Nope, not a gender role thing here. I'm just better at packing!
That was actually my point. The prior conversation stemmed from seeing a gender role. I understood what they were getting at even though for me I tend to see it less gender-related and more someone is better at packing
Remember, these were toddler girls, and at our house outfits included socks - ruffles, white, pink, pattern, etc.
But then I see this comment
Yes they are for toddler girls...but what does that have to do with it? See I think that's where the PP's comments come into play. Why does girly socks complete with ruffles, white, pink, pattern, etc mean that the father (male, whatever) is unable to have the same level as knowledge as the mother (female, whatever)? See what I mean there? I think
that's why the poster broached the subject. I remember the comments people made when they found out my husband was very involved in our wedding planning (he's actually quite particular about things include jewelry) as if he's just supposed to be passive about it. He wasn't in the least and it actually got annoying that people kept commenting about it. I was watching Teen Mom (no judging
) and the most recent episodes one of the fathers said he felt emasculated when he had to be the primary caregiver for his daughter, that he couldn't work and watch his daughter too (like that was a foreign concept to him despite women having to do this for ages). I cannot believe that mentality is still around but yet sadly it is
That's not to relate to the present conversation but just that if there really isn't a gender thing it's just about one
person having it be their thing, not that it's the mother having it be their thing with the father fairly clueless about stuff if that makes sense.
