In my opinion, the key here is that both partners have to feel like they are putting in as much as the other.
In a previous relationship, I did my boyfriend's laundry and helped clean his house (we weren't living together), but he drove me everywhere and bought the food. He was busy working and had little time to do chores, and I was a struggling student who didn't have much money so it worked very well for us.
However I have to stress that he didn't "expect" me to be his maid. It was just an ideal solution for both of our living situations at the time.
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