Asking for a friend: My partner won’t help clean up around the house. The mess stresses me out so much, I feel like breaking up with them. Am I overreacting?

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Q: I’m at my limit with my partner who is just useless around the house. They rarely pick up after themselves and leave their dirty clothes on the floor rather than just putting them in the washing basket. I feel so frustrated that I could cry. We both have stressful jobs, but I don’t want to spend my free time cleaning either, but it has to be done. There’s only two of us, but it’s so messy sometimes that it feels like there’s 10 messy students living here. It stresses me out so much and causes so many rows. I just can’t understand why it stays the same and they just can’t do

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