A kitchen sink piled with dirty dishes at night, single dripping tap

A dibs field study

How many hours have you spent arguing about the sink?

Couples spend real, measurable time arguing about cleaning1, not big blowups, just the low-grade friction of who-does-what. Drag the slider to your household and find out your number.

Years you’ve lived together

5years
JUST MOVED IN25 YEARS

Time spent arguing about cleaning, total

75hours

That’s roughly a long weekend, spent arguing about the sink.

The good news? This isn’t permanent. Couples together 10+ years report 76% relationship satisfaction, versus 56% under 6 months2. It gets better with the right system, not just more time.
Get Dibs — stop the clock

Based on a survey of 2,000 people finding 75 minutes/month spent specifically arguing about cleaning duties.1 Math: 75 min × months together. Full sources in the Mental Load Library. Wondering if you and your household even agree on who's doing what? Take the Perception Gap Quiz.

A living room at dusk, lamps lit, two mugs on a table in the foreground

Stop the clock. Start the wheel.

Dibs turns who-does-what into who-called-it: the whole household, visible on one wheel, so nobody has to keep score from memory.

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