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Article: Happiness is. . . a spot of housework

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April 26, 2006
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We're not sure whether housework really is better than sex, but there's no doubt it's a great antidote to stress

HOORAH for housework - it could be better than Valium. And I never thought I'd say that. Being one of nature's sluts - our house is not exactly a threat to public health, but we have a lot of happy spiders - housework is not my favourite pastime.

Yet a new survey reveals that for some women, housework is better than sex, which could make you look at a bottle of Flash in a whole new light. But perhaps. . . no, let's not go there.

However, one of the answers of the survey said that many women like housework because it was therapeutic and made them feel in control of their lives.

Ah. ...

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