spousal duties
Partner's expected contributions
Spousal duties are the obligations marriage partners owe each other—historically understood as specific gendered responsibilities: the husband's duty to provide financially, the wife's duty to maintain the home.
The phrase often carried sexual connotations, referring to conjugal obligations.
She submitted to her spousal duties.
The term sounds old-fashioned now, associated with traditional or religious views of marriage rather than modern partnerships.
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- back rubManual pressure on spine area
- listeningAttending to sound
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- empathySharing another's emotions
emotional support · cleaning · household chores · taking out trash · loyalty · romance · date night · quality time · encouragement · parenting · trust · sensuality · saving · financial planning · communication · companionship · supporting · investing
spousal dutiessingle life
State of being unpartnered
bachelorhood · singlehood · spinsterhood · independence · personal autonomy
spousal dutiesdesertion
Unlawful abandonment of duty
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