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Philipps spoke candidly about her marriage and the extra work she, like many moms, felt she was doing to Eve Rodsky, the author of a new book, \"Fair Play,\" which has been described as a how-to manual for couples in dividing domestic duties more fairly.
Rodsky has said that in her research for the book, she has found that women take care of the majority of household tasks, often causing resentment to build and fights to explode over seemingly insignificant details, something Philipps was aware of when she approached her own husband.
\"Many women wait until it's too late,\" Philipps said \"At that point their resentment is too high and their communication patterns are set.\"
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Eve Rodsky (@everodsky) on Oct 2, 2019 at 12:25pm PDT
In Philipps' case, Silverstein agreed to help, including staying home with the kids while she worked, preparing meals and taking over morning and bedtime routines, Philipps told Rodsky.
\"I was fully out the door,\" she said. \"I wasn't expecting anything from him, but what we ended up doing was creating our own system.\"
\"He now loves his mornings with the girls,\" Philipps said of her husband. \"He'll make my Bulletproof coffee and bring it into the bedroom while I'm still sleeping, and then leave to take the kids to school. He has conversations with them that I'm jealous of. The closeness he now has with these girls, it's really special.\"
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Busy Philipps (@busyphilipps) on Aug 11, 2019 at 8:09am PDT
Rodsky said Silverstein's experience follows a pattern she sees often in her own research, where men are more invested and happier in their relationship when they are \"empowered by their partners to 'own' aspects of domestic life and raising children.\"
\"I like being good at stuff,\" Silverstein told Rodsky. \"And I didn't feel like I was good [in the home], so I stayed away.\"
\"We've built a new house of cards,\" said Philipps. \"One that stands.\"
\"Today, Marc literally spends so much time with the girls that they accidentally call me 'Dad' sometimes,\" she added. \"Like when did that ever happen?\"
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