facebook during coronavirus quarantine

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In Facebook groups these days, many posts read, “I just need to vent…” in the first sentence. What always follows is an extended complaint about the poster’s husband.

The complainer tells the story of a husband who isn’t doing enough child care or household work, who has made insensitive or unkind remarks, or who has had grating personal habits laid bare by the constant togetherness couples are currently facing amid the coronavirus quarantine. It’s always wives making these posts, never husbands, and they seem to have no shame about blasting out to thousands of strangers about their latest fight.

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