‘I can’t do household chores, I’m pregnant!’ Poll reveals top ten excuses

A study by the UK’s leading discount and voucher code website has revealed the top situations in which women use their pregnancy as an excuse. The top 10 list includes getting out of household chores, eating more and taking time off work.

A new poll by the UK’s leading discount website, http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk has found that 71% women use pregnancy as an excuse to get out of household chores and 68% use the fact that they are pregnant as an excuse to eat more food than they usually would.

The poll by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk asked 1,192 mothers if they used their pregnancy as an excuse to get them out of things that they didn’t want to do or in order to do things that they wouldn’t normally do.

More than three quarters of the respondents, 78%, admitted to having used their pregnancy as an excuse to avoid doing something; the majority of which, 58% said they did so ‘regularly’.

A further 17% claimed that they regularly used the fact that they were pregnant to get out of social events and 12% used it as a reason not to visit family members.

According to the results by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, below are the top 10 situations in which the women used their pregnancy as an excuse for something;

1. Household chores – 71%

2. Eating more food – 68%

3. Time off work “sick” – 66%

4. Being short tempered – 64%

5. Being less active – 59%

6. Lay in – 54%

7. Taking less care of their appearance – 51%

8. Carrying heavy bags – 48%

9. Driving – 47%

10. Cooking – 44%

Matthew Clifton, parenting expert at http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, commented on the findings:

“Speaking on behalf of all the fathers out there, when your partner is pregnant you must be very careful about what you say and do as her mood can be temperamental at the best of times. Whilst pregnancy is of course a very real excuse for not doing certain things, like heavy lifting, I was surprised to see that many used their bumps as a reason for avoiding things like cooking.”

He continued,

“If you are expecting a new addition to the family, it can be very expensive time. Sites such ashttp://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk can offer great financial support, with money off vouchers for a variety of products, including clothing, furniture and toys.”

LINK http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk

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For more information, please contact Charlotte Horsfall, 10 Yetis Public Relations Agency on 01452 348 211,charlotte@10yetis.co.uk

EDITORS NOTES

Mark Pearson, Chairman of MyVoucherCodes is a regular media contributor regarding online shopping and the credit crunch. At 29, his personal worth is more than £30 million. Mark was previously a trainee chef working for Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, London.

MyVoucherCodes has had sales exceeding £481m in the last year

Consumer savings on online shopping via MyVoucherCodes.co.uk up from £28m in 2008 to £52m in 2009.

MyVoucherCodes is the UK’s most popular discount site.

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