2022-08-20
34 分钟This is in conversation from Apple News.
I'm Shemita Basu.
Our Think Again series continues today.
How to have a more equal partnership.
A few years ago, Kate Mangino had a ton on her plate.
She was teaching multiple undergraduate classes while finishing her PhD.
She had two young kids, 2 and 5 years old.
Her husband was working a 9 to 5 job.
So Kate was taking on a lot of the parenting and household responsibilities.
I was the parent that got the phone call from daycare when someone was sick and had to come home early.
And I was overwhelmed and struggling.
Then one day, Kate's PhD advisor told her her deadline was getting moved up.
Instead of two months to hand in her dissertation, she now had one month.
And I went home that night and I sobbed.
I mean, I just.
I couldn't get myself together.
I cried and cried and cried.
The kids were in bed.
I remember sitting on my kitchen floor, which was filthy.
That was part of the problem because I thought, and on top of everything else, I have to clean my kitchen floor.