Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Negotiating Gender Roles


Today's conversation over lunch with Joey:

Kristin: Someday you're going to have to be the head of the house.
Joey: What does that mean?
Kristin: I don't know.
Joey: Maybe it means I take out the trash.
Kristin: Yeah that's what it means. And that you mow the lawn.
Joey: Ok.
Kristin: And empty the dishwasher.
Joey: What are you going to do?
Kristin: I'm going to have babies someday.
Joey: What are you going to do in the meantime?
Kristin: I'm gonna take care of my ovaries.
Joey: How do you do that?
Kristin: I don't know.
Joey: I think the best way to take care of ovaries is to wear sweatpants, lay on the couch, and eat cheese puffs.
Kristin: Yeah, that sounds about right.

4 comments:

Julie said...

yet another reason to love joey. and kristin. and kjroisetiyn. see what i did there? funny, huh?

Charlotte said...

Can I marry you guys? I mean, not officiate, but like ... I don't know ... somehow (in the non-twisted way, of course) marry you both and sit in on these conversations and giggle from afar? I LOVE this conversation. And I love that I can "hear" both your voices and see that playful sly look in Kristin's eyes and the sheer entertainment in Joe's as this conversation took place.

Kristin Mary Johnson said...

HA. Good talk.

Unknown said...

And they lived happily ever after