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Anger is becoming a major problem between marriages causing arguments and bitterness between the couples. Many of the arguments may come from one may feel they are doing everything in the household such as taking care of the family , bills and household things to be done. Also one partner may feel they don’t receive even credit for their effort or willingness to help out. In the article “The Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed to Be. How it Was.” By Hope Edelman talks about how her she was raised and her mother did just about everything in the family and she explains how her marriage is going the same route and that’s not how it was suppose to be in her plans. Edelman says “It began to make me spitting mad, the way the daily duties of parenting and home ownership started to rest entirely on me.”(pg 323). Here Edelman is expressing her anger towards her having the responsibility while her husband goes and tries to seek his dream career. Edelman feels there needs to be change before she will have to result to another option. Also she is unhappy because she wanted to get away from this image; her idea of her marriage was totally different. In the article “My Problem with Her Anger” by Eric Bartels expresses his problem with his wife’s anger. He explains how it bothers him a lot and she needs to change her attitude because he is being hurt mentally and physically. Bartels says “What gets me though is how little credit I get for the effort.”(pg 329). Here he explains how he tries and he gets no effort and he feels he should and not be pushed to the side by his wife because his wife is upset and angry. Here both authors explain their anger to their spouse due to the roles in the household. Both authors feel their marriage is out of control and the feel they need to find a way to fix their angry.