Sharing chores between household members can make tackling them way easier. That’s why couples living together often do, whether following the traditional gender roles or not.
This redditor and his girlfriend chose to assume such roles with him being the provider, covering 90% of the bills and taking care of all sorts of maintenance and yard work, while she tended to the home. Such an arrangement seemed to be working fine, until it no longer did, as the girlfriend was no longer content with it.