This morning, Wm pointed out the interesting gender dynamic at play in his middle school carpool. I noticed before the start of the school year, but Wm just figured it out today! Before the start of the school year, me and the 2 other moms with middle school math kiddos went out to dinner and mapped out a carpool arrangement. We quickly realized that while we were doing all the planning and organizing, it was all the dads who actually do the driving. The trend has continued through the school year. When someone is sick, needs to swap a day, is running late, etc, all the moms group text about it and sort everything out. Then we fill in the dads and they carry out our orders.
Me: Oh, Mom#1 just texted me. She says Kid#1 is going to be late today and not to wait for him.
Steve: OK.
Wm: How come all the moms plan everything, but none of them actually drive? Only dads drive.
Me: That's because women are the bosses who plan and facilitate. The menz are like our workers who just do what we say. Life lesson, Wm. Life lesson.
Wm: [skeptical] Hmm.
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